Ingenious and entertaining Christmas Greeting from Dr. Jun Cowan – made with Leapfrog
This is too good not to share: An ingenious, entertaining, and witty creation of a Christmas greeting by Dr. JunContinue Reading
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AME Roundup 2023
Mike O’Brien met up with long-time colleague Alessandro Silva, Head of Advisory, Americas, for Snowdon Optiro, at AME Roundup inContinue Reading
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Getting a Permit to Practice
Effective August 20, 2021, Red Pennant Communications Corp. has a Permit to Practice, and is now a Registrant Firm withContinue Reading
Why Do You Keep Watching that Crazy Vlogger? …Hey, don’t you use that tone with me! (Part 5)
This continues the review of vloggers and bloggers who pass scrutiny and offer information that is original, of good qualityContinue Reading
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Updated mineral resource model of Pering zinc-lead deposit
In Sept. 11, 2020, the Geological Society of South Africa offered a GSSA Lunchtime Talk by Mike O’Brien, P.Geo., andContinue Reading
Why Do You Keep Watching that Crazy Vlogger? …Let’s Talk About That (Part 4)
This continues the review of vloggers and bloggers who pass scrutiny and offer information that is original, of good qualityContinue Reading
Why Do You Keep Watching that Crazy Vlogger? The Tricks of Podcasting (Part 3)
This continues the review of vloggers and bloggers that pass scrutiny and offer information that is original, of good qualityContinue Reading
Blogs and Vlogs that pass the cognitive analysis test – Bored pandas and armchair travel (Part 2)
On the subject of vloggers and bloggers that actually pass scrutiny and offer information that is original, of good qualityContinue Reading
Why do you keep watching that crazy vlogger? Have you been sniffing the wine bottle cork? (Part 1)
During the past six months we have cancelled our contract for live TV, and are now only watching certain onlineContinue Reading
Krulak’s Law and Frontline Staff
These days everyone seems to be grumpy. Some grumpier than others, brick-throwing, face-punching grumpy. Other people are sigh-and-suffer-in-silence grumpy. IContinue Reading
“Do Ya Feel Lucky?” – The COVID-19 trajectory graphs plotted with R-script
Published on May 4, 2020 on LinkedIn “Do ya feel lucky?” By Mike O’Brien Director at Red Pennant Communications Corp.Continue Reading
Two points of view on using geological cross-sections to understand mineralization
This article by Dr. Jun Cowan, Leapfrog software conceptual founder and structural geology consultant, is relevant and detailed, and interestingContinue Reading
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Getting to “global” – Minerva Intelligence looks to Europe for data interoperability
At the AME Roundup Conference 2020 in Vancouver, BC, which finished on Jan. 23, 2020, a handful of enterprising technology-focusedContinue Reading
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Stephen De Jong tells it like it is at Roundup – Runs a “social experiment”
At the AME Roundup Conference 2020 in Vancouver, BC, which is happening this week, the Innovation Stage had a panelContinue Reading
Seduced by “likes” – What would Don Draper do?
In Mad Men, season 4, the episode called “Blowing Smoke”, “Don Draper” finally vents his fury at the tobacco industryContinue Reading
Season’s greetings from Red Pennant
A thought for this year and next year: What if? What if today, just for today, we didn’t settle? WhatContinue Reading
From print to the cloud and back to print – What are the options?
We’re going backwards. Back to print. First there was print. Then came the Internet, and there was JavaScript. And pdfs.Continue Reading
Video: Alessandro Medeiros Silva and Mike O’Brien talking about the relevance of Competent Persons in the Mining Industry
CBRR – Comissão Brasileira de Recursos e Reservas – The relevance of Competent Persons Alessandro Silva & Mike O’Brien (PortugueseContinue Reading
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Six horribly expensive little notes – How to stay clear of copyright infringement
When you create something new, it is actually not new at all. There is very little in the world thatContinue Reading
Presentation: Mineral Resource Estimation – A Guide for Junior Geologists
Author: Mike O’Brien, Principal Consultant & Director Red Pennant Communications Corp., P.Geo., Pr.Sci.Nat. “We will always be wrong. We estimate, weContinue Reading
Presentation: Comparing channel and drill hole sampling for vein deposits
Author: Mike O’Brien, Principal Consultant & Director Red Pennant Communications Corp., P.Geo., Pr.Sci.Nat. Advanced mineral exploration and related resource estimationContinue Reading
AME Roundup 2019 Geology Industry applications media mineral exploration Red Pennant Communications Blog Updates and Points of View
Observations on AME Roundup 2019 – Tech solutions looking for problems
AME Roundup 2019 in Vancouver, BC, finished on 31 January 2019, and here is my final post about some ofContinue Reading
AME Roundup 2019 Geology Industry applications media mineral exploration Red Pennant Communications Blog Updates and Points of View
Observations on AME Roundup 2019 – Additions to the Geoscience Toolbox to prevent “noodling”
AME Roundup 2019 in Vancouver, BC, finished on 31 January 2019, and here are my observations about some of theContinue Reading
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Observations on AME Roundup 2019 – Overview of a successful BC block cave – New Gold Inc.
AME Roundup 2019 in Vancouver, BC, finished on 31 January 2019, and here are my observations about some of theContinue Reading
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Observations on AME Roundup 2019 – Mining methods and sorting systems
AME Roundup 2019 in Vancouver, BC, finished on 31 January 2019, and here are my observations about some of theContinue Reading
Observations on AME Roundup 2019 – BC Copper Advantage
AME Roundup 2019 in Vancouver, British Columbia (BC), finished on 31 January 2019, and here are my observations about someContinue Reading
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Can the professions be funny? Here’s the how-to of humour
The most used “shtick” in advertising, and the one that goes wrong most often, is humour. You have all seen cringe-worthyContinue Reading
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Nobody dabbles at dentistry – and they shouldn’t dabble at business development
Seth Godin usually hits the nail on the head in his micro-posts. One of the things he recently pointed outContinue Reading
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I abhor the Nestlé Pure Life commercial – here’s why
I just hate this commercial. Every time I see it I get absolutely furious. It is patently, obviously, in-your-face WRONGContinue Reading
Reconciliation – Harder than it looks!
Published May 8, 2018 Author: Mike O’Brien, Technical Director, Geology & Resources, P.Geo., Pr.Sci.Nat. Reconciliation – Harder than it looks!Continue Reading
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How to make a safety video that isn’t unwatchable
Safety videos. Oh dear. Yawn. Bo-o-o-o-ring. ZZZZzzzzzz. On April 17, 2018, an in-flight accident on Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 proved thatContinue Reading
Atlas Obscura wins 2018 Webby Award for travel site
Happy news! Atlas Obscura – which I praised in a previous blog post – has won a Webby Award for bestContinue Reading
A perfectly managed Government event we can all learn from
I complained about the difficulties of the paperwork of the application for Canadian citizenship in a recent post, but nowContinue Reading
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How Atlas Obscura wins readers with best-in-class Journalism
Every day I visit a variety of websites – some good, some bad and some a mixed bag. There areContinue Reading
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Try Biteable to create video presentations – it’s really, really simple
One of the newish platforms for creating presentation materials is Biteable – so-called because you can build your presentation fromContinue Reading
Surely you can do better? – Online application form is barrier to participation
As a potential citizen of this fine country, Canada, I’m weighing in on a problem with government department communications. IContinue Reading
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How “Carmilla” Helped Kill Off the 30-Second Ad
A rider on this post: How does Kotex get more promotion out of the Carmilla phenomenon? After the film gets aired on TV,Continue Reading
The secret of the perfect interview: Mike Wallace’s Chemistry of Confidentiality
Mike Wallace was a long-serving, multi-award-winning journalist reporting on the CBS program, 60 Minutes. Recently CBS aired Jeff Fager looks backContinue Reading
I hate Mineral Resource Estimation!
Published October 6, 2017 Author: Mike O’Brien, Senior Principal Consultant, P.Geo., Pr.Sci.Nat. I started a resource update a couple of weeksContinue Reading
Don’t proofraed your own stuff – and here’s why.
I agree with all the above advice from David Ogilvy on how to write anything actually – but definitely howContinue Reading
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An utter embarrassment to the “profession”
I think it’s a stretch to call marketing and public relations (PR) people (including me), “professionals”. That’s my opinion, based onContinue Reading
The demise and rise of 3-D media
3-D applications continue to evolve, but for commonplace office use, good old 2-D will do just as well. 3-D TVContinue Reading
Changes in Canada anti-spam legislation coming July 1, 2017 – What to do about it
On July 1, 2017, changes to Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) are coming into effect. If yours is a Canadian business,Continue Reading
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Shock tactics, like shocks, only work for a short time
At the two-day International Metal Writer’s Conference that ended on 29 May 2017, I listened to Paul Harris whose stone-cold soberContinue Reading
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What to look for in mining projects: Location, location, location – and people
At the two-day International Metal Writer’s Conference that ended on 29 May 2017, Paul Harris, Editor Latin America for theContinue Reading
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Getting away from bad news
Samsung commercial #1 – “Commitment to Quality” There is a TV commercial that made me laugh out loud it is so outrageously self-serving.Continue Reading
Here’s to the Long Read and why we need it
Seth Godin is currently one of the smartest people writing about the ad industry, media and communications. He does notContinue Reading
Oh to be like Ogilvy!
David Ogilvy was (is) the Great Guru of Advertising, The Man, He Who Should Be Obeyed. What I know ofContinue Reading
Fresh new website for Maxiamo Perfumes
Now for something completely different Last week the new Maxiamo Perfumes® website/blog went live, and I am well pleased with it,Continue Reading
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Bad music in commercials makes my head hurt
At the moment, there are a couple of commercials with bad jingles that are making my head hurt. I wish IContinue Reading
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