Tag Archive: Online Communities

See You at TEDx Ottawa on December 6

(From the TEDx Ottawa website): TED is an annual event where some of the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to share what they are most passionate about. “TED” stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design — three broad subject areas that are, collectively, shaping our future.

Past speakers include Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Frank [...]

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Making Twitter Sticky

There are a lot of changes happening over at Twitter at the minute. They recently updated their Terms of Service and now they’re working on Project ReTweet, where sharing someone else’s tweet with your connections will be performed differently from the current user-generated method.
As is usual when wide-scale changes happen at a company (or, in [...]

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The Powerful Effect of Simplicity

Last week was a crazy one for me. I’ve just started a big new project (which I’ll be sharing soon) and getting to grips with it has been information overload from day one (although all good fun).
Add to that some really bad wisdom tooth pain, a lot of community planning for a special November 12for12k [...]

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Flying Blind

I was flying home from Florida on Sunday night, and it included a stopover at Philadelphia. The clouds over Philly were super thick, and it seriously looked like we were flying into mashed up cotton wool on our descent approach to the airport. Because it was an evening flight, it was starting to get pretty [...]

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Why You Matter

When you start a new adventure, it can be pretty daunting. A new job; a new romance; a new school or college. Online is no different.
The first time you join Twitter, it’s like a crazy maze. When you log into Facebook, there’s no quick set-up guide. If you want to start a blog, the choices [...]

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