by Rob Cottingham | Aug 18, 2005 | Blogging
Some time early this morning, a single blogging platform – WordPress, the one that powers this site – was downloaded for the 500,000th time. Bear in mind that to install WordPress, you need more than just the free directory your average ISP provides. You... by Rob Cottingham | Aug 18, 2005 | Politics
‘Indifferent’ (not her or his real name) comments: Can someone explain to me why I should care either way in the Telus labour dispute? A non-essential service company has a labour dispute, so what? How does this effect me in any way what so ever. I... by Rob Cottingham | Aug 17, 2005 | Communicating, How to...
Want a crash course in the basics of risk communication? The Pan American Health Organization (a.k.a. the Americas branch of the World Health Organization) has an online course available, free of charge. Check it out. by Rob Cottingham | Aug 17, 2005 | Blogging, Technology
A young woman is on a train. Creepy guy in a trench coat sits down across from her. She looks up. He flashes. Last century: She moves away, feeling eight shades of humiliated. This century: She takes his picture with a camera phone… and blogs it.... by Rob Cottingham | Aug 16, 2005 | How to..., Technology
It doesn’t come up every day, but I often have to take a screenshot of a web page. (That is, I have to create an image that reproduces what I’m seeing when I load the page into my browser. It’s like taking a picture of my monitor.) Problem: lots of...