by Rob Cottingham | Nov 1, 2011 | Social Signal
Some big changes came yesterday to Google Reader, the venerable RSS newsreader that has become part of the texture of daily online life for a lot of us. The design has changed dramatically, in line with changes made to most other Google services. But t…
by Rob Cottingham | Jan 26, 2011 | Social Signal
I’ve been teaching social media fundamentals in the UBC and Emily Carr University continuing studies programs for nearly two years now. Early on in every course, I show students how to use iGoogle (and similar services) into a social media dashboard…
by Rob Cottingham | Jun 4, 2007 | Technology
Corporate Ipsum widget for OS X Dashboard Oh, very nice: a handy little device for whipping up reams of dummy copy at the click of a button. And not just your basic lorem ipsum greek text, either (although that’s an option). This puppy happily spits out a screed... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 25, 2007 | Politics, Technology
This is a year old, but it’s still very, very cool. The campaign is called “Irrepressible.info – an effort by Amnesty International to draw attention to the way too many governments are censoring the Internet, and punishing those who use it to speak...