Cole's Notes - The Sunday Journalist

You know - If I was a fiction writer - I couldn't make this stuff up. "Child care key to confronting China, India: PM Canadian Press GATINEAU, Que. — Canada's competitive edge in the looming economic showdown with China and India must be honed soon after its toddlers leave the crib, Prime Minister Paul Martin said Tuesday. The prime minister said his proposed national child-care plan will help Canadian tots get a head start in a global economy where only the smartest countries will thrive. Full Story So does this mean that kids in the national child care program will get instruction on how to fake bill governments for adscam costs?

A neat post from 43 Folders Which talks about effective Subject Lines: You can make it even easier for your recipient to immediately understand why you've sent them an email and to quickly determine what kind of response or action it requires. Compose a great "Subject:" line that hits the high points or summarizes the thrust of the message. Avoid "Hi," "One more thing...," or "FYI," in favor of typing a short summary of the most important points in the message: * Lunch resched to Friday @ 1pm * Reminder: Monday is "St. Bono's Day"--no classes * REQ: Resend Larry Tate zip file? * HELP: Can you defrag my C drive? * Thanks for the new liver--works great! In fact, if you're relating just a single fact or asking one question in your email, consider using just the subject line to relate your message. As I've mentioned before, in some organizations, such emails are identified by adding (EOM)--for end of message--at the end of t...

Saw this show last week - and it reminded me to update my Linkedin account. So if you've been getting notes from me - that's what it's about. See more at: www.linkedin.com I get running around the net so much - I forget to update these things. But I'm moving out of Marketing and over to IS/IT - or more precisely, BTWS (Bell Systems & Technology, West) to do software support. My new listing on Linkedin can be seen here . My contact e-mails remain the same as does my office phone number (hey, I work for a phone company). I'll still be blogging to Cole's Notes as before.