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30

Twitter: More Than a Podium

Written by Bob Ransford on November 30, 2011

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?

Written by Bob Ransford on November 29, 2011

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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