Monthly Archives: August 2009

Animoto Adds New Video Feature

Animoto is now accepting your video clips in creating Animoto videos – a super addition to Animoto’s easy video creation service! For those who aren’t familiar with Animoto, its proprietary engine spits out dynamic, music-video/video-trailer style videos, simply by combining your photos and music (or use their stock pics and music), along with captions, to…

7 Productivity Pearls Presented (NMS #001)

Instead of random emails, I’m starting from scratch to present to you my favorite discoveries on the web. That’s why this is Issue #001. I’ll open my favorites to you on the topics of blogging, podcasting, video, social media, productivity and mindset. This week, we’ll start with ‘Productivity’. Many of the clients I coach wrestle with focus, battle with distractions, and struggle…

Second Chances

I’m still constantly reminded of how blessed I am to have a second chance. What flashes through my mind? My recent emergency flight scare. In fact, I welcome it. It reminds me of how precious “this” moment is. And it motivates me to treasure and appreciate my wife, Sarah, and my children – right now,…

Emergency On Flight AC161

Our Air Canada AC161 plane nose dived to 10,000 feet in a hurry. “F**k me!” exclaimed Norm, the neighbour to my right. He’s Daddy to a 6-week old baby boy. Our previous conversation revealed baby and Mommy stayed back in Toronto for a couple more weeks but Norm had to get back to work. Just…