Rob’s blog
Joomla! wins Packt’s top CMS award
It's official, but it was a squeaker: The final result, as voted for by judges from The Open Source Collective, MySQL, the Eclipse Foundation, and 16,000 users on www.PacktPub.com saw a tie for first place between Joomla! and Drupal. In the event of a tie, a fourth...
RootsCamp comes to Second Life!
RootsCamp - a series of gatherings for progressive Americans and members of the "netroots" to discuss and debrief on the U.S. midterm elections - won't just be happening in San Francisco, New York City, Bloomington, Washington DC and Columbus. The first of the planned...
Kerry gaffe proves joke-writing needs to be goof-proof
It's been a rotten week to be John Kerry. His party is gearing up for a mid-term vote on Tuesday that seems likely to give them a majority in the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate, while sending some high-profile Republicans down in flames and...
Ensuring a good life for a relative with a disability
One of the most amazing sessions at last May's Social Change Institute at Hollyhock was a presentation by Vickie Cammack and Al Etmanski of the PLAN Institute for Caring Citizenship. They do amazing work helping families and circles of friends ensure a secure,...
Canadians: Republican villains of choice
As Republican desperation grows in the looming prospect of losing both houses of Congress, the party is reverting to form with a series of brutal attack ads. And Canada is emerging as a handy source of tar to slather onto Democratic politicians. Earlier this month,...
An online PR dust-up, or a full-blown kerfuffle? A colour-coded guide to help you decide
Big news from the For Immediate Release podcast team of Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson: they're joining fellow heavyweights Joseph Jaffe and C.C. Chapman along with five other fine folks in a new-marketing venture known as Crayon. In honour of this auspicious event –...
Welcome to the blogroll: The Legislature Raids
Hard to believe I hadn't added her blog already, but now I have: BC Mary's The Legislature Raids, pretty much the only news source constantly tracking the Basi/Virk trial and the associated staggering BC Liberal scandal. It's not a dispassionate account; Mary has a...
Write a letter. Make a difference.
Some people write to politicians because they're angry and they want to vent. Fair enough – just be aware that venting doesn't change a whole lot. But if you want to actually make a difference, then heat isn't going to help. Passion and conviction, yes, but not...
Gesundheit, iPod
Apparently, a number of newer video iPods – a very small number, just a very few... trivial, really, hardly worth mentioning at all – come equipped with an undocumented feature: a virus that can infect Windows computers. Apple has issued a warning indicating that...
How to support the troops and not necessarily the war
Commenting on my post a few weeks ago, Darren Barefoot isn't sure you can support the troops without supporting the war: That always struck me as wishy-washy, and seemed to render these troops as unthinking automatons or poor saps who are just doing their job. The...
Bill Tieleman joins the conversation
Here's a welcome development: Bill Tieleman, one of BC's liveliest political voices, has jumped into the blogging world: Bill Tieleman is one of BC's best known communicators, political commentators and strategists. Bill writes a politics column Tuesdays in 24 Hours...
Marketing 1.0 1, Marketing 2.0 0: Death of a blog at the ROM
Kate Trgovac has the inside scoop on how a ready-to-launch blog at the Royal Ontario Museum was deep-sixed by the marketing powers that be. It was to have it all. Behind the scenes reports from curators. Advance notice of exclusive events. Insight into the Renaissance...
Why, yes — I’d LOVE to speak at your event
Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides
Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.
