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A banned Mastercard advert : indecent proposal !

By John Garner on Thursday, April 13, 2006

I must say before you view it : a) There are no nude images or indecent images b) There is some language that will be considered by some as indecent but the language is not really vulgar c) It may be recommended to not listen to it out loud at work 😉 d) If you […]

Writing an article for Google to read

By John Garner on Wednesday, April 12, 2006

In an article on the New York Times (free registration required) it seems journalists are having to take Google into account on top of the readers and the editors in order to attract Google ! The titles targeting Google are considered to be boring by journalists more often than not. Part of the craft of […]

Can naming the pain help conquer it ?

By John Garner on Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Dr. Hallowell was the first to name Attention Deficit Disorder in 1995. He is convinced that without a name certain of society's present issues are neither fully understood nor dealt with. An example of a neology set to conquer a new insidious ailment many of us are faced with: Screensucking, which he defines as "wasting […]

Who's watching the guy watching me ?

By John Garner on Tuesday, April 11, 2006

At multi-part article at Daily Kos discusses different ways technology can or is being used to track people. Beware some of the items discussed may give you the shivers...

An Ex-Marine is set to host on Al Jazira International

By John Garner on Tuesday, April 11, 2006

An article from Fast Company tells the story of Josh Rushing an ex-Marine who has resigned his commission within the US army to become a host on Al Jazeera International (AJI). This would be a new channel in English aimed at reaching a larger population, set to launch in Spring AJI has already poached staff […]

How criminalizing abortion affects a country

By John Garner on Monday, April 10, 2006

In a New York Times article, journalist Jack Hitt discusses the effects that criminalizing abortion has had on El Salvador. The article is not only nicely written it slowly brings you in to a country that's catholic beliefs are putting women in prison for up to 30 years should they have, or participate in, an […]

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