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Who pays for this blog? I receive no fees, considerations, etc. etc. for the posts on this blog nor do I have any plans to accept any. My salary is paid by Canwest Global Communications Corp. I work for that company as the Ottawa-based National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service. The blog publishing platform used here is called Blogware and it's developed by Tucows Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My use of Blogware should not be taken as an endorsement of that company. Like all Blogware users, I do not pay any fees for the use of this service. I participate in program. Google pays me some money and, for that, I give Google some space on this site to display ads. Google sells those ads and Google, not me, decides what advertising content you are seeing. I do not filter these ads and take no responsibility for them. Readers should not assume I endorse any of the products or services advertised here. If you think other disclosures are appropriate in this space, I'd like to hear from you. All of my contact details are always at www.davidakin.com You can read more about this section |
Tuesday, July 20
L.A. Times: Bloggers Are the Sizzle, Not the Steak
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DavidAkin
on Tue 20 Jul 2004 08:37 PM EDT
The Los Angeles Times quite rightly notes that, just because you publish a blog, you are not a journalist. As I've said many times, readers and viewers decide who journalists are.
Bloggers Are the Sizzle, Not the Steak
Convention seats do not turn Internet gossips into journalists.
By Alex S. ... more »
Public Journalism and Blogging Workshop: More details
by
DavidAkin
on Tue 20 Jul 2004 08:04 PM EDT
The folks at the Public Journalism Network who are putting together the five-star, day-long workshop on blogging and participatory journalism have put more details together about the event. The event runs from noon until whenever the bar closes at the Sheraton Centre in downtown Toronto.
As I've said before ... more »
Monday, July 19
Kedrosky: McDonald's new drive-thru system
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DavidAkin
on Mon 19 Jul 2004 04:25 PM EDT
[Paul Kedrosky has this fascinating item up at his blog, Marginal Revolution]
"Who would have guessed that when taking drive-thru orders at a McDonald's it's more efficient to send the order not 25ft into the restaurant but 900 miles away to a call-in center which then relays the order via ... more »
Sunday, July 18
Canada's Creative Commons licence
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DavidAkin
on Sun 18 Jul 2004 10:22 AM EDT
The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) says it will re-write the Creative Commons license for use under Canadian copyright law. About their latest project, the CIPPIC folks say: "Once complete, the Canadian Creative Commons licence (CCCL) will enable Canadian digital creators to independently construct and attach ... more »
Saturday, July 17
Internet governance project launched
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DavidAkin
on Sat 17 Jul 2004 10:22 PM EDT
From today's e-mail inbox:
Announcing the Launch of the Internet Governance Project
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Internet Governance Project (IGP), a multi-university partnership to analyze global Internet policy issues. IGP's research agenda is closely related to the on-going United Nations' review of Internet Governance.
... more »
Thursday, July 15
Am I sending you the Ping of Death? How would I know?
by
DavidAkin
on Thu 15 Jul 2004 01:49 PM EDT
I'm looking for help (again) if you can spare a minute.
This morning, my home ISP sent me a 'security note'. Apparently another subscriber had complained about port scans that were, apparently, originating from my cable modem. My cable modem is attached to a wireless router, which has up to ... more »
Are happy workers better workers? No, they're not, say researchers
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DavidAkin
on Thu 15 Jul 2004 11:32 AM EDT
Researchers at Rice University say that the long-held assumption that happy employees are more productive employees may not be true. They say there is no evidence that managers who focus on making their employees happy get better financial and operational results. In fact, they say improved financial and operating ... more »
TV news worst when it comes to reflecting Canadian cultural diversity, report says
by
DavidAkin
on Thu 15 Jul 2004 11:12 AM EDT
Today, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters released a report
prepared by the Task Force for Cultural Diversity on Television.
The task force examined the quantity and quality of cultural diversity
in Canadian television programming.
On the quantity side, a panel of experts looked at a broad variety of
programmming and ... more »
Wednesday, July 14
White mud in Edmonton
by
DavidAkin
on Wed 14 Jul 2004 11:29 PM EDT
   Edmonton suffered a freak flood/hailstorm earlier this week. From a report prepared by CTV's online staff: "The heavy rainstorm started Sunday afternoon, dumping 150 millimetres of rain on the city. The storm blew in with little warning, flooding homes and turning roads into lakes. Environment Canada called it "a ... more »
After eight years, a dot-com news site turns a profit
by
DavidAkin
on Wed 14 Jul 2004 10:19 PM EDT
Reuters reports that MSNBC.com, the joint venture between Microsoft Corp. and General Electric Co.'s NBC unit will turn a profit for the first time in the quarter which ended June 26. MSNBC.com says it was helped by record revenue of $45-million (US) for the entire year. There are ... more »
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