On Friday night a Tweet came in with a mention of Red Deer TV in connection to a Globe and Mail story. Thanks to Greg O’Brien, editor and publisher of CARTT.ca for the original link. After reading the story I re-tweeted the link and then posted a second Tweet with a comment. There is a […]
Read more "Globe and Mail: two local TV stations – one lives and one dies"Job numbers are still weak but for those employers who are looking for staff, social media, social networking and tools like Twitter are providing alternatives to traditional job boards, newspaper ads and headhunters. This article from the Globe and Mail talks about this new trend – Employers sidestep recruiters to tap social media. Why? This […]
Read more "Employee recruitment and social media"Our local TV station – CHCA-TV faded to black at the end of August this year. Even though some folks felt that it stopped being a local station when Global made it a re-broadcaster of the E! network, it still provided some coverage of local news and events. Now there is nothing. In our house […]
Read more "Loss of local TV – feel the pain"In previous posts we have talked about net neutrality and how it affects our freedom on the internet. What does net neutrality mean to you if you use the internet to advertise, market or otherwise promote your business? A quote from the Canadian site “Save Our Net” . . . What is net neutrality? …Put […]
Read more "Net neutrality and your business"Yesterday Jian Ghomeshi, host of the CBC radio show ‘Q’ interviewed Leonard Kleinrock one of the fathers of the internet. The first words from the mouth of the internet baby were uttered forty years ago and Dr. Kleinrock is still involved with what he calls a “teenager still struggling to find its way”. Dr. Kleinrock […]
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