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Dec
03
Nov
30
Twitter: More Than a Podium
Twitter is a tool. A pretty versatile tool.
I’ve found some utility in using Twitter quite regularly for more than just a small podium from which to preach in shorthand now and then. Nonetheless, when I want to make a point and broadcast my opinion on an issue, I have some comfort in knowing that I have an audience. Whether the self-chosen few are actually listening to my ranting is another thing.
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Nov
29
The Party’s Over?
Two weeks ago, we were occupied. The civic election was a few days away, a Supreme Court judge was hearing arguments about the constitutional right to free speech and protest and there seemed to be a media obsession with the hourly evolution of a downtown protest campsite.
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Oct
13
Blogs: Get it Right?
A news reporter’s professional responsibility is to get it first and get it right; the demands on those who blog are usually less stringent. The reader’s first indication of the likely veracity of a story is often the fact that a blog is often self-posted, as opposed to being posted on a respected media site, where the expectation is that editors will have double-checked the facts. The minor uproar over a Vancouver restaurant apparently banning men from urinating while standing shows what happens when the two get confused.
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Oct
04
Survey Says… Drive for MORE Stress
When a company wants some free ink, an attention-getting survey is usually a good bet. News organizations love ranked lists, especially when they deal with broad issues.
So IBM appears to have touched a major nerve with its 2011 Global Commuter Pain Survey, which lists 20 major cities around the globe in terms of how their residents feel about their slow suicide during the daily commute to work. The 20 cities were chosen from a list of 65 that IBM says are top centers in terms of economic activity and size. Vancouver isn’t on the list, but Toronto and Montreal are.
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