The challenge we face
I know, I know. I spent far too much time and energy on it, to no avail. What can you do? But reaching people like that is what we have…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for May 27, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:PayPal sues Google over trade secrets - http://goo.gl/dN4xrPrisoners would be forced to work under Ontario Conservative leader's proposal - CTV.ca…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for May 26, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Canada drops 240 'smart' bombs on Libya, won't reveal cost of mission - http://goo.gl/WcwWR Lawyer with $160K in School Debt…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for May 25, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:UN opens probe into Japan's crippled nuke plant -http://goo.gl/kXK6XRob Ford hopes to scrap plastic bag fee this year -http://goo.gl/8dLLECanada ranks…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for May 24, 2011
We hope that all of our readers had a lovely long weekend! Now, for your leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter!:Bob Dylan turns 70: 'I'm younger than that…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for May 20, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Fighting Cancer and a Custody Battle - http://goo.gl/Bfkq2 Attorney sues many legal bloggers, ABA, Washington Post… -http://goo.gl/VNwzY New Texas law…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for May 19, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:French fury at US: Showing a suspect in handcuffs is illegal in France under laws to preserve presumption of innocencehttp://goo.gl/G64sOA…
CBC Radio column: A stolen laptop and the future of criminal justice
In this alberta@noon column on CBC Radio One with host Donna McElligott I talk about the future of crime fighting. Specifically we discuss the saga of Sean Power and his…
How I Expect Journalists to Behave During #Elxn41
The short answer is: just as they are. I think they’re doing a great job, especially with the kind of contempt Harper has shown them for years. By the way,…
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…
10 reasons political candidates shouldn’t use Twitter #elxn41 #CDNpoli #etc
I was reluctant to join Twitter at first, but now I really love it. It turns out that the reasons people think they’re going to hate Twitter don’t reflect the…
Riding hashtags – now with edits!
So I made up hashtags for every riding. With Twitter being abuzz, I think this it would be good to get some standardization when talking about individual ridings. Here's my…
Twitter Ordered to Give Up User’s Info for Wikileaks Probe
A judge have ruled that Twitter must give up some of their user’s information to the U.S. government as part of their Wikileaks probe. This pertains to the secret court…
CBC Radio column: Newspapers and magazines and mastering the Internet
In this alberta@noon column on CBC Radio One with host Donna McElligott I talk about how reports of the internet fueled death of newspapers and magazines are greatly exaggerated. I…
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…
You Can Tweet Us on Twitter, Where the Heck Else Could I Tweet You?
I’ve got a nagging pet peeve about how the media are explaining all the new ways of communicating with them. I’ve heard CBC and CTV doing this but I’m sure…
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…
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,…
Canada 2.0 – Way to go Canada!
Update on my recent interest in seeing Twitter go Canuck. Good going Canada! It looks like more people are setting their locations because I’ve been seeing more and more Cancon…
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…