by Rob Cottingham | May 9, 2006 | Blogging
So you’ve just found this amazing web site that, I don’t know, sells environmentally sustainable office supplies. And you think, “Damn, blogging could make a huge difference to these people! They have stories to tell, their business relies on... by Rob Cottingham | May 5, 2006 | Politics, Technology
After several days of “Coming soon!”, the Hedy Fry web site now has a Flash splash screen (with photos of Fry in a heavy coat and scarf – probably not the best images in a late-spring campaign) and links to English and French versions of the site.... by Rob Cottingham | May 4, 2006 | Technology, Vancouver
If you’re a post-secondary student with that certain geeky something, the folks at Bryght have plans for you this summer: Vancouver students: Want to earn $US 4500 while working on Drupal Google Summer of Code projects? We’ve got free WiFi, desks for two... by Rob Cottingham | May 3, 2006 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Technology
Okay, so it isn’t the revolution. But it’s a big step forward for Mother Corporation as the CBC unleashes a whole bunch of new podcasts on an unsuspecting public. Every day will bring a new edition of a particular podcast: Monday – The Best of Ideas... by Rob Cottingham | May 1, 2006 | Blogging, Online Community, Technology
The scoop. This is one of the online world’s more interesting success stories. Drupal, now arguably the leading open-source content management system, is attracting both a huge installed base (55,000 sites, according to drupal.org) and a snowballing developer... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 27, 2006 | Blogging, Politics
Gerard Kennedy and Maurizio Bevilacqua are, I’m happy to report, among the living. Bevilacqua was hanging out at the apparently un-Google-able maurizio.ca, and Kennedy’s site went live, as far as I can tell, today. Kennedy’s site is still a little...