Month: May 2006

Error in Branding? “Yukon – Larger Than Life”

The folks at Yukon Tourism are in trouble again – this time, it’s about the new Yukon logo and slogan seen to the right. Over the past year or so I’ve filled out 2 long surveys supposedly about what direction our identity branding should go, but the last one,...
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Selling Water or…?

Bottled water is a tough market to break into, with the big box stores selling it for what appears to be about the cost of the bottle. Barry Enders in Whitehorse has just begun serious marketing of his bottled water at several times the cost of the big-box water...
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A new format and server

I’ve just moved the blog to my own server because it’s faster than the WordPress one I was using at http://explorenorth.wordpress.com/. There’s no way to move the previous posts, so we’ll just have to start over again. I’m still playing with designs, backgrounds and plugins, so you may see...
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I’ve Moved the Blog

Sorry to be a nuisance, but I’ve moved the blog to my own server, as this WordPress one slows down too much in the morning when traffic gets heavy, making both posting and reading frustrating. The old URL was http://explorenorth.wordpress.com, the new one is http://www.explorenorth.com/wordpress/...
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Winter Flashback

The garage sale on Saturday was a success. We have lots more room in the house and garage, and had a few hundred bucks in my pocket. “Had” because we spent it all on Sunday (and a lot more), on a new bike for Cathy, a bike rack for...
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