by Rob Cottingham | Jul 13, 2008 | Communicating, Technology
Running Firefox 3? Good. Type “about:robots” into the address bar – no “http://’, no “www.”, just “about.robots”. Press “Enter.” You won’t be sorry. (h/t Ismail.) by Rob Cottingham | Jun 24, 2008 | Blogging, Communicating, Everything Else, Online Community
[flv]https://www.robcottingham.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/mccain-scott.flv[/flv] by Rob Cottingham | Jun 11, 2008 | Speechwriting
Cliff Atkinson is one of the few reasons that I haven’t unleashed a presentation-software-deletion virus on the world (the fact that I lack the programming chops to pull it off is another one) (this free e-book is a third) (the lovely Keynote is a fourth). His... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 4, 2008 | Blogging, Communicating, Politics, Speechwriting
I’m going to save the screen capture I took of the Democratic Party’s home page a few minutes ago. And the next time I read some columnist pontificating about how the outcome of an election is a foregone conclusion…or hear a talking head pronouncing... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 19, 2008 | Communicating, Environment
I love this story: Back in January, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) wanted documents that show Johnson ignored his staff when he blocked California’s attempt to institute tough greenhouse gas limits on cars and trucks. The EPA said no, in part because “further... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 10, 2008 | Communicating, Politics, Technology
I have a rule in politics that has served me well: never attribute to malice or conspiracy what can be explained just as easily by incompetence. You may remember this story from back in 2006, at the culmination of the bitter primary battle between Ned Lamont and...