Is treating others like human beings really that much to ask?

Social tools provide me with insight into the people that use them.  Being able to connect with a musician I have been following for over a decade via his blog, Twitter, etc. is something most of us would never have experienced before.  I appreciate the added layer to the guy behind the music.  It’s an [...]

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Review: Calgary Social Media Innovation Summit #smis

When I think “summit”, I think people of like minds coming together to discuss important issues.  Like the G8 Summit.  And when I think innovation, I think of new, creative and earth shattering ways of doing things.  So, if I were attending the Calgary Social Media Innovation Summit with no knowledge of how others in [...]

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Review: The Calgary Women’s Show (Part 3 of 3) #yycws

Continued from “Review: The Calgary Women’s Show (Part 2 of 3)“
Note:  These are my own thoughts and ideas on how social media was executed based on my experience live tweeting the event and the limited knowledge I had about the event before attending.  This post is meant as a discussion item only and to provide [...]

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Blah, social media’s over rated

“Personalizemedia shows us how active & dynamic the Social Web is.”
Wait… what?  There’s people out there actually doing stuff?  And this is different from how the world used to work… how?
Sorry Personalizemedia, this is not an attack on you.  I like that you can provide us with information on human behaviour online.  This is a [...]

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Stepping it up a notch for #beatcancer

This is just a quick note. An idea that’s forming out of all this #beatcancer stuff that’s coming up on Twitter. It’s a great idea. And I applaud #beatcancer for coming up with it, and Ebay/Paypal and Miller Lite for supporting it.
The website’s got a counter up to show funds raised so [...]

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