by Rob Cottingham | Feb 22, 2009 | Blogging, Conferences and workshops, Social Media, Vancouver
(photo by Tyler Ingram) Today was huge for me. Huge. I’m still reeling from how much fun I had. I got to deliver one of the two opening keynotes for Northern Voice, the blogging conference that really helped kick it all off for Alex and me back in 2005. And I... by Rob Cottingham | Jan 11, 2009 | Technology
For years, a big thing in computers and digital devices has been to look cool and enticing. Apple is the acknowledged leader of that pack, but nearly everyone has climbed aboard. That’s been a big improvement over the era of beige-box computers. (You’re... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 30, 2008 | Communicating, Speechwriting, Technology
At the very end of a post about professional public speaking (more about Tod’s public-speaking series of posts soon – they’re fantastic, and this one is actually hilarious), Tod Maffin offers a piece of advice that just about every Mac user should take... by Rob Cottingham | Sep 23, 2008 | Politics, Social Media, Technology
That there is my first contribution to The Orange Room, the federal New Democratic Party’s remarkable new social media initiative. Go check it out. You’ll find user-contributed and user-rated media as well as a kind of crowd-sourced rapid response network... by Rob Cottingham | Sep 10, 2008 | Technology
My MacBook Pro is in the shop – something’s gone terribly wrong with the video (none on the laptop display, none on the external) – and I’m on a loaner computer, working from scratch. I have a hard drive with a few-days-old home folder on it,... by Rob Cottingham | Jul 31, 2008 | Technology
Updated: Rogers has been in touch, through the kind offices of Tod Maffin and their corporate communications director, Liz Hamilton. Apparently the staff I spoke to were mistaken; there is a phone replacement program that applies to the iPhone. That program allows you...