Who’s the master of your domain name?
Say you’re a Canadian who decides one day that you’re going to bite the bullet, and establish a personal online presence. And you want to start by getting a web address – a first-name/last-name/dot-c-a domain name, like robcottingham.ca. But when you...New insight into why the LA Times didn’t see it coming
From today’s New York Times: “Nothing bad happened really until after midnight on Saturday,” said Michael Newman, deputy editorial page editor. At 8:32 p.m. Saturday, a posting on www.Slashdot.org, which bills itself as “news for nerds,”...Bill C-60: Drop your MP3s and back away with your hands over your head
New federal legislation (Bill C-60, available here in PDF format) has been quietly unveiled in Ottawa. The early word is that it’s the nicest present that Canadian consumers have given to record labels, movie studios and other publishers in a long time. Because...Global Frequency and open-source TV programming
It’s not quite the revolution… but it’s certainly new. Screenwriter John Rogers adapted the Warren Ellis comic Global Frequency for television, and garnered enough interest from WB to shoot a pilot episode. (Here in Vancouver, no less. Thanks for the...Join the RSStocracy: your ticket to a front-row seat at the blogging revolution
There are three ways to overthrow a ruling class: replace it with another knot of arrogant, elitist swine (why bother?); rise up en masse with pitchforks and torches (risky and bloody, with an unproven track record); or infiltrate their ranks until everyone’s an...
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Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides
Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.
