by Daniele Rossi | Mar 22, 2014 | blog
Coffitivity is an app that simply plays the sounds of a coffee shop as you work. I immediately dismissed it as a silly waste of code when I first heard about it. Why would anyone want to simulate the sounds of a coffee shop when they can go to the real thing? Pardon...
by Daniele Rossi | Dec 28, 2013 | blog
Have I mentioned that I self-published a book? Speaking of self-publishing, this interesting article appeared in the Toronto Star today describing 2013 as a year with a high volume of authors self-publishing. thanks to a few enablers such as low digital distribution,...
by Daniele Rossi | Nov 15, 2013 | blog, comics
One simple wish from a 5 year old boy generated so much goodness. Indeed no hero too small. Miles Scott, 5 years old and in remission of leukemia had a wish: to be Batman. So the Make A Wish Foundation turned San Francisco into Gotham City for a day on November 15....
by Daniele Rossi | Sep 28, 2013 | blog
In a nutshell, I don’t have the time to relearn or get used to a whole new way of using my iPhone and iPad. I’m in the final stretches of completing my book and I don’t need yet another digital distraction. If only Apple had consulted me first. Ok,...
by Daniele Rossi | Jun 29, 2013 | blog, content strategy, creativity
The Hero’s Journey. The classic formula for telling a story proved time and time again. As explained by the hilarious storytellers behind Glove & Boots.
by Daniele Rossi | Jun 25, 2013 | content strategy, digital strategy, social media
Looking to relaunch his podcast, my friend and fellow podcaster, Sylvain Grand’Maison, recently asked on the Podcast Artifacts Facebook group what is important to add on a website for a podcast in 2013. Back in the 2000’s, an RSS feed was vital, buttons to...
by Daniele Rossi | Jun 22, 2013 | digital strategy, social media
I had the fortunate opportunity to attend TAHSN Education Day 2013 with my day job team a few weeks ago. The annual conference is a collaboration among communications departments of teaching hospitals (which is what the TAHSN refers to: Toronto Academic Health Science...
by Daniele Rossi | Jun 15, 2013 | news
Content and social strategy projects have certainly kept me busy the last few months since my last blog post. Thought I’d begin revitalizing my blog by introducing some of the projects I’ve been working on: 1. I’m writing a self-help book about...
by Daniele Rossi | Feb 3, 2013 | blog, creativity, illustration
It has been quite a while since I’ve taken the GO train. I rode the iconic green and white public transit locomotive the other day when I attended a day-long conference about social media in the health care industry. To my surprise and delight, the ugly graffiti...
by Daniele Rossi | Jan 20, 2013 | content strategy
I’ve been noticing a lot of errors in semantics across blogs and even articles by major media outlets lately. And emails, too. Sentences that make no sense at all because one word was mistyped or auto-corrected without the author realizing. That word will be...
