DarrenBarefoot.com  
Category: Weblog
Feed captured: 9-9-2010 12:22:33UTC
Number of topics: 482
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Vancouver Writer, Marketer, Blogger, Professional Speaker and Raconteur
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Is There Medal Inflation at the Olympics?
In which I risk being a bit of a Debbie Downer.
Watching and reading coverage of the Olympics, I’ve observed a lot of projections and comparisons involving Canada’s medal haul for 2010 and previous years (t...
17-2-2010
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A Terrific, Truthful Article About Vancouver
James sent along this great, long profile of the city from The Walrus magazine. It’s by Gary Stephen Ross, the current editor-in-chief of Vancouver magazine. He’s written an insightful, well-observed piece ...
16-2-2010
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Robert LePage’s “The Blue Dragon”
Last Thursday I saw “The Blue Dragon”, a play written and directed by Quebecois theatrical maestro Robert Lepage. He’s among the most reknowned living theatre artists in the country and abroad, famous...
15-2-2010
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My Most Retweeted Tweet in a While
Here’s what I tweeted during the opening ceremonies tonight:
To get this joke, you need to be familiar with this oft-cited Gretzky quote, which you hear all the time in business settings:
“I skate to where the p...
13-2-2010
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Advertising on Bathroom Mirrors
I’ve written before about the incursion of advertising into new public (if privately-owned) spaces. The most recent example was video screens in the back seats of taxis. The other day I was having dinner at the o...
11-2-2010
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Federal Government to Appeal Insite Ruling
Last month, the federal government lost their appeal of a court ruling on Insite, Vancouver’s supervised injection site. There was hope among the site’s proponents that the Conservatives’ legal challe...
10-2-2010
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What Does Crèche Mean?
I pity anybody who has had to learn English as second (or third or fifth) language. It’s a confusing language to begin with, the regional differences are sometimes staggering (or downright opposing).
Take the wor...
9-2-2010
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The Men Your Man Could Smell Like
In recent months, while watching hockey games, I’ve noticed these L’Oreal For Men commercials featuring Patrick Dempsey:
The target demographic for these commercials is surely wives and girlfriends. The cl...
8-2-2010
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