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...]
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...]
WordPress One Minute Podcast Ep 11: All in one SEO
As a follow up to yesterday’s podcast, today I tell you about another of my favourite plugins: All in one SEO pack. It’s pretty simple to use, just install and then give your homepage a special title and description. After that, you’re off to the races! Tweet This Post Read More →
WordPress One Minute Podcast Ep 10: WP to Twitter
If you’re on Twitter like I am and have blogs on WordPress as clearly I do, you might want to send your posts into your Twitter stream. Today I give you two ways to do it the service TwitterFeed and the WP plugin WordTwit. I use both for different applications, TwitterFeed publishes periodically and WordTwit publishes instantly. Your choice… Tweet This Post Read More →
WordPress One Minute Podcast Ep 9: Upgrading Plugins
One of the coolest and best features of WordPress now is that you can upgrade existing plugins and upload new plugins right from with in the admin panels. There is one hitch, however, is that you still need your FTP information that your web host gave to you to make the uploads work. Today I tell you all about that, in just a minute. Tweet This Post Read More →