Free Stuff To Do During The Vancouver 2010 Olympics
There’s lots of fantastic free activities in Vancouver to take part in during the Olympics. A huge variety of pavilions and houses showcasing different regions, cultures and organizations from all over the world. Try ziplining across Robson street while 6 stories in the air! Or, if you’d prefer to be closer to the ground, take the Olympic Line streetcar, it travels between Granville Island and the Canada Line Olympic Village Station. ... [Read More...]
Apple iPad: 10 Top Tens
Everyone seems to have an opinion about the newly launched Apple iPad. What do you think? Picture source iLounge To help you decide, check out these 10 Top Ten lists – the good, the bad & the ugly. 10 Reasons To Buy An iPad 10 Reasons Not to Buy One 10 Things To Know About The Apple iPad 10 Reasons Why I Like The iPad 10 Reasons I Don’t Want An Apple iPad 10 Things Missing From The iPad 10 Features That Would Make iPad A Hit 10... [Read More...]
Top 15 ways to use social media for your brand…and succeed
Over the years I’ve worked with innumerable brands and businesses in both Web 1.0 and 2.0 helping them use these “new” technologies in the “old” marketing world. When I say “years” I actually mean “over a decade” and through all these years, one thing is clear, there isn’t a magic formula to make a campaign successful. A tactic that works for one brand or niche, doesn’t always work... [Read More...]
Teach a client to blog…
When I started off in the web world as more of a consultant than a teacher (my Glaxo days if you’re wondering), we worked by the old agency mindset of keeping the clients away from being able to update things themselves. Our premise was simple, we wanted our clients to be completely dependent on us. Learn HTML? Oh no, you don’t need to learn that, and it’s really hard too, Tris is always working on fixing bugs…. I kept this... [Read More...]
Start off the school year right with great tech tools and toys for students and teachers
Bradley was on GlobalTV this morning talking about back to school tech for students and teachers. We’re not just talking about gadgets here, but also great web-based services and tools to help you study, learn, and research for your classes. Bradley talked about some great apps and services here is the list (plus my two cents about them too): Evernote–Remember Everything. | Evernote Corporation. I have been using this app for a long time.... [Read More...]
Blog networks, news networks, media empires: what’s next for us?
With the purchase of NowPublic this week–Examiner.com gets the scoop on NowPublic | M2O Blog–at the office we’ve been discussing the nature of startups, news gathering, and news dissemination. Now today I read about Chad Randall departing from b5media: What Is Next For b5Media? Riddle me this…What is a media company with no sales? Answer…no much! Nothing has been confirmed yet, but my money is on b5Media being put on the selling... [Read More...]
A new era for online education?
We’ve done a good bit of online education here at M2O. We’ve done things for new BlackBerries, new digital camera users, and a host of other tools. That said we also like to say “eLearing sucks!” because the standard practice for eLearing really does suck. However if this Mashable article is right there might be hope: While the study certainly provides a vote of confidence for online learning, it’s important to note that... [Read More...]
Common sense will prevent laptop fires
This week the BC Coroner announced that a fatal fire was caused by a laptop left on a soft surface (a couch)–Laptop fire blamed for Vancouver death & Leaving laptop on couch poses fire danger, B.C. Coroners Service warns | Vancouver, Canada | Straight.com & Laptop blamed for deadly fire. First thing to make clear is that this laptop (an HP) was also one that had been recalled for a potential fire danger so it was already at risk to... [Read More...]
How Canada made Facebook better for everyone
You might remember that Canada’s Privacy Commissioner slammed Facebook about a month ago that it was in violation of Canada’s privacy laws–Facebook breaches Canadian privacy law: commissioner. This was a big deal. There are real teeth to Canada’s privacy law (PIPEDA) which could have posed real legal and financial threats to Facebook’s future. Today we heard from the Privacy Commissioner again about Facebook, this time... [Read More...]
Corporate Blogging isn’t a quick fix or a magic wand it takes work
Business blogs and corporate blogs haven’t been around all that long. The first Blog Business Summit was only four years ago and it took another year before business blogging and the idea of a corporate blog started to gain a foothold outside of tech. The thing is that while blogging isn’t a fad and isn’t going away, many business jumped on the business blog bandwagon when it seemed like the “cool thing to do”. Today... [Read More...]