Rob’s blog
Derek Miller shares his cancer treatment
I’ve never met Derek Miller; I’ve seen him on a panel, corresponded with him, spoken on the phone once, read his blog countless times and – like much of the podcastiverse – heard and enjoyed his music. Yet I feel like I know the guy well (partly because he’s a…
WordPress 2.1 is out…
…and it’s full of little improvements. Probably the biggest one is in the posting interface, which is now tabbed, and lets you switch seamlessly from a WYSIWYG editor (which, mercifully, finally seems to work) to a modified HTML pane. The news is here on…
Editor with a one-track mind discovers bloggers have Girl’s back
Sunday Times acting news editor Nicholas Hellen had a scoop in his hands: the identity of Abby Lee, the well-known pseudonymous sex blogger behind Girl With a One-Track Mind (and now the author of a book by the same name). Problem: he didn’t yet have her…
Get started blogging, keep your New Year’s resolutions… and win $500
Our good friends (and clients) at Vancity are running a contest on ChangeEverything.ca. The $500 first prize is great, but the cool thing about it as far as I’m concerned is, it’s the ideal way for a beginner to dip their toes into the blogging waters….
SL meets GPL
Holy cow: the Second Life client has just gone open-source: [W]e welcome the inevitable with open arms. Stepping up the development of the Second Life Grid to everyone interested, I am proud to announce the availability of the Second Life client source code for you to…
Tim pulls his last pint
Pints of Drivel is shutting its doors. It’s too bad… I’ll miss Tim’s words of wisdom and wit.
Once around the world, and then home: Lee and Sachi prove The World Is Not Flat
Lee and Sachi LeFever have made it home to Seattle, after embarking on a trip that lent new meaning to the term “world-wide web”. Throughout their year-long globe-spanning odyssey, they maintained a photographically-rich chronicle via their custom-built…
The best way to experience the Liberal leadership convention…
…may not be from the convention floor, or even on CPAC. No, I expect I’ll be getting most of my leadershippy goodness from The Tyee’s Election Central Blog. They have a great crew of bloggers this year, and – unlike the rest of the media, as far as I…
Now blogging at Civic Minded
I’m pleased to announce that I’ve begun blogging at Corante’s Civic Minded blog, your guide to the political impact of the web. My inaugural post begins like this: When I worked in a Member of Parliament’s office back in the early 1990s, our…
Canadian Blog Awards: This blog endorses…
In the business category… …MyNameIsKate.ca. Why? Great posts like this one: I just registered for YAWTPOS (Yet-Another-Web-Two-Point-O-Service .. apologies to Yahoo!) and I received the following email: Congratulations on your successful registration! You…
Dancing on the Edelman boardroom table
As you may have heard, Edelman is making some big moves in Second Life, an avatar-based immersive environment (that’s the current buzz phrase while we figure out what to call the damn things). I’ve been learning a little about SL myself, and……
Job opportunity: new media officer with CUPE
If you’ve always wanted to put your web and writing chops to work for Canada’s labour movement, here’s a great opportunity: The Canadian Union of Public Employees is looking for someone to see to the day to day content of their national website,…
