by Rob Cottingham | Apr 20, 2006 | Blogging, Communicating
You didn’t have to look too far on April 1st to find examples of web sites playing practical jokes on their readers. And you didn’t have to look much farther to find examples of readers who were getting mighty tired of the practical jokes. 2006 may go down... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 20, 2006 | Politics
Sean Holman at Public Eye Online got his hands on a memo being circulated by regional Conservative organizer John Buckham, which encourages local Tories to show their support for beleaguered Liberal Conservative cabinet minister David Emerson at a... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 18, 2006 | Blogging
Firefox just automatically detected a new version 1.2 of Performancing, the Firefox extension that gives you a word-processor-like interface for writing blog posts. Funny thing is, even the Performancing web site is still listing the current version as 1.1.1. Which... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 18, 2006 | Blogging
A few days ago, a visitor left a pitch for a new, anonymous blog as a comment on one of my posts. Here’s what ticked me off: It had exactly nothing to do with the post. It’s already been left word for word on at least one other blog (on an equally... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 17, 2006 | Everything Else
You may have heard the old joke about an international conference on elephants, where the Canadian presentation is titled “The elephant: a federal or provincial responsibility?” Smaller animals, it seems, have been delegated to smaller jurisdictional...