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An Exercise in Responsive Local Democracy #yqrvotes #yqr #tweetocracy

Today’s the municipal election.  As I posted yesterday, I’d long ago made my decision about who I would support as Mayor.  But I was still undecided about who I would support for my local councillor. My choices aren’t really that different as far as I can see – the current Councillor is Chris Szarka, a […]

Posted 24 October 2012 § Politics § Saskatchewan § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Facebook Didn’t Kill Digg, Reddit Did

After being one of the hottest web properties and spurning a $200 MILLION dollar offer from Google, user-driven voting site Digg was sold last week for a measley $500,000.  Some commentators thought it was competition from user-driven sharing sites like Facebook and Twitter that put the nail in Digg’s coffin but ignored the rise of […]

Posted 15 July 2012 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Celebrities Read Tweets About Themselves

(via MetaFilter)

Posted 23 March 2012 § Humour § PopCulture § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Twitter TrendsMap

TrendsMap is a great way to see current Twitter trends from a local to worldwide basis.

Posted 24 February 2012 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – #TellVicEverything

I’ve mentioned in the past that the popular quote that the Internet interprets censorship as damage to be routed around.  I think there’s a related rule that the Internet even responds to attempts to control/restrict access in a similar fashion. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews found this out the hard way this week after introducing […]

Posted 17 February 2012 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Singly – A Site For Your (Online) Life

There have been other sites – FriendFeed is one that immediately pops to mind – that have tried to become a central hub for all of your online activity.  But I don’t know if any have ever tried to pull your online activity into one location as a repository, not just a hub. Now, the […]

Posted 17 November 2011 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

A Few Thoughts on Google+

At the end of June, Google released Google+, their latest attempt at creating a social networking site to compete with Facebook and Twitter. After the failures of Google Wave and Google Buzz, some saw Google+ as a potential “three strikes and you’re out” last ditch attempt by Google to finally gain traction in  the social […]

Posted 10 July 2011 § Technology ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Social Media Revolution

Posted 22 June 2011 § Library § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

I Predict A Riot

With a few changes and additions, the following is what I posted on the MetaFilter thread discussing the riot after last night’s game… — I’ve heard a wide range of opinions (many mentioned in this thread) on why this particular riot happened… It was drunken Canucks fans. It was anarchists. It was gang members/hooligans/insurgents.  (I […]

Posted 16 June 2011 § Randomness § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

OldManSearch: “John Stewart Jew”, “weather indianapolis today”, “cold toes”

A young man claims to have set-up a Twitter account for his 81-year old grandpa after telling him that Twitter is a search engine like Google. These are the search terms the Grandpa is (supposedly) entering. I suspect that this will turn out to be a hoax (and I hope so – some of the […]

Posted 17 May 2011 § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: