Category Archives: TorCamp

Toronto Wiki Tuesdays: Wikis In Education May 2008

It’s Toronto Wiki Tuesday time! Continuing our 2008 Toronto Wiki Tuesday Guest Speaker Series, Vanessa Peters (PhD Candidate, OISE) will lead discussions next Tuesday at Toronto Wiki Tuesday at another new location, GROUNDHOG PUB. http://www.torontowikituesdays.com/twiki/bin/view/TorontoWikiTuesdays/WikisInEducationMay2008 Here’s Vanessa’s description: In this … Continue reading

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Canadian Net Neutrality: cease and desist to Bell Canada

You may have forgotten, or simply not know, Canada has reached the crunch point in deciding whether the Canadian ISPs should be allowed to govern what type of traffic is sent over their wires. Last year I commented: Legal precedent … Continue reading

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Toronto Wiki Tuesdays: March, April and onward, 2008

Some of you may have noticed on the upcoming page that March’s date for Toronto Wiki Tuesday was preliminary, due to a schedule clash on my diary. I’m settling on the 2nd Tuesday of the month whereever possible, making Toronto … Continue reading

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Wikis in Legal Practices – Toronto Wiki Tuesday – Feb 2008

My congratulations go to Connie Crosby for her talk on Wikis in Legal Practices (Do Wikis belong in Law Firms) Slides here Despite howling winds driving a blizzard conditions and a late change of venue, 16 people successfully ventured toInsomnia … Continue reading

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Toronto Wiki Tuesdays: Feb, Mar, April.

Last month’s Toronto Wiki Tuesday marked a turning point. For the next 3 months in 2008 we have speakers lined up! To date I have usually lead a conversation based on my work with clients but I much prefer to … Continue reading

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Toronto Wiki Tuesday mentioned in Canada’s National Post

Toronto Wiki Tuesdays got a brief mention in today’s National Post ‘‘I will be heading to Rower’s Pub to this month’s Toronto Wiki Tuesday, Toronto’s dedicated Wiki event. We’ve had some great topics, talking about how using a wiki efficiently … Continue reading

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Last night’s VizThinkToronto4 – ConceptMapping

Last night was http://barcamp.org/VizThinkToronto4 “Concept Mapping”- presented by David Gelb of York University, Michael Jones from Sheridan College and myself. (Sorry, for all the promotion we did with my pause in blogging I forgot to blog about it). At the … Continue reading

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Toronto Wiki Tuesday – March Meeting

Tonight at Toronto Wiki Tuesday we will begin with a quick talk about IBM’s QEDWiki, starting with a short video clip. We’ll question how IBM have extended the concept of a wiki as a mashup of content to wiki as … Continue reading

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Am away for the next few days: Happy New Year!

Andrea and I will be away until next Wednesday morning, so I won’t be checking mails. Life should return to some normality from that point onward

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Blogging for a job in a transparent, mass-socialized world

In My Blog Got Me a New Job ex-Ernst & Young Rod Boothby explains how his blog enhances the chances of landing a new job, and how he attributes his job offer to having lowered the risk to potential employers … Continue reading

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