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Iran Blacks Out The Internet. Perfect Storm On Way?
Blogging There were recent reports that Iran blacked out the Internet and for thirty minutes on Tuesday, the Web went blank on that country where freedom of speech and information has never really been high on the list of priorities. Ron Deibert — director of the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies and the Citizen Lab research centre at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto—sees more than just some kind of technical ...
Continue readingThe Advantages Internet Advertising Brings To The Plate
Blogging News I deal with people now and again that understand they need some kind of Internet advertising to help their company to take off but they’re really not sure what it is and how to go about getting the right kind. First off, the benefits to getting exposure on the Web. Simply put, you get more of it for less. With the right people using a combination of social media, blogs and articles as well as maybe even some videos and other mediums, more ...
Continue readingThe Web’s Biggest Foe in China is the Government. Here, it’s Hollywood.
Blogging News When you look back at the origins of PIPA and SOPA, two bills before the US senate this year dealing with the Internet, you’ll see they more than likely started fermenting in the days of Napster and other free files sharing websites. The forces that be in the entertainment industry are railing against the copying on intellectual property online with these bills and there’s two sides here that seem to be gearing up for an epic battle that ...
Continue readingJury Duty: George Orwell Style
Blogging It might very well be the old world and the new world butting heads, but I’m finding more and more things getting in my way as I try to do my job as a content writer. I write the “old world” here because I’ve been called to jury selection, again, and I’ve tried to tell the forces that be that I can’t take enough time away from my job to commit to a jury. ( In fact, I haven’t had a day off in four years but that’s what it takes to ...
Continue readingWhite House Against Internet Censorship
Blogging, Internet News Although everyone who works or plays on the Internet concedes that piracy is a growing problem that won’t go away without some kind of intervention, the White House has said they won’t back a new bill to combat the issue if it involves any kind of censorship. That in itself is a good thing and even more surprising considering that some of the heavyweights looking for help from the government like the movie and music industries were ...
Continue readingTrying my best to keep it all organized
Blogging I have a friend who is an old style freelance writer and I’ve heard her bark before about the state of the freelance writing world and how people like me are ruining it for people like her since the wages online are, for the most part, a lot lower than what you can charge for more involved magazine articles and such. While that’s true it also makes sense. More often than not, I’m not copywriting when I put together the pages for a website ...
Continue readingSyrian Freedom Fighters Use The Internet. We Should Help.
Internet News The great strides social media has made helping oppressed people unshackle themselves from the autocrats and other dictators that imprison them is finding yet another home in Syria. The actions of President Bashar al-Assad’s secret police including not so secret massacres of protestors have only been brought to the attention of the world through Syria’s media activists. Consider the price they pay. The Sydney Morning Herald reports ...
Continue readingCanadians Trust Museums More Than The Web
Internet News Canadians are a cautious bunch. Their frugal natures in financial matters have left their economy in exemplary shape after the recession of 2008, and that’s a good thing. However, there’s seems to be a downside to that much vigilance. The Montreal-based Association for Canadian Studies has just released the findings of a new study whereby 2000 Canucks were polled and 84% expressed strong elements of trust in the way museums presented the ...
Continue readingWorking online is great. Getting paid can be hard.
Internet News I’ve been copywriting online for about as long as the web has been a viable source of commerce. I’ve had a one man content business for about eight years now. Before that I was a journalist for a few newspapers and I’ve written a few collections of short stories and one novel. I’m not bragging here, just demonstrating that I’ve done a few things so I’ve got a few opinions. One is that while writing web copy is demanding and you need ...
Continue readingLeaders meet to discuss online censorship
Internet News Those of you that know history will understand the importance of The Hague when it comes to human rights and prosecuting those who run afoul of this universal right that’s not always respected. It’s called the world wide web for a reason and unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last few years, you’ve seen what can happen to autocrats and other despots when oppressed people get those mighty weapons, a smartphone and internet ...
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