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Waterfront Toronto

Waterfront Toronto is the public advocate and steward of waterfront revitalization.  Created by the federal, provincial and municipal governments, Waterfront Toronto is mandated to oversee and lead all aspects of waterfront revitalization.  Consultation and collaboration with the community and public and private sector partners play a central role in transforming our waterfront into an extraordinary [...]

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Treat Your Corporate Clients With Respect

Do you recognize this pattern?  “Yippee, I landed a big contract with Corporation X!” – “OMG, this is taking forever and it’s getting nowhere!” – “Phew, we’re finally done finished Corporation X’s project” -  “Woot, look how nice Corporation X looks on my portfolio.  I’ve made it!” – “It’s over a year, I wonder if [...]

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10 Best Movies I’ve Ever Heard

The other day I was all excited to watch The Soloist on Blu-ray because Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx are two exceptional actors, and I was told the sound and music was outstanding.  Unfortunately, when I pressed play on my Blu-ray player the disc just wouldn’t spin.  Strangely enough it worked fine in my [...]

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Brand Study – Nintendo (Part 3)

continued from Part 2…

So we have just looked at Nintendo’s rise to power in the 1980’s by focusing their brand on promising powerful technology and gaming excellence. We also looked at Nintendo throughtout the 1990’s as the market slipped past them. Gaming console began to proliforate the market and quantity began to prevail [...]

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Robots…Need Love Too [video]

Something sweet and amazing to send you off of for the weekend.
Song and lyrics by Dan Mangan
From the album Nice, Nice, Very Nice
Fan video by Erik Wilting

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The Movie Poster Font You Were Looking For

Have you ever designed a movie poster and you wanted to use that font at the bottom of every movie poster they use for the film credits?  Or have you ever designed a poster that’s faking like a movie poster and you wanted to use that font at the bottom of every movie poster they [...]

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I’m not a Garbageman…

Bill had trouble finding work, but finally he got a job as garbage man. On his first day on the job, the boss gave him a written list of the addresses he had to go to pick up garbage.  Bill looked at the list despondently.  “I can’t read,” he confessed to his boss.  “Well,” said [...]

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