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PR and the WEB

How to we judge the quality and effectiveness of a PR firm. More and more I am basing my judgement on whether the way a PR firm presents itself is an example of what it can do for me. You know what? Most PR firms, and I mean the big boys, are terrifying when it comes to [...]

Put up or shut up

We academics are a funny group of people. We spend our days sitting in relatively well furnished buildings dispensing the building blocks of information to the generation that is going to fix the mess we have made. But as a rule we academics do very little when it comes to actually practicing what we teach! [...]

Business vs Education

I have to be honest there are days I look at the person beside me in the flash car with the seemingly unlimited spending power and wonder why I stick around as a university professor. Sure there are the vacations and the very nice working hours, but is that enough? Then about this time of [...]

Love Your Job!

Do you love what you do? There is something  about watching a person work who just loves their job! Here is a perfect example of just that. [youtube width="325" height="244"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsplte2TN54[/youtube] I watched this Shawarma Chef for a good 30 minutes. His hand movement, the description of sauces, the sharpening of knives, the cleanup… everything was [...]

Thinking UAE Media.

The media in the UAE takes a few punches, more often than not. I teach about media and the communication process in the UAE and also work in the media in the UAE giving me a unique perspective on this very young industry. There is no question the media here is still developing. But compared [...]

Love what you do! And it all happens!

Radio is a great industry in the UAE for one selfish reason, I get to talk to all sorts of people I would otherwise never have the opportunity to speak with. I spoke with Luqman and Ali from MPAC Sports last night and was inspired. These guys are true basketball stars from Chicago. No I [...]

Wandering off the Path.

Students, professionals, education they all seem to be geared around the idea that we have some idea what we want to do and that we can study today for the path of tomorrow. Over and over again I have told my students that what we learn at school is secondary to the process. Sure there [...]

A morning with Darren Shan.

OK, I would be telling  fib if I said I tucked into Darren Shan books on a regular basis. I took my son to listen to Darren Shan at the Emirates Airlines International Literature Festival in Dubai and realized I have missed something grand! Thanks to the power of QIK.com and my iPhone I have [...]

du CEO Osman Sultan where are we going?

Yesterday I had the pleasure of listening to Mr. Osman Sultan, the ceo of du int he UAE, talk about his vision of how a content delivery provider can and will play a role in the future of Arab media. The real issues comes down to what is media today and what will media be [...]

People do care! How can we show it?

We read all about the bad side of humanity in the press and we watch the worst side of it on TV, it is amazing we all don’t want to lock ourselves away for fear that if we need some help nobody will offer it! Yesterday I was reminded why Dubai, yes Dubai, is such [...]

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