Rob Cottingham

31 Mar 2006

You have the right to remain silent. And that’s pretty much it.

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Category: Media Mix; Politics

Thankfully, Colin Mayes, MP (Conservative – Okanagan-Shuswap-North Gulag) now no longer supports jailing reporters who write articles that strike him as unfair:
In a column e-mailed this week to several B.C. newspapers in his riding of Okanagan-Shuswap, Colin Mayes said that jailing reporters might help the public get accurate information.

“Maybe it is time that we hauled off in handcuffs reporters that fabricate stories, or twist information and… Read more...

30 Mar 2006

Strategic blogging workshop at Hollyhock: May 17-21

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We’re putting the finishing touches on Word Power, the Social Signal blogging workshop that Alex and I will be holding at the Hollyhock Centre from May 17 to 21.

I’m excited about this: there are a growing number of technical how-to resources for blogging, but there are still very few opportunities to learn about blogs from a strategic standpoint. How do you position them as part… Read more...

27 Mar 2006

Coming soon: two Drupal book reviews

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Category: Technology

Early in your career using open-source tools, you’ll probably run up against the highly uneven quality and quantity of documentation.

With nobody actually getting paid by the programmers to crank out user manuals and training material, the job falls to volunteers and after-market publishers. Some programs – especially those a little longer in the tooth – have evolved a sophisticated library of materials suited for any level of expertise… Read more...

Accidental dossiers: privacy and security in the new web

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I just posted this at the Social Signal blog. It’s the opening presentation I didn’t end up delivering at the 2006 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Here’s an excerpt:
Think about Web 2.0 – the loose collection of new technologies like blogs, news feeds and the like – and one of the key things that jumps to mind is aggregation. These new technologies allow us to take raw information from… Read more...

26 Mar 2006

Circuit riders

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Category: Everything Else

Last week at the NTC conference, I kept hearing the term “circuit rider” bandied around. I finally happened to ask the very kind Deborah Elizabeth Finn to relieve me of the burden of trying to bluff my way through those conversations. She obliged with an enthralling account of the rise and eventual transformation of a movement of tech evangelists bringing the gospel of wired wonderment to non-profit… Read more...

23 Mar 2006

At the Nonprofit Technology Conference

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What I’m up to for the rest of the week: Nonprofit Technology Conference, convened by N-TEN: The Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network

20 Mar 2006

Vanrambling starts building the web

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Category: Technology; Vancouver

One of my favourite local reads, Raymond Tomlin at the Vanramblings blog, is getting into the web design world with two new sites.

16 Mar 2006

Rewrite the quotation books

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I don’t know much about state senate races in Maryland. I do know a great quotation when I see one… and Jamie Raskin, a constitutional law professor running in the Democratic primary, has just assured himself a place in the next edition of any half-decent book of quotations.

Testifying at a state senate committee’s hearings into a proposed ban on same-sex marriage, Raskin was asked by a Republican… Read more...

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