At the moment I’m pondering a situation happening in my home province.  I don’t want to get into too much detail about it at the moment because there are few specifics.  It boils down to our provincial government (think state government if..
Topics: debate, government, policy, public opinion, social media

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I’m of two minds about one of Merlin Mann’s latest videos (disclosure:  I’m a big fan of Merlin’s ever since he answered one of my questions on CBC’s Spark Radio show and he commented on my blog.  Well, before then, too....
Topics: 43folders, effort, going to the woodshed, hard work, merlin mann, really hard work, time and patience, unscrupulous internet marketers, work

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The blogosphere is dead and its your fault, screams the post’s headline.  But did that actually happen a long time ago?  And was it ever real?I’ve been chewing over Paul O’Flaherty’s nearly radioactive post since I read it...
Topics: blogging, blogosphere, nick carr, social media

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Many media observers and experts are predicting the impending death of the newspaper. There are no shortage of enemies, villains, or victims in these changing media times.Mathew Ingram wrote an intriguing piece about the newspaper after he moderated a...
Topics: andrew keen, clay shirky, mathew ingram, newspapers

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Image by Mike SansoneToday is Thanksgiving Day in Canada.I am thankful for many things:  friends, family, food and shelter, (relative) peace and security, and gainful employment, among other things.This year I want to point attention to towards another..
Topics: holiday, literacy, reading, thanksgiving, writing

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