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News 2.0 an evolution of your local paper. - 12 Nov 2009
I have been an avid subscriber to my local paper, the Chronicle Herald, for a little under a year now. It arrives faithfully – with the exception of a few hiccups – every morning 7 days a week. Every day I take the time to read what I can and what interests me from [...]
Read Full Post »Social Media: You are doing it wrong. - 22 Oct 2009
For those who are not aware of such events, tweetup’s are nothing more than a meet up of people who use Twitter. The purpose of such events is to network with like minded individuals in person instead of using online tools. Here in Halifax we have a very active social media community which has some [...]
Read Full Post »Fired for blogging? The Employee/Employer relationship and social networking. - 07 Oct 2009
Lately I have been battling with a particular thought process which seems to be gaining steam. If anyone has watched the news lately they have likely heard a story or two about Crown Prosecutors in Ontario doing extensive background checks into potential jurors. A professor who is also an investigative journalist warning about the [...]
Read Full Post »Facebook Chat - 23 Apr 2008
Anyone who is a Facebook user will be interested to know that the much anticipated Facebook Chat was rolled out quietly tonight.
Users of Facebook will now be able to instant message with one another though a built in message client. Unlike many other Facebook apps like “Movie Quiz”, “Scrabblous”, or , you [...]
Open Courseware lacks Canadian participation - 14 Jan 2008
Today’s article by Dr. Geist in the Toronto Star discusses the lack of participation of Canadian Universities in the Open Courseware initiative. Originally started by MIT – which, as Dr. Geist points out, offers about 1800 courses freely – has spawned into the Open Courseware Consortium featuring universities from China, USA, South Africa, [...]
Read Full Post »Open up the Canadian wireless networks! - 06 Dec 2007
AT&T has announced that as of today it would start allowing any phone, device, or software from any maker on its network. That is right, as of today the third major wireless carrier in the US has opened their network to allow customers to use what they want on their networks.
For years [...]
Facebook security exposes all your pictures. - 28 Nov 2007
Recently a particular nasty feature of the new Facebook advertising model allowed certain advertising partners to post your purchases to your news feed showing everyone what you had recently bought. The nastiness of this feature – and it is a feature since it was deliberate by Facebook – was the automatic opt in of [...]
Read Full Post »Death watch over, burial begins. - 31 Oct 2007
Well it appears that my iPod has finally bit the dust. Having commented previously about the iPod Death Watch site, which uses statistics from their iPod repair center to estimate the average life left on your iPod, I thought it proper to give an update as to the accuracy of the site. [...]
Read Full Post »Blogs, blogs, everywhere, and too many to read! - 20 Oct 2007
I have too many blogs! That is right I have to come face to face with the fact I am not able to read the amount of content I currently have flooding me on a daily basis. I need to simplify what information I want and delete the rest.
By now, you [...]
iPod death watch! When will your iPod die? - 04 Oct 2007
Lifehacker has recently turned me onto a website to track the lifespan of your iPod, and for me the news is not good. In just over a month my little 20gig Generation 4 iPod is expected to die!. 42 days to be exact!
The iPod Death Clock is a great site if you are [...]
