by Rob Cottingham | Oct 6, 2005 | Blogging, Politics, Technology
The fine folks at Reporters Without Borders have written what they call a handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents: Bloggers are often the only real journalists in countries where the mainstream media is censored or under pressure. Only they provide independent... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 6, 2005 | Blogging, Technology
When someone tells you they’re about to travel to one of your favourite destinations for the first time, the urge to flood them with information — likes, dislikes, hidden treasures, tourist traps, that restaurant that gave you the runs for a week —... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 5, 2005 | Communicating, Media Mix, Politics, Technology
It’s going to be really, really good to have the CBC back. But I’ll miss the highly personal style of CBCUnlocked. The corporation’s web team would do well to take a close look at what made that site work so well. And I’ll also miss the... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 4, 2005 | Politics
William Bennett, former Republican education secretary and anti-drug crusader: If you wanted to reduce crime, you could — if that were your sole purpose — you could abort every black baby in this country and your crime rate would go down. That would be an... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 4, 2005 | Blogging, Technology
…And the site is back up, now housed with our new hosts. We did, in the end, choose Dreamhost. I was wary given the experience of one of our commenters (and he’s no slouch in the tech department), but in the end we were seduced by the large user community...
