by Rob Cottingham | Dec 5, 2005 | Communicating, Technology
If you’re interested in how public relations practitioners have to change to deal with new online realities, I’d urge you to listen to today’s podcast from For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report. (You can download the 35-megabyte MP3... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 30, 2005 | Blogging, Politics
Several NDP campaigns are blogging, and at least one is podcasting – and I think that deserves some recognition. So this page is going to serve as a repository for the Web 2.0-enabled NDP candidates. I’ve almost certainly missed some, and others will... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 29, 2005 | Technology
Bingo! is its name. The site’s supposed to be used as a Web 2.0 variation on buzzword bingo… but forget that. Instead, if you’re in the online biz, use it as a cheat sheet the next time you’re talking with a potential client or investor. Every... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 25, 2005 | Everything Else, Politics, Technology
With all the protests that the impending federal election campaign will likely impinge on Christmas and Hanukkah celebrations, there hasn’t been one word about how badly it will interfere with the speculation over what Steve Jobs will be announcing at Macworld... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 24, 2005 | Technology
Is it a complete coincidence that less than a week after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Lego can’t claim the design of its blocks as a trademark, LaCie offers a new stackable hard drive with a very familiar-looking design? Yes, yes — LaCie’s... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 24, 2005 | Blogging, Media Mix, Politics
Elsewhere in a discussion on the dearth of municipal blogging, some of us toss around the fact that bloggers usually don’t do the kind of investigative legwork that reporters do, and can’t break stories. Meet a vital exception: Paul Willcocks and his blog,...