Immersed in an active campaign instinct tends to trump deeper thought and analysis. They are intense experiences where every moment is taken trying to stay ahead of the competition and enthusing voters to your issue or candidate. Being able to tune out for a short time allowed me to step back and think how...
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Now in its 16th year, this wonderful event brings over 60 artists, artisans and musicians to the gardens - a sensory overload of ceramics, painting, jewelry, woodwork, art for the garden, glass, textiles and more, all in the incredible setting of Glendale.
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Open Data comes before Public Engagement - at least in my opinion. Any level of government that is seeking public input to a decision process must start by providing ALL information on the subject, and then seeking answers to questions provided through that feedback: something discussed in a previous blog post. These...
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Also good to remember - online access is not 'free'. Consumers pay for cable/broadband lines into their homes; and a computer with software. Adding secondary costs for what is essentially open news from many other sources is simply not sustainable. Professionals can, and will, subscribe to specialized, narrow focus, niche services that provide unique...
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So, where is Canada? A good question and one that should be put to all political parties, municipal, provincial and federal - each of which have a policy making role in how internet services are provided through business licenses, bandwidth provisions, copyright law, spectrum allocation, pricing - to name a few. Finland has recognized...
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So what happens with the viral sharing potential of The Times UK as it goes behind a paywall? It dies. Someone with a subscription who shares a news story, photograph or video will simply lead people to a 'pay-to-see' page, or worse, half the story and pay to see the complete version. My bet...
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Mark's background articles; timely, extremely well written and insightful daily stream of news from the battleground in Thailand's capitol should win awards. His latest - for Saturday's Globe and Mail "Twitter’s role in Bangkok conflict unprecedented" - notes how Twitter has fostered the Red Shirts, maybe was a tool that lead to the escalation...
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While the print, and to some extent TV, media have been lamenting in editorials and articles their hardships, they have been lax in reporting a real shift in community based activism, of which the base is social media
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On the basis of age, Internet use increased among all groups but at different rates. In 2009, 98% of people aged 16 to 24 went online, up slightly from 96% two years earlier. Of those aged 45 or older, two-thirds (66%) went online during 2009, up from 56% in 2007. This age group, traditionally...
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Providing data sets to the public would mitigate much of the angst which is now apparent (see the anti-HST petition, or johnsonstreetbridge.ORG as ongoing British Columbia and Victoria examples), and internal data sets would offer efficiencies. Important, but I digress, what interests me is information culture...watch the video, then think about some following...
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