Monthly Archives: November 2006

Toronto: Get ready for Canada’s freeze

Toronto’s warmest autumn since 1941 is about to come to a skidding halt. Today’s temperature: +15 C. Tomorrow: -1. Damn…

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Mass-socialization: a threat to hierarchy and control

Jon Husband in Wirearchies applies principles of Inspector Lohmann’s building invisible comic community to the blogosphere: [Inspector Lohmann] explores one of the central reasons why (IMO) blogging and connecting with each other to work at building new relationships is so … Continue reading

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All about RSS – from Fagan Finder

Techies that need to background information for RSS for newbies won’t go too far wrong with Fagan Finder’s All About RSS guide. Galan Bridgeman’s article at Microsoft.com explains some good software options at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/web/expert/bridgman_05november21.mspx

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Wiki technical report: Pasting into Confluence and TWiki

Having used the Open Source TWiki since 2001, and for about a year used a commercial installation of Confluence, I am always looking to cross-contextualize my understanding of the two products. This report compares Confluence and TWiki from the point … Continue reading

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Roger Martin: “Ontario could not go out of its way to devise a more business unfriendly, non-competitive taxation system”

http://www.gagglescape.com/index.php/site/comments/528/ : According to [Roger] Martin, [Dean of the Rotman School of Management] – and he pulled no punches – Ontario could not go out of its way to devise a more business unfriendly, non-competitive taxation system. “Taxing businesses at … Continue reading

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Wikis compared to Email, Discussion Groups and Blogs

I met Bryan Watson of EP-Enterprises for a meal about a month ago. Last week Bryan telephoned me to ask if I’d mind re-explaining the relative merits of Wikis compared to Email, Discussion Groups and Blogs. This is the slide … Continue reading

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Headrush Ajax: Book Review

I’ve just finished reading Headrush AJAX. Here’s my 40sec review! Although some 350 pages, I found it a quick read (2 1/2 hours?), so I was really glad I borrowed it from the library rather than buying it. The book … Continue reading

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Open Skies for airflight; Open markets for Canada; Social Media as an Enabler.

Travellers’ groups cheer ‘open skies’ plan Airline and travellers’ groups are cheering a government plan to open up Canada’s skies to more competition, saying open-skies agreements with more countries will allow them to reach new markets and reduce ticket prices … Continue reading

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Canada’s for sale. Is no one interested, or have staff just not been given voice?

According to the Toronto Star, M&A has reached a new high. Canada is being sold off to foreign investment, and no-one cares. I argue that Canada’s corporate culture of subservience can be transformed using Social Media tools, and that Canada’s … Continue reading

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Gizmodo: GPS enabled Cell Phone released – locate your buddies!

Grope: Helio Drift GPS Buddy Stalker Vs. Dodgeball – Gizmodo Basically, you can use the phone to find friends on you buddy list, with a few conditions. They have to have a Drift phone, too. They have to be on … Continue reading

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