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Halifax / Dartmouth will be holding it’s first Podcamp Halifax (#podcamphfx) today at Alderney Landing. From Podcamp Halifax, “A podcamp is meant to have an open, participatory, user-generated series of workshops. The people who attend are the presenters. In typical Unconference style, audience members are encouraged to make the most of the experience by following [...]
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There will be a Podcamp in Halifax on January 25, 2009. You might be interested in the Halifax Podcamp if you want to know more about blogging, social media, social networking, podcasting, video on the net or new media in general. According to the Other Librarian, podcamps were first introduced by Chris Brogan (website twitter). [...]
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The other night, in the comfort of my 1991 room at the Mt. Peyton in Grand Falls, I watched the election results come in. What made one of the most boring federal elections in recent memory the most interesting for me was – how I watched the results. In a word Twitter. Try and un-ring [...]
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Prolific Newfoundland blogger Ed Hollett and the Sir Robert Bond Papers is going into a state of suspended animation. It’s a sad day in the Newfoundland blogging world. Ed’s take on things will be surly missed. I’m not sure that I have ever read a “personal” blog that was so painstakingly put together. While reading [...]
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According to WDBJ7, Virgina is the first state in the United States that will mandate internet saftey classes for public schools. The new program will affect all grade levels and is designed to protect young web users. Thanks Blog Herald RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia is the first state to mandate that public schools offer [...]
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Have you ever gotten a message from someone you know warning you about a possible threat? Perhaps it was an email that said Microsoft would send you $500 if you forward an email to your friends. Generally speaking, the email provides a call to action. It asks you to do something or forward the email [...]
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/garykelly I’ve moved my RSS feed over to FeedBurner. Please update your subscriptions. Thanks. GK
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According to Hitwise, Google’s share of US searches averaged 64% in 2007. So that means almost two thirds of all internet and web searches done in the United States in 2007 were done on Google. It’s been so long since I have done a search on Yahoo or MSN I can’t even remember. Honestly, I [...]
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In case you missed it, Nova Scotia has received quite a bit of publicity lately. Ellen Page has done more to put Nova Scotia on the map in the past 10 days than the tourism industry has done in the last 10 years. Jim Meek – Chronicle Herald Thanks to David Letterman, Ellen Page, Nova [...]
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The ZENN Motor Company builds 100% electric cars right here in Canada. It has a manufacturing facility in St. Jérome Quebec. The company has been selling cars in the US for the last eighteen months but only received approval to sell the electric cars in Canada in early November. To date you can only buy [...]
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