by Rob Cottingham | Apr 20, 2008 | Politics, Technology
The news over the past few weeks – or, more accurately, over and over and over over the past few weeks – has been all about Barack Obama’s digitally-recorded comments about small-town working-class bitterness over economic insecurity. I’m torn.... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 17, 2008 | Technology
Well, well: IBM has invited Macs to drop by for a sleepover – a pilot program that, for some participants, has turned into a longer-term engagement: The first phase of the pilot program ran from October 2007 through January 2008. It distributed 24 MacBook Pros... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 17, 2008 | Blogging, Vancouver
If you’re not into figure skating – and by “into”, I mean absolutely freakin’ obsessed with it – you’ve probably been as nonplussed as I am when you hear conversations between people who are. Their exhaustive knowledge of the... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 15, 2008 | Blogging, Technology, Vancouver
At least in social networking, my choice is clear: Updated: Guess who else is voting for Change Everything? Kate Trgovac, My Name is Kate Rebecca Bollwitt, Miss604 Darren Barefoot Travis Smith, Hop Studios (very best of luck with 2007 winner Truthdig, nominated again... 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... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 9, 2008 | Blogging, Social Media, Technology
The CBC has a story about a study that points to habitual use of blogs … that is, where instead of perusing their contents, you’re checking them obsessively to see if there have been any updates. You know, like e-mail. Or, if you’re like me, web...