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Re: Do You Poop in Front of Your Partner?

JaimeHorwitz — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 11:36:54 -0000

Never, never, never, never, never, ever! Sharing lives does not mean sharing everything!!!! God no!

Re: Parent's Worst Nightmare: Private School to Drug Addict

JaimeHorwitz — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 09:11:54 -0000

Excellent interview Erica. Scary story. From personal experience (not mine, but someone very close to me), I can also add that besides issues regarding self esteem, there can be serious mental health issues affecting young people that can also contribute to substance abuse. Mental health problems may not be easy to recognize which can make it harder for parents to intervene.

Re: Picking the right conference to learn the most and make the best connections

JaimeHorwitz — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 18:22:41 -0000

Excellent suggestions.

Re: Best Camera Ever: Samsung Galaxy S Camera

JaimeHorwitz — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:17:05 -0000

First of all, great review Erica. Very thorough. And so this is the camera you took to the Stones (smiling with envy)! Do I need to choose just one feature? I'm a blogger as well and I live social as well. Feature 1: The Jelly Bean/Galaxy interface (that goes together with Wi-Fi capability) Feature 2: the 21X optical zoon and Feature 3: Video!!! With Slomo!!! I want this camera! Please, please, please (and I'll write my own review, of course). If I don't get it, I'll have to wait a couple of iterations (even though the price is very reasonable, I can't purchase it right now (blame it on the Toronto floods and my wife renovating our kitchen)...

Re: Expedia Film Contest with NFFTY

JaimeHorwitz — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:39:46 -0000

I am delighted to enter the Expedia "Find Yours" contest. My entry is "Find Your Magic in Paris." http://canadiantourism.blog... I'd love to make a mini-cinema verite/documentary with a NFFTY filmmaker (using various techniques to make the film look super cool). The film would be a quest to find the most romantic spots - for the young and young at heart - in the most romantic city so I can go back and show them to my wife on our 25th wedding anniversary.

Re: YMC Expands to Print

JaimeHorwitz — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:58:03 -0000

Fantastic! Congratulations to the YMC team.

Re: Tap into people’s passion

JaimeHorwitz — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:15:21 -0000

Remarkable, awesome, outstanding, extraordinary! Agree. That's what's necessary to stand out in today's hyper-cluttered marketplace.

Re: An Argument Against Fan Funding by Brian Hazard

JaimeHorwitz — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:53:17 -0000

Good article Brian. You make very good points, but, in my opinion, they're somewhat flawed: First, "Anyone can make a record for next to nothing these days." Yes, anyone can make a record for next to nothing using Garage Band or even Pro-tools. The question is how good a record will it be? I've had the experience with one artist producing good quality demos at a small better-than-home studio and producing tracks with professional musicians and a professional producer at a fully equipped professional studio and the difference in sound and quality is more than dramatic (the difference in cost is also dramatic). So while "Anyone can make a record for next to nothing these days," not everyone can produce high quality records. While crowdsourcing presents challenges for both artists and fans, it is an appealing model - perhaps not to fund the entire project, but to complement it.

Re: Will You Pay for the New York Times Online? [POLL]

JaimeHorwitz — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:12:58 -0000

Yes, I would pay for a full digital version of the NYT, as long as the quality of the publication continues.

Re: YMC Blog - earnestgirl_west_coast_chronicles - Marriage Is A Marathon

JaimeHorwitz — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:32:49 -0000

Very good article EarnestGirl, however, I'm not entirely sure the marathon analogy works for everyone. I have run a full marathon and a couple half marathons. I loved the experience, the runner's high, the sense of achievement, the relief at the finish line (the massage afterwards), but I would not really equate it with a marriage (at least not a happy one). I use the marathon metaphor with my daughter all the time when referring to her pursuit of a career in music - there is the thrill of the start when you're fresh and (hopefully) prepared for the race - there's the competition around you, the aches and pains during the race - the high - the wall (when you hit the wall, you feel like dropping out of the race) - the working through the pain to achieve your goal - the exhilaration of finishing the race, etc.
Some of these things may apply to any marriage, but in contrast to a marathon, if it's a happy marriage, you don't want it to end (by the time you hit km # 25 or 30, you want the marathon to end, haha).

I may just be a hopeless romantic, but I do believe in true love. I have been with my wife for 20 years (married 19). Time waits for no one, and we do get older. Men never stop admiring other women (perhaps younger), temptation is always around the corner (although the older you get this is less of an issue) - meaning the physical attraction to other women is real (and separate from love) - but, at the risk of sounding corny, the secret to a long marriage is true love. True love has to do with honour (either you make a vow or you don't), loyalty, commitment, friendship, accepting each other the way we are (and the way we evolve) and, to be honest, sex too, of course. Many men confuse love with physical attraction though and find it easy to leave their wives for younger women because of the sexual thing - these men stopped seeing their wives through the eyes of the soul (if they ever did). I see my wife with my soul (and consciously remind myself of this, when we have difficulties). I'm not saying we are soul mates (I've always found that idea weird), but we are souls who ended up with each other to help each other to achieve a higher purpose (if you believe in the evolution of the soul), to heal each others' wounds or at least share them and to find joy as well (as very much manifested in the rearing of our daughter). And to have fun! In 19 years we've only had about 4 or 5 major fights max - I think that's pretty good. So no, I would note equate marriage to a marathon, more like a very long trip around the world where you encounter obstacles, but you overcome them together, you see new exciting places, discover things you never new existed, let the other go to a different place, while you have quiet time - then get back to share the experience, help each other navigate different languages (and we know men and women speak different languages), assist each other when fatigue sets in and in the end when the trip is over you hope you will get back home pretty much at the same time and meet as pure souls once the body's given up.
As for films - that honestly represent the happily-ever-after, I don't think there's any. The happily-ever-after is boring, so there's not much to work with when it comes to drama. So I prefer the films that try to represent the deep emotional feeling of true love that we all want to believe in - e.g. Moulin Rouge, The Princess Bride, Chico and Rita (brand new film by Fernando Trueb), Romeo and Juliet (Baz Lurhmann), Always (Spielberg), What dreams May Come (with Robin Williams). Realistic films more often than not will only show the not-happily-ever-after marriage and for those there are many great examples, most recently "Revolution Road". An older film I recommend is "Always, but not forever" by Henry Jaglom (1985).

Gotta get back to work now - happy blogging.

Re: NEWS: The New Cities Win Big At The 2010 SOCAN Awards!

JaimeHorwitz — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:42:41 -0000

Congrats New Cities, Greig and Matt ♫

Re: You Can Now Log in to MySpace with Facebook

JaimeHorwitz — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:06:14 -0000

Hopefully this will help the ailing MySpace, which according to some reports, has quarters (not years) to turn its financial performance around. The partnership with Facebook should be good for artists, especially indie artists. However, before MySpace can breath easy, they must fix all the bugs that are happening since they revamped the site. http://www.myspace.com/help "It's Not You, It's Us: current bugs" The music player, the most important module on MySpace pages, is not working lately. And there are plenty of issues with other modules. This all has to be fixed and in a hurry (or perhaps Facebook can acquire MySpace and redo the whole thing)....

Re: Leaving Tourism BC, joining Think!

JaimeHorwitz — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:13:46 -0000

Best wishes in your new endeavours William. Big score for Think Social Media, big loss for Tourism BC. Cheers,

Re: YMC Blog - erica_ehm_exposed - Why I'm Still Married After Ten Years

JaimeHorwitz — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:23:37 -0000

Love the post (identify with several points there). Congrats Erica and Terry!

Re: Mashable Giveaway: Win A SANYO Dual HD Camera

JaimeHorwitz — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:39:40 -0000

I like this camera - HD video and high rez pics in one. If I won the Sanyo, I'd replace my Canon (I might even if I don't win). I've been looking for a camera like this Sanyo for a while now. I would use it to shoot videos for my travel blogs as well as YouTube music videos; photos for all my digital properties (I could even include a credit: "shot with the Sanyo Dual Camera").

Cheers,

Jaime
www.canadiantourismblog.ca
www.canadaenespanol.ca
www.Canadamigos.com

Re: Metallica Edges out The Beatles in #WinWeekend

JaimeHorwitz — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:16:37 -0000

Interesting results - Metallica and the Beatles? I think this says a lot about the demographics and psycographics of Mashable's audience (we're old) :)

Re: YMCTV - An Amazing Flash Mob

JaimeHorwitz — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:06:10 -0000

What a beautiful video, what an amazing flash mob. I love what you guys are doing - social media for social good - love the concept. You are amazing women because you are indeed empowering women. You are amazing because great examples to young women and girls (like my own daughter) and you are fun.

I have been blessed with amazing women around me all my life from my Mother, my sister, great friends and of course my amazing wife and terrific daughter.

Keep up your great work!

Jaime
"delish Dad"

Re: Prince: “The Internet Is Over”

JaimeHorwitz — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:56:44 -0000

The Internet is not a Fad, but digital distribution, free online tools (like YouTube) and p2p sharing, garage band and pro-tools and social media continue to change the music industry in ways that no one knows what the future of music may really be like. Yes, anyone can record and post music online today, but is it good music? And can new artists make a living? Books have been written about the music industry's corruption in days past and the Web has provided some artists with a measure of freedom from the semi-monopoly of the big music biz. On the other hand, the huge fragmentation of the music world makes it so much harder to make a living as an artist. While many people think that artists are spoiled millionaires - those are only a handful. According to Billboard.biz of 95,000+ releases in 2009 only a fraction sold more than 5,000 copies (and by fraction, I mean about 2% or so). Since many young people don't even buy music - they listen to it via YouTube for free - artists, managers and labels are turning to live music to make money, whether it's a band playing in bars and nightclubs or the big acts playing in arenas. But, guess what, the summer of 2010 is turning out to be a dud for live acts because of many issues, one being a very crowded market. So Prince may have a point after all. He believes that his music has value and that it shouldn't be out there for free. But Prince is (or was) a mega star - and I don't think he needs money to pay a mortgage. My concern is those completely unknown artists who may never surface because making a living in music gets harder and harder every day.

Re: Something to talk about

JaimeHorwitz — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:08:48 -0000

Excellent point William. What people talk about is what Sid Lee's Bertrand Cesvet calls "Conversational Capital (a topic we opened Canada-e-Connect 2010 with)." Japadog has generated a lot of conversational capital for its business and for Vancouver - similar to Schwartz in Montreal - these kinds of businesses or products (or destinations) stand out from the crowd because they exhibit many of the conversational capital engines Cesvet and his colleagues write about (rituals, icons, odd sensory oddity - susihotdog? - and others).

Re: Q & A with Mike Slone (Vail Resorts) on buzz.snow.com

JaimeHorwitz — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:37:43 -0000

Agree with Joe that the most important element in this initiative is the CEO's buy-in, support and enthusiasm. I am not sure how DMO's see themselves as an organization, but Vail is leading the way in seeing itself as a Storyteller. I am also impressed that they have a formal team with Manager, Social Content Coordinator, Social Media Coordinator, and Videographer. Great example for the sector. If a DMO sees itself as a storyteller and media outlet, the roles that are needed for this become clear. In the end content drives social interactions on the social web and visits to the destination.

Re: Must see presentations #4: Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Bing’s augmented-reality maps

JaimeHorwitz — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:48:56 -0000

Google maps have been the most helpful tool for me when travelling (at least when it comes to Europe and North America). But I am very impressed with what Bing is doing, especially the video component. I must find a way to use it creatively for something - if it's available to anyone that is - but do I need a 4G network? :-(

Re: http://blog.artistshousemusic.org/post/369211024

JaimeHorwitz — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:27:46 -0000

I agree with Eric, almost a 100%. Big music business does not believe in the power of music, but there are still many places where music is at the core of the experience, e.g. festivals, small venues, even coffee shops. Perhaps the pendulum will swing back the more people get tired of overpaying for over hyped concerts and will demand a return to just enjoying the music.

Re: Why Does This YouTube Video Have 79 Billion Views?

JaimeHorwitz — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:05:31 -0000

Excellent post. I have always wondered about the nature of "virality." How does a video become viral to achieve views in the hundreds of thousands, let alone millions and now "billions." Any advice as to how to increase a videos views legitimately?

Re: 60 Key Ideas on the Social, Media Rich, Here and Now Web: a Beginners Guide

JaimeHorwitz — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:40:52 -0000

Hi Todd, great list. Favourites: 10., 18., 36., and 37. Some things have some time to become the norm (e.g. apps). I would also add 61. Be creative, be creative and be creative (or hire pros that excel in creativity ).

Re: The destination branding illusion

JaimeHorwitz — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:09:06 -0000

I tend to agree with your points, but not completely. Yes, destination brands are the sum of the stories they generate, but brands are also promises. Whether the promise is kept or not is key to what kinds of stories the destination will generate.