by Rob Cottingham | Aug 18, 2006 | Technology
I’ve been trying to get my mind around Jabber, which I know mainly as an instant messaging platform. I enlisted Boris Mann, genius and recently-inducted member of Jabber Software Foundation (“First rule: don’t chat about Jabber Software... by Rob Cottingham | Aug 18, 2006 | Blogging, Communicating, Media Mix, Technology
I’ll be on Sean Holman’s Public Eye with the brilliant Kate Trgovac, discussing Petro-Canada’s YouTube gambit. We’re on at 8 p.m., right after the news. 1070 on your AM dial in sunny Victoria, or listen live online. by Rob Cottingham | Aug 18, 2006 | Technology, Vancouver
Believe me, Photoshop, you’re amazing. The things you can do with the Curves control, with channels, with compositing, with custom filters… you still take my breath away. But lately we’ve been getting on each other’s nerves. Come on, admit it:... by Rob Cottingham | Aug 16, 2006 | Blogging, Communicating, Technology
As Kate Trgovac has noted, her old employers at Petro-Canada have launched Pump Talk, an effort to spin Canadians on soaring gasoline prices that makes heavy use of YouTube. (It also makes heavy use of some pretty deft rhetorical footwork. On their FAQ page, PetroCan... by Rob Cottingham | Aug 6, 2006 | Politics
It would have been unthinkable a few years ago, but Joe Lieberman may be about to lose the primary race for his party’s nomination in Connecticut. After a few truly grim polls comes the news that his campaign is scaling way back on its get-out-the-vote effort:...
