by Rob Cottingham | Oct 28, 2005 | Blogging
Any major shift in communication technology goes through these stages: Experimentation Early narrow implementation Establishment of community Enhancement of solidarity in face of establishment backlash Giving awards to ourselves Gosh, is it time for step five again?... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 21, 2005 | Blogging, Politics
Vancity Credit Union has a dandy idea for extending credit to folks who might normally find it hard to come by: peer lending. From CBC Vancouver: Vancity’s Shaheen Tejani says the credit union lends money to groups of people, to allow individuals to start their... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 20, 2005 | Blogging, Technology
How cool is this? I’ve been linked to by a Gentoo Penguin webcam blog out of Antarctica! (Apparently they’d been having popup issues thanks to the Webstats4U fiasco reported on here a month ago.) I’m returning the favour by directing you to their... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 14, 2005 | Blogging, Technology
Damn. A commenter named Tory, responding to a 37signals blog post, has our number: I know exactly what web 2.0 is: pretentious oversized fonts pastel colors buzzwords featureless “user experiences†overly friendly and self-important copy acronyms Basically it’s... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 11, 2005 | Blogging, Everything Else, Technology
You could be the newest member of Social Signal, a Vancouver web company that helps to create innovative online communities. We’re looking for a deputy geek and virtual office manager who can pitch in on a wide range of socially-oriented web projects and help... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 11, 2005 | Blogging, Everything Else, Technology
Big news, amigas and amigos: at the end of this year, I’ll be leaving NOW Communications after eight years as their Director of New Media. And I’ll be joining Alexandra Samuel full-time in our consulting practice, newly relaunched as Social Signal. Social...