Blogging Idol 2010 Archives
…trip the light fantastic.
May 18th
I found this as an unpublished entry in the 2010 Blog Idol – I had completely forgotten about this. Completed and submitted in 2011. Yesterday, I attended the “Advanced Research and Innovation (ARI)” day at Algonquin College in Ottawa. The main event was the showcase of projects currently underway. The notion is to support [...]
I can see its going to be fierce
Apr 12th
Ok. For the first day of the contest, we are certainly jumping out of the gate…..and off to the races. I can see already that it’s going to be a pretty intense competition!! We’ve got a good set of topics to discuss and quite a diverse set of opinions to contribute. I’m already starting to [...]
Comment on Nigel’s Cloud Post from Last Year
Apr 7th
I guess I could check to see what I said last year about this post, but I can’t be bothered. Now his post won’t accept comments, so here’s my reaction as a new post. I agree totally with what Nigel says!! However, I suspect there will be some that claim the “cloud ecosystem” is more than just [...]
What to Expect with Blog Idol
Mar 29th
The first email I viewed this morning on my blackberry was from an old acquaintance, Shane Shick, who once again asked if I was interested in attempting to be any sort of competition to blogging champion from last year, Chris Lau. I do not blog near the ferocity that Chris does, but I hope I add quality [...]
Help us choose this year’s Blogging Idol suggested themes
Mar 27th
The biggest challenge most writers or bloggers face is the prospect of a blank screen. Every year during Blogging Idol, we try to help our contestants avoid it. Below are some of the topics we think should resonate with a community of Canadian IT professionals, but they’re not set in stone (yet). Browse the list [...]
IT management blogs that may inspire you to try Blogging Idol
Mar 27th
The whole point of ComputerWorld Canada’s Blogging Idol is to discover new voices, and one way to do that is point out other voices worth listening to. We’ll continue to point out great blogs we stumble across, and profile those with a good track record. To get started, the Chief Information Officer Network, a LinkedIn Group [...]
New features and functionality for Blogging Idol 2011
Mar 27th
Besides offering our prizes — $1,000 cash, gift certificates and so on — we’ve also added a few extras we hope will make this an even better blogging experience. This includes: Up-to-the-minute articles: We’re using aggregation technology from our partner Eqentia to create a feed of curated stories about blogging tips, trends and events. You’ll [...]
ComputerWorld Canada’s Blogging Idol is back for 2011!
Mar 27th
I’m thrilled to announce that Blogging Idol, ComputerWorld Canada’s pioneering user-generated content competition for IT professionals, has returned for a fourth year. Blogging Idol will start with our two week “early bird” period, where people can register to become contestants and try out blogging on the site. We will officially kick off the “judged” portion of [...]
digitaleconomy.gc.ca
May 12th
Canada’s Digital Economy Strategy is now open for public consultation, go to digitaleconomy.gc.ca . If you have strong opinions on IT and the future of Canada, now is the time to speak. There are 5 areas of discussion: Innovation using Digital Technologies Digital Infrastructure Growing the ICT Industry Canada’s Digital Content Building Digital Skills
Why blog?
May 7th
I’ve been thinking about what motivates people leave comments on blog posts or Internet articles. Chris Lau commented on one of his own posts that comments only correspond to about 0.5% of page views. In my comments I mentioned that a panelist in the referenced video noted that people who comment are non-representative of the [...]
Book review: True names and eternal questions: Vernor Vinge and the cyberspace frontier
May 6th
This book contains “True names”, a novella by Vernor Vinge, and nine essays on deep political and technological issues underlying the novella. As it often happens with true artists, Vinge, who published his story in 1981, predicted a lot of problems that we face today. He was the first to describe cyberspace (although the actual [...]
Blogging Idle – Year 3 Fades to Black
May 6th
Ok. There’s still tomorrow before the Blog Idol contest officially closes, but I’m not sure I’ll be at my desk much tomorrow, so I’m waving and saying “au revoir” tonight while I have the energy. This year the contest has taught me how hard blogging can be when the ideas aren’t flowing, the time is [...]
Resources for technology-related startups in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 6th
This article contains some useful information that I inevitably accumulated over the past few years, as a SR&ED consultant and as someone who has recently started a business. It might save you some time that took me to figure out all this. Good luck with your startup! Various camps, startup drinks, green drinks Startup entrepreneurs [...]
Lessons for Bloggers vis-a-vis Financial Journalism
May 6th
Bloggers in the field of IT and IT marketing can learn from the lessons of financial journalists in how to develop a successful blog.
