Buy your tickets to hear Malcolm Gladwell at F5 April 7
I caught the news last week that Malcolm Gladwell will be keynoting at this year’s F5 conference in Vancouver (F5 is the Massive Tech Show reborn). Now today Lindsay has announced that tickets are now on sale—Malcolm Gladwell – Ticket presale starts today! « Tech Linz’ Blog—for the event and keynote. There is a special block of discounted, early-bird tickets available for $220 which you can snag online. So far I’ve only read... [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...]
Music Videos without a budget
For a while it seemed that music videos were dead. MTV and Much Music started airing reality shows, the music business took a hit with file sharing, and it seemed that the music video was a thing of the past. Then came YouTube. Music videos have a new life, with YouTube being the primary form of distribution. BUT the music business is still in trouble, and music video budgets are a fraction of what they once were. Here is an example of how an... [Read More...]
Back to School Week continues: École Glen Elementary Wired and Green School
This week ends the trifecta of back to school segments on GlobalBC mornings. Bradley was “on location” in Coquitlam at École Glen Elementary School (isn’t that like saying Rio Grande River?) talking about the new green (and tech wired to the gills it seems) school there. Here’s the video link–Connected Life – September 11 – Video Centre–and the press release from the Provincial government–$14.8... [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...]
Examiner.com gets the scoop on NowPublic
NowPublic has been, for years, one of the crown jewels of Vancouver’s tech scene. Born a block away from where I’m sitting here in M2O at 1 Alexander Street in Gastown, I remember visiting their offices in the early days (I was one of the early NP users as well, number 211 in fact) and watching as they bent Drupal to their will. Today it’s whole new world, NowPublic has been bought by Examiner.com (a site with a similar model as... [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...]