Category Archives: 1. Originals

Journalists Are a Chatty Bunch, as CNN Finds Out on Twitter

Via the New York Times By BRIAN STELTER Published: December 7, 2008 CNN says it wants newspaper feedback as it creates a news wire service to compete with The Associated Press and other services. At a meeting last week, one … Continue reading

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Storefronts in Virtual Worlds Bringing in Real Money

Via The New York Times In a down economy, that might be an affordable luxury to a teenager or twentysomething hanging out in a virtual world like Gaia Online, which this week will start selling a range of digital accessories … Continue reading

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The Blogging Bureaucrat

Here are a few links to articles put up by Canadian public servant bloggers who are interested in public servant and departmental blogging: General guide for public bloggers, based largely on US laws since little is written here in Canada: … Continue reading

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Accessiblity and YouTube – How close is YT to meeting GOC standards?

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JKgIa0MZiM]Author: Tyler Knowlton With the announcement of closed captioning for youtube videos, the number of barriers to Federal Government use of the video sharing service are declining. I’m going to try and get as close to compliance as possible today. … Continue reading

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Who watches the watcher and then who watches them?

Author: Tyler Knowlton Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? is a Latin phrase from the Roman poet Juvenal, variously translated as “Who will guard the guards?”, “Who watches the watchmen?”, “Who shall watch the watchers themselves?” (Thanks wikipedia) In Montebello Quebec it … Continue reading

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Social Media and Internal Communications

In every large organization internal communications is a challenge. Day to day tasks like file sharing, document creation, looking up some one’s email or finding the HR department can be a challenge. An approach that many organizations have approached these challenges is through an internal Web site or Intranet. Continue reading

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A Government Dip in the Online Advertising World

Author – Tyler Knowlton Current Online Activities “Most people have googled themselves, but what about googling your organization?” What can be found in 1 hour on July 2, 2008 Google A quick Google search shows that the Government of Canada … Continue reading

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The Senior Management and the Facebook – No Side

What do you say when a member of senior management asks you if you think they should have a Facebook profile? You’re young, you’re hip and you like Facebook – You’re also aware of 1 million four hundred and thirty … Continue reading

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