YouTube is unveiling a new service – News Near You – featuring news related videos from your local area. Cool. Although not a sole source provider for local news and certainly not a competitor for a good local TV station it may help to keep us updated on local news and events. The catch is […]
Read more "Local news near you – from YouTube"On Saturday August 1, 2009 at approximately 6:00pm MST the Big Valley Jamboree, a country music festival in Camrose Alberta, was struck by tragedy when high winds caused the main stage to collapse. One person was killed and up to fifteen were injured. A fierce wind storm passed through Alberta moving from the north-west and […]
Read more "#BVJ – using Twitter to watch local news unfold"With the demise of our local TV station set for August 31 and with rumors that the last show will broadcast on August 28 maybe there should be some planning for a new station in Red Deer. So far I haven’t heard much from our community on this but I do hear lots from Victoria […]
Read more "Save our local TV or at least create something new"Jeremiah Owyang posted the following models on how companies let employees participate in the social web. This doesn’t mean accessing social media or networking on corporate computers for personal reasons but how they are allowed to represent the company using social web tools. Which one does your company use? The Five Ways Companies Let Employees […]
Read more "How some companies let employees participate in social web"The Federal Liberal party seem to support net neutrality. Net what? Most people including those who use the web on a daily basis don’t know what net neutrality is and what the implications are from both sides of this great debate.What the heck is net neutrality anyway? This is a common definition of net neutrality: […]
Read more "Net Neutrality – good or bad? or bad and really bad?"
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