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Backblog September 2007
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Banning Facebook sends the wrong message September 27, 2007 By Neil McIntyre Categories: General Social Networking Jeremy Newman, the Managing Director of BDO Stoy Hayward in the UK, provides real leadership and an inspiration across the pond to me and no doubt others who read about his management style and philosophy. He writes about workplaces banning Facebook, which is very popular right now here in Toronto... LinkedIn recruits and Facebook too September 14, 2007 By Jeff Nugent Categories: Social Networking LinkedIn seems to be the most useful tool to connect and do research on relationships between people and their networks. I have found it useful a couple times to connect with a contact that one or more of my close friends or network know but I had not had knowledge of. It is much easier to get a... Maybe we should start voting by phone September 12, 2007 By Peter Wolchak Categories: General Tuesday night Brian Melo was crowned the new Canadian Idol, beating out teenager Jaydee Bixby. Melo was clearly the better performer and deserved the title. The 2007 Idol season saw a total 37,321,772 votes cast, through either text messaging on cellphones or by dialing plain old landline phones.... Don’t trust Wikipedia for anything critical September 11, 2007 By Peter Wolchak Categories: Social Networking Want to know who played Miracle Max in The Princess Bride? Hit www.wikipedia.org. The information is there and it’s most likely accurate. And if you’re itching to know which year Amelia Earhart disappeared, Wikipedia is probably okay for that too. That type of information is non-critical: it doesn’t... Hey, young entrepreneurs: get your nomination in September 5, 2007 By Peter Wolchak Categories: General Canadian student? Own a company? Smart and ambitious? Then get ready to compete, because the 2008 National Student Entrepreneur Competition is for you. Run by ACE and CIBC, the contest is for entrepreneurs who are also university or college students. The contest aims to be a regional and national... Please select a category:
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