It’s official… PodCamp Ottawa 2008 is taking place from 10:00am – 4:00pm on Sunday, November 23, 2008 in the Panorama Room of Ottawa’s National Arts Centre. Thank you very much to the NAC’s New Media department for making the room available to the community! This year’s theme is Fresh Thinking and Approaches, the intent being [...]
A settlement has been reached that could put an end to two years of class action and other lawsuits against Google for its Google Book Search service. The summary of the agreement appears in a press release by the American Association of Authors (AAP). More Access to Out-of-Print Books — Generating greater exposure for millions [...]
The Ottawa Podcast and New Media Meetup Group will kick off its 2008-2009 season at 7:00pm this Thursday, October 30, at the Clock Tower Brew Pub (575 Bank Street at Isabella). The reservation is under Mark/Podcasters. During this meeting, I’d like to create a list of podcast/new media challenges people are struggling with and things [...]
In a blog entry published on September 25, Dave Fleet offered a great summary of his experience with different types of audience engagement based on how he shares his ideas (see Different Types of Engagement). Partly to bring attention to his post, partly to show that older content maintains relevance over time and partly to [...]
Thanks to Mitch Joel for sharing this modern take on a classic.
Over coffee this morning, Andrea and I talked about the things people blog and podcast about and how there is a trend to be more publicly transparent about our experiences, thoughts and paths in life. We cited some examples and before I had a chance to talk about Derek Miller‘s latest post about the decision [...]
I attended Social Media Breakfast Ottawa #4 yesterday. It was a panel discussion about online communities moderated by Jen Evans (Founder & Chief Strategist, Sequentia Environics) and featured Luc Lévesque (Founder & General Manager, TravelPod — whom I worked with at BCE Emergis/Bell Security Solutions), Gérard Métrailler (Sr. Director, Product Management, Graphics, Corel) and Ian [...]
A few weeks ago, Katherine Matthews put up a post in which she decried the use of the term ‘niche’ and how it reflects badly on podcasting (see ding, dong, the niche is dead). Some raved about her thoughts. John Meadows suggested her post should form a manifesto of podcasting. I finally caught up with [...]
It was bound to happen, really. The 20th anniversary of my high school class is coming up; June 2009 to be exact. The notice came through a Facebook group invitation earlier this week. “just got a FB notification for my 20yr high school reunion. Time to hit the treadmill and order the hair plugs” goes [...]
It documents a cult of personality, geekery and marketing. This is a movie I need to see.
Ottawa’s public bus system, OC Transpo, has announced that celebrations of the 25th anniversary of its Transitway system will include two-bit (25 cent) bus fare on all routes for the entire day of Wednesday, October 29, 2008. Note that Para Transpo is not included in the promotion. The Transitway is an intricate network of rapid [...]
For the last few years, many of the most prominent social and new media conferences have focused heavily on sharing skills within the fish bowl to help novices and veterans advance their styles. We’ve also tried to increase our audience and awareness of out content by trying to turn a long explanation into a tight [...]
I love my HP OfficeJet J6480 All-in-One with its ease of use and the ability to scan, print and fax over my home network (among other cool features). Most importantly, I love it because it can print double-sided — a feature that figured prominently in my purchase decision. In theory, it prints double-sided. As it [...]
I’m breaking form here to discuss something I have consciously left off of my blog: discussion about my work in Information Security; specifically, my four years working on The Secure Channel. Saturday’s Ottawa Citizen features an ‘exclusive’ by Kathryn May titled Government to replace $1B online service ‘boondoggle’. The article is relatively fair in its [...]
Last week I received a series of emails from Glenn Gaudet of Podcast.com. Each email was specific to a different podcast that I produce. I followed the link to one of my podcasts on their site and found six sizable advertisements flashing around a small window containing episodes of my podcast. I was more than [...]
I feel like I was in a car racing down a highway lined with amazing people and incredible ideas. I didn’t get to meet everyone or take in everything that was available, yet the people I did connect with and the sessions that did resonate with me proved to me that this was the conference [...]
One of the first two people I introduced myself to at the Third Coast PRX party last evening is an intern with the festival, Ben. He knew about me. I had contacted the festival from the airport in Edmonton to tell them that I was delayed and still coming. Apparently word got out about my [...]
Nothing was going to make me miss Third Coast. It’s that important to me. I’ve been looking forward to the conference since I registered in August. You get to the point that you’re so invested in achieving your goal that you will stop at nothing to achieve it. So, when I received a number of [...]
I’m in Edmonton to speak at the 2008 Legal Aid Alberta Staff Conference. This morning I had the privilege of attending the opening keynote session delivered by Yvonne Camus, a member of the Canadian team of rookies that finished the 2000 Eco-Challenge in Borneo — against all odds. I came out of her session with [...]
I admit that I haven’t been blogging much lately. In fact, it’s been pointed out to me on a few occassions that my blog is collecting dust. My reasons for letting it slip are all good — I’ve been busy with client work. This has kept me busy at home and has resulted in the [...]
