Rob’s blog
Worth reading: Mark on Media
Lately, I've been following Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media. Written by a former journalist turned Kwantlen journalism instructor, it started as a way to share information with his students. But now its mandate has broadened: The more I read, the more I see that...
Free Nelson Mandela’s speaking notes
I've been scouring the web for the text of Nelson Mandela's speech to Live 8 on Friday. The closest I've come is finding these excerpts from the BBC. Update: Jay Pausner has found the whole thing. Updateder: ...Ach -- it's a speech from February (with a few similar...
Coda: the same-sex marriage fight goes on… in France
As the battle over C-38 winds down in Canada, the fight for equal marriage is just starting to gather steam in France. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a Socialist member of the French National Assembly (and avid blogger), reports on the Paris gay pride march: Les...
More lies my President told me
The glowing promise... ...and the crushing reality. (So far, this is the closest of the bunch.) The dazzling come-on... ...and the pallid follow-through.
Got a Mac? Want to podcast? Here’s how.
Chris Alemany at Murky View has an easy step-by-step guide for podcasting using a Mac and a WordPress blog. (Podcasting is a form of blogging that allows listeners to subscribe to an audio feed, usually in the form of downloadable MP3s. And now you know roughly as...
GoDaddy: Maybe they meant “23rd most popular blog written by a guy named Bob Parsons”
Looks like Alex and I aren't the only folks obsessing about their blogs' rankings. It's not an especially healthy preoccupation for the two of us; for a corporation that depends on at least some reputation for tech savvy, it's downright dumb -- especially if they wind...
Speechwriter Terry Edmonds, out from behind the curtain
You've heard Terry Edmonds, even if you've never heard him. He's written speeches for Donna Shalala, Bill Clinton and John Kerry, and now he has a wide-ranging interview at Gothamist. This passage in particular struck me: We saw you described somewhere as "the...
Global Frequency and open-source TV programming
It's not quite the revolution... but it's certainly new. Screenwriter John Rogers adapted the Warren Ellis comic Global Frequency for television, and garnered enough interest from WB to shoot a pilot episode. (Here in Vancouver, no less. Thanks for the bucks.) All...
Join the RSStocracy: your ticket to a front-row seat at the blogging revolution
There are three ways to overthrow a ruling class: replace it with another knot of arrogant, elitist swine (why bother?); rise up en masse with pitchforks and torches (risky and bloody, with an unproven track record); or infiltrate their ranks until everyone's an...
Reporters sans fronti?®res announces blog awards for freedom of expression
Reporters sans fronti?®res has named its picks for the blogs that do the most to defend free expression. The winners: Shared Pains from Afghanistan Al Jinane from Morocco Screenshots from Malaysia ICT lex from Italy PressThink from the U.S. Mojtaba Saminejad from Iran...
The President is a liar!
No, not that one. Well, him too, of course, but I'm talking about the real President: the guy behind the President's Choice frozen meal I'm enjoying ingesting as I write this. The glowing promise: The sad, flaccid reality: Let's cut the crap. The only way to get their...
Eye wide open
Lock up your aides: in the worst news the Campbell government has received since election night, the Public Eye Online has re-opened.
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.
