A new internet craze called “planking” involves lying in a horizontal posture in, on or across various objects in some situation guaranteed to attract attention. Being able to simulate rigor mortis is a definite plus, along with powers of endurance whe…
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CalgaryLiberal: The wider spirit of Liberal reform
I think I may have struck a chord. In the last day or so I have receive 1,200 pageviews (this is a lot for me) on my blog posting and numerous outlets have broached the topic of reforming the Liberals, and with particular reference is the creation of a…
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PERSONAL:SORRY FOR THE LACK OF CONTENT HERE: Regular readers of this of this blog may have noticed a lack of content recently. I’ve explained this before as I have transfered a lot of my activity over the my Facebook account. I’ve been contemplati…
Continue readingPop The Stack: The First Annual Holiday FFriend Shout Out
Cross-posted to Computationally Thinking This is the time of year when we all make a little effort to send a gift to our family and close friends. Other friends get maybe card and no gift and that’s fine too, we aren’t all made of money and getting good gift for people we know really well […]
Continue readingTattered Sleeve: When Facebook becomes Hatebook
I was a reluctant FB joiner at first. I have known it to cause weird, unintended social faux-pas between people innocently updating their friends’ pages with manoevres that turn into clumsy – and very public – rebukes. Plus, the site owners surely love…
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: The Problem With Taxpayer Funded Social Media
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, the twitterverse and blogdom is finally sittin’ up and takin’ notice that our gummint is paying for favourable postings in various social media. There was a story on it over the weekend: Harper government monitoring onli…
Continue readingPop The Stack: Canada 2.0 – The Satirical Masses
You gotta love Canada. We are a humble people but we are also a deeply funny and self-effacing people. The latest political trend involves a deep fried ring of onion, a Prime Minister and the spicy dipping sauce of Facebook protest. The aforementioned onion ring, a very tasty looking one I must say, recently became […]
Continue readingPop The Stack: Democracy in Canada 2.0 – Twitter
I my first article in my series Canada 2.0 I introduced the idea that social media technologies, Internet 2.0 or social media, are beginning to reach a critical mass in Canada that can enable a transformation of our democracy and society as a whole. Those who want to take part and shape this future need […]
Continue readingRob Maguire: 13 ways to promote your Facebook page
It seems that everyone and their monkey are on Facebook these days. Recent stats show that Facebook is growing at a rate of 600,000 new users each day, swelling the network to over 140 million active users. For nonprofits, these numbers represent an increasingly huge opportunity to get the word out about your cause. If […]
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