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08/18/2010 - 6:56pm
Register for the full season of CNA/CCNA webinars by September 20th and receive all 12 for just $225 (save $75). This offers a way to deliver cost-effective training to the staff of community newspapers. The webinars are held every second Tuesday...
08/18/2010 - 1:57pm
If there's one debate that never gets tired, it's the one about Ghost Blogging.
We've come to this strange intersection with Social Media where companies want to Blog, but they feel like their CEO (or others within the company) would best be...
08/18/2010 - 12:55am
Last week I raised
the question
of whether Canadian universities should consider walking away from
Access Copyright in light of its recent tariff demands. The post
did
not reject licencing, but rather noted that the combined effect of
openly...
08/18/2010 - 12:36am
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has shut down
a Canadian-based domain name registration scam based out of
Toronto.
Thousands of businesses received fake domain name renewal notices from
the scammers.
08/17/2010 - 9:18pm
Don't be an idiot. Don't be a jerk. But, don't be afraid to make a fool of yourself.
I spend a lot of my days trying to figure out what clicks. You can read that last sentence in any number of ways. When it comes to looking at Social Media (and...
Don't be an idiot. Don't be a jerk. But, don't be afraid to make a fool of yourself.
I spend a lot of my days trying to figure out what clicks. You can read that last sentence in any number of ways. When it comes to looking at Social Media (and...
08/17/2010 - 12:45am
The Canadian Library Association has released detailed comments on Bill
C-32. At the risk of being labeled "radical extremists" by
Canadian Heritage James Moore, the CLA adopts positions that are very
similar to those found on this blog and by...
08/16/2010 - 9:37pm
If there's one debate that never gets tired, it's the one about Ghost Blogging.
We've come to this strange intersection with Social Media where companies want to Blog, but they feel like their CEO (or others within the company) would best be...
08/16/2010 - 12:53am
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement talks resume today as Round Ten
opens in Washington, DC. The full
agenda
indicates that all the issues will be addressed along with discussions
of many smaller matters that have been left until the end. ...
08/16/2010 - 12:37am
SOCAN has filed a motion
for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada in the case
involving fair dealing and online music previews. The Federal
Court of Appeal upheld
the Copyright Board's ruling that such previews could be viewed as...
08/16/2010 - 12:35am
"The fact that the material is copyrighted is not what entitles it to
payment. Fair dealing should be given consideration before the cheques
are written." Read the full
post.
08/16/2010 - 12:33am
The NY Times has an interesting
article on the power of open data, noting progress on Alzheimer's
that is a function of scientists worldwide openly sharing data.
08/15/2010 - 8:32pm
Episode #215 of Six Pixels of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to. This also episode #34 of Media Hacks.
Hugh McGuire (Book Oven, Bite-Sized Edits, LibriVox), Julien Smith (co-author of Trust Agents, In...
Episode #215 of Six Pixels of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to. This also episode #34 of Media Hacks.
Hugh McGuire (Book Oven, Bite-Sized Edits, LibriVox), Julien Smith (co-author of Trust Agents, In...
08/14/2010 - 5:05pm
Why do so many products, services and brands grapple with such a very basic concept: people pay for value. But, it's their perceived value and not the value you assign to it.
Newspapers aren't dying. People are just buying them less and less...
08/14/2010 - 1:46pm
Why do so many products, services and brands grapple with such a very basic concept: people pay for value. But, it's their perceived value and not the value you assign to it.
Newspapers aren't dying. People are just buying them less and less...
08/14/2010 - 12:53pm
Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?
My friends: Alistair Croll (BitCurrent, Rednod, GigaOM, Human 2.0, the author of Complete Web Monitoring and Managing Bandwidth:...
08/14/2010 - 12:52pm
Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?
My friends: Alistair Croll (BitCurrent, Rednod, GigaOM, Human 2.0, the author of Complete Web Monitoring and Managing Bandwidth:...
08/13/2010 - 1:45am
The Canadian Association of University Teachers and the Canadian
Federation of Students have posted their joint
objection
to the proposed Access Copyright tariff. CIPPIC is representing the CAUT and CFS in this case. Sam Trosow provides...
08/13/2010 - 1:40am
The NDP has published a release
criticizing the Google - Verizon net neutrality deal, expressing
concern about the side deal. The deal treats wired and wireless
services in a different manner, something the CRTC has rejected as part
of its...
