Good story in the Washington Post The State Department is tightening its embrace of Twitter and other social media as crises grip the Middle East and Haiti, with officials finding new voice, cheek and influence in the era of digital diplomacy. Even as it struggles to contain damage caused by WikiLeaks’ release of classified internal [...]
What’s Wrong with SCN?
A couple of months ago the Saskatchewan Party announced that they were going to shut down or sell the Saskatchewan Communication Network. I wanted to be really upset over this but I just can’t. After almost 20 years of flipping to the SCN regularly, I have enjoyed a total of three local shows. I watched [...]
Wendy on the social web
Over on her blog Several years ago someone got very angry at Jordon because he never phoned someone. Jordon’s reply was, I e-mail regularly and I don’t really call anyone anymore. The person was quite upset and ranted and raved about how stupid e-mail is. Now the situation was more complicated than that but Jordon [...]
Recently on Twitter
Wow @whitehouse_gov is now live. The White House has a Twitter account # http://tinyurl.com/8u2n6j – A couple of days of warmer weather # It’s nice out today but not cold tomorrow again. Warm weather in January gives me hope everytime and then crushes me every year. # RT @davewiner You think Apple zealots on the [...]
Recently on Twitter
With the break in weather, I have been walking to and from work. Caswell Hill is a giant slopped skating rink but other than that it is fun # CNN.com’s equivalent of the “fail whale” http://www.flickr.com/photos/jordoncooper/3212419777/ # Bow ties and Associate Supreme Court Justices go together nicely. Bow ties and myself, not so good. # [...]
Recently on Twitter
Try selling season tickets and sponsorships in this environment. # There are rumors of a couple baseball teams hurting badly and many NHL franchises. Of course this was BEFORE the recession hurt them. # So which will be the first major North American sports team to miss payroll in this current environment? # Reading Mountain [...]
