Geek It Up: Attend a Conference ............................................................................ SFU Summer Workshops: July 17, 19, 27 One-day workshops or week-long workshops on technology and the publishing industry. Spots are limited and registration...
As one of the organizers for BarCamp Vancouver 2007 I have a bit of an inside track on information. At least, I thought I did. Then I looked at the BarCamp Vancouver 2007 registry and (gulp!) we were almost halfway to capacity! That was late last week, so I registered...
Packaged Facts released a consumer report today on Product Safety and Alternative Pet Foods in the North American market. Access to the report will cost you $1,495 US for an online download. A little too rich to simply satisfy my curiosity. The abstract suggests that...
We leave this morning (Jun. 7) for a week in eastern Canada. Our first stop will be in Ottawa for the wedding of two good friends. Then, on Sunday (Jun. 10), we be joining some friends returning to Toronto from the wedding, and we’ll be in Toronto until...
One Degree is one of those sites that I check regularly. It is Internet Marketing Insiders writing about Internet Marketing, and it’s an incredible resource. Until recently the site was owned by Ken Schafer, VP Product Management and Marketing at Tucows. But the...
I’m often in the position of being an advocate of online communities. I think that when they’re well conceived and executed they work incredibly well to connect people across roles and organizational constraints. But it can be a hard slog to prove it. (Not...
Were you wondering what happened to the May Underwire Newsletter? Me too. Here it is. Tech 101: Top Tech Tools for Business Tech tools can be time savers and time trackers, unfortunately a tool has not been built to create more time in the day. No matter, there are...
What do you do if you suspect that you have duplicate entries in your Excel spreadsheet? Just find them. But use a formula. 1. You need to have at least one column that holds a piece of standard data, like an email address, ID number, phone number. Something that is...
Several days ago I posted about the search for the top tech tools for small businesses and freelancers. I was preparing for a presentation on Top Tech Tools for the Editors’ Association of Canada—BC Branch monthly meeting. Darren Barefoot pointed me to an...
A client who we’ve been working with extensively lately is Think Salmon. What is Think Salmon? Think Salmon is a way of life. It’s how we think, learn and act. It’s how we protect and conserve the rivers and places where salmon and humans live. Think...