Iceland Turns to the People for Constitutional Reform
Iceland is a fantastic place that the rest of the world can learn from. They get 99% of their energy from geothermal power and have perhaps the most open government…
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The Argosy, Mount Allison University’s Independent Student Newspaper releases archived issues (PDFs) from 2009-2010
As Online Editor of the Argosy, Mount Allison University's Independent Student Newspaper (since 1875) my job has been, among other things, to help migrate the website to it's new platform…
Giorgio Mammoliti– A Great Shirriff Roscooooo P Coltrane To Mayor Boss Hogg
Yes, ol’ Giorgio Mammoliti has been really becoming unhinged as of late. McCarthyism is indeed alive and well over at City Hall. A Facebook group that won’t allow ‘commies’, although,…
Mount Allison University Athletics on Social Media
As more and more people adopt social media use its easier to connect to students, staff, and faculty at Mount Allison. That is evidenced particularly well when it comes to…
Doug Ford as Ozymandias (or How I learned to story worrying and love libraries.)
“When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that society has found one more way to destroy itself.” -…
Plastic, packaged and preaching to the choir
While some people may be excited about the fact that all three party leaders in the province are on Da Twitter, a close look at how political parties in newfoundland…
Follow us on Twitter
After holding out for years Things Are Good is finally on Twitter. Now you can find out when new posts (and thus new good news) are published using your twitter…
Why I’m Struggling with Google+
So now I've been a couple of weeks with Google+ and I'll be honest, I'm really struggling with the service. I wanted to give it a few weeks before writing…
Thinking of Making the Switch from Facebook to Google+?
Are you thinking of switching to Google+? Eweek takes on this question today, and provides ten compelling reasons to do so. Most convincing to me are:The ease of limiting your…
Time for the Talk
A tried and true (if tedious) bait and switch routine to draw attention to a serious issue. Synchronicity is a weird and wonderful thing. Here I was talking about the…
Social Media and Rioters
My friend Alexandra Samuel penned a piece titled "After a Loss in Vancouver, Troubling Signals of Citizen Surveillance" over at the Harvard Business Review. The piece highlights her concern with…
Proposed California Law Tackles Social Media, Privacy Concerns
A proposed new law in California would have radical implications for Facebook and other major social media sites:The bill, which would apply only to users in California, would prohibit sites…
Jazz Festival campaign wins marketing award
Last night in Saskatoon, Tourism Saskatchewan held their annual Awards of Excellence Gala, where the Saskatchewan Jazz Festival was in the running for the Online Marketing Campaign of the Year…
From strangers to neighbours on Twitter
Last week I was fortunate enough to hear a talk by CBC president Hubert Lacroix on the future of the public broadcaster. Unsurprisingly, much of the discussion was focused on…
Campaign Manager Training
I am sitting in a room of Liberals in downtown Toronto, listening to a series of presentations delving into the details around communications and campaign management. What strikes me is…
Following Opposing Voices
A couple of weeks ago, @causticchick tweeted "I was followed by @VisionVancouver today, which is weird because I'm STAUNCHLY AGAINST Vision Vancouver. Gregor can kiss my ass. #VanPoli" after Vision…
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…
Engaging Employees On Sustainability Can Pay Big Dividends
Why bother getting employees socially connected with their community or getting them involved in sustainability efforts? Over 50 people gathered at a recent Toronto Sustainability Speaker Series event to answer…
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…
Why Social Media behind the Government Firewall Matters
This comment, posted four months ago to my blog by Jesse G. in response to this post on GCPEDIA, remains one of the favorite comments posted to my blog ever.…