• Readings for the Week of June 23, 2008

    Posted by: Daniel Lee

    Posted on: June 27th, 2008

The Best Florists in Toronto [BlogTO]
http://www.blogto.com/toronto/the_best_florists_in_toronto/

Meet the make-believe strategists of TV [Yahoo! News]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080624/pl_politico/11319

Gloating via proxy: Liveblogging Jean Chretien’s spokespersons and lawyers on the Gomery decision [Macleans.ca Blog]
http://blog.macleans.ca/2008/06/26/gloating-via-proxy-liveblogging-jean-chretiens-spokespersons-and-lawyers-on-the-gomery-decision/

Death of a dog and pony show [Inkless Wells]
http://blog.macleans.ca/2008/06/26/death-of-a-dog-and-pony-show/

Swiss Spaghetti Harvest 1957 [YouTube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyUvNnmFtgI

When Comic Sans Isn’t Enough, Sites Help Create Custom Fonts [NYTimes.com]
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/technology/personaltech/26basics.html

The lobbyists remain, for better or for worse [globeandmail.com]
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080626.CAMPBELL26//TPStory/National

Rotating skyscrapers planned for Dubai and Moscow [guardian.co.uk]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/25/russia

Zimbabweans Make Plea for Help as Runoff Nears [NYTimes.com]
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/world/africa/26zimbabwe.html

Creating Powerful Presentations with Nancy Duarte [VizThink Blog]
http://www.vizthink.com/blog/2008/06/18/webinar-creating-powerful-presentations-with-nancy-duarte/

When Bubba Meets Obama [Weekly Standard]
http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/245uswoq.asp

Air Canada’s racket: This time, it’s baggage extortion [Toronto Life]
http://www.torontolife.com/blog/citystate/2008/jun/23/air-canadas-racket-time-its-baggage-extortion/

Canadians Review Immigration System’s Priorities [Angus Reid Global Monitor]
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/canadians_review_immigration_systems_priorities/

What’s Obscene? Google Could Have an Answer [NYTimes.com]
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/technology/24obscene.html

Seventy-One Percent of Consumers Say the Reputation Of Corporate America Is “Poor”, But Consumers Will Buy, Recommend and Invest in Companies that Concentrate on Building Their Corporate Reputation [Harris Interactive]
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/allnewsbydate.asp?NewsID=1318

An Unlikely Promoter Drives Nokia’s Push in Hollywood [NYTimes.com]
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/23/business/media/23nokia.html

The Two Obamas [NYTimes.com]
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/opinion/20brooks.html

The World of Business: The Brass Ring [The New Yorker]
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/30/080630fa_fact_bruck