What’s your approach to social media?

Though we’ve gotta say goodbye for the summer… As we head into the last long weekend before fall (my favourite time of year), I thought it’s a good time to reprise the blog post I wrote on the ways we approach to social media. And besides, swimming...

Is Medium the new message?

Medium is a new social network that’s trying to change the way we publish and share content. Lofty goal. It’s the brainchild of Blogger and Twitter founders Ev Williams and Biz Stone, who’ve created a platform that’s simple and elegant, highly...

Degrees of MESH: the conference as education

MESH conference in Toronto is all about ideas. Big ideas about social networks –  where we are and where we're heading. Questions too. The organizers present some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators who, over two days, share insights and...

Forecast from my social media barometer

PodCamp Toronto is an unconference at its best – a volunteer planned two-day event every February on the campus of Ryerson University – where URL meets IRL with equal parts learning and socializing. The casual atmostphere takes you back to days when...

Blog turns five…Where did the time go?

I find it hard to believe, but next week is the fifth anniversary of my blog.  Over the past 369 posts (chapters?), I've gone from being a neophyte on Blogger to a WordPress pro with a site hosted on my own domain.  I've imported and exported,...