by Rob Cottingham | Nov 24, 2006 | Communicating, Technology
As you may have heard, Edelman is making some big moves in Second Life, an avatar-based immersive environment (that’s the current buzz phrase while we figure out what to call the damn things). I’ve been learning a little about SL myself, and…... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 22, 2006 | Non-profits, Online Community, Technology
If you’ve always wanted to put your web and writing chops to work for Canada’s labour movement, here’s a great opportunity: The Canadian Union of Public Employees is looking for someone to see to the day to day content of their national website,... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 14, 2006 | Online Community, Technology
It’s official, but it was a squeaker: The final result, as voted for by judges from The Open Source Collective, MySQL, the Eclipse Foundation, and 16,000 users on www.PacktPub.com saw a tie for first place between Joomla! and Drupal. In the event of a tie, a... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 6, 2006 | Conferences and workshops, Online Community, Politics, Technology
RootsCamp – a series of gatherings for progressive Americans and members of the “netroots” to discuss and debrief on the U.S. midterm elections – won’t just be happening in San Francisco, New York City, Bloomington, Washington DC and... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 25, 2006 | Blogging, Communicating
Big news from the For Immediate Release podcast team of Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson: they’re joining fellow heavyweights Joseph Jaffe and C.C. Chapman along with five other fine folks in a new-marketing venture known as Crayon. In honour of this auspicious... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 22, 2006 | Blogging, Politics
Hard to believe I hadn’t added her blog already, but now I have: BC Mary’s The Legislature Raids, pretty much the only news source constantly tracking the Basi/Virk trial and the associated staggering BC Liberal scandal. It’s not a dispassionate...