Vanrambling starts building the web
One of my favourite local reads, Raymond Tomlin at the Vanramblings blog, is getting into the web design world with two new sites. One of them is my favourite Vancouver stop for salad rolls: Lan’s Restaurant on West Broadway just east of Granville. And the...Wanted: one big conversation – using coComment to track your comments across blogs
For the past few days, I’ve been trying out coComment, a free online service that tries to solve one of blogging’s thornier problems: tracking one user’s comments across multiple blogs. While much of the fuss that’s being made over blogging in...Five ways to tell if a blog is shilling for Wal-Mart
NY Times: Wal-Mart Enlists Bloggers Blogger’s Swiss bank account has a series of suspicious deposits, each equal to the minimum wage MP3 of bored senior citizen welcomes you every time you visit home page Blog posts appear to have been assembled by imprisoned...Eight tips for beginning to blog
Gerald Bauer at the Vancouver Web 2.0 forum has been interviewing leading bloggers in the Vancouver area over the past several weeks. It makes for good reading and some fascinating insights… and today it was my turn. One of the best questions he asked was...Social Signal in the news
There’s a great overview of how non-profits are using blogging, over at the Oakland Tribune. And not only will you find out about amazing projects like Interplast and Kiva, you’ll see the first print mention of Social Signal. (Cue drunken...
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.
