Reporters Without Borders helps bloggers without rights
The fine folks at Reporters Without Borders have written what they call a handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents: Bloggers are often the only real journalists in countries where the mainstream media is censored or under pressure. Only they provide independent...Open-source travel: Tell Lee and Sachi where to go
When someone tells you they’re about to travel to one of your favourite destinations for the first time, the urge to flood them with information — likes, dislikes, hidden treasures, tourist traps, that restaurant that gave you the runs for a week —...Back up
…And the site is back up, now housed with our new hosts. We did, in the end, choose Dreamhost. I was wary given the experience of one of our commenters (and he’s no slouch in the tech department), but in the end we were seduced by the large user community...Vanishing act
I’m making a few changes behind the scenes at this site today. There may be a brief outage, sporadic fires, itching and occasional locusts. Definitely occasional locusts. But we’ll be back shortly. Thanks for bearing with us.Is there a zombie computer on the provincial payroll?
I’ve just been comment-spammed from the IP address 142.22.186.12. What’s interesting about that particular address is that it belongs to the British Columbia Systems Corporation… a division of your friendly provincial government. Eeep. I’ve...
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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.
