So Many Sites

Stephen Wolfram Blog : Data Science of the Facebook World

grokiam — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:50:57 +0000

A very rich analysis of humanity as expressed through Facebook posts Stephen Wolfram Blog : Data Science of the Facebook World.

62 Top Startup Accelerators in the US, Canada & Beyond | Emergent By Design

grokiam — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:38:44 +0000

62 Top Startup Accelerators in the US, Canada & Beyond | Emergent By Design. and lots of other useful links

Can’tada | Tracking the stuff you can’t use in Canada

grokiam — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:57:33 +0000

Can’tada | Tracking the stuff you can’t use in Canada.

Lists things like Netflix and various cloud services that are not available in Canada

Fans Of Monty Python, Life, Science, And All Other Nerds Stop And Watch This Now | Co.Create: Creativity \ Culture \ Commerce

grokiam — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 06:56:04 +0000

Fans Of Monty Python, Life, Science, And All Other Nerds Stop And Watch This Now | Co.Create: Creativity \ Culture \ Commerce.

Wow very very very nice video trailer for the start of a new show about the awesomeness of nature.

ebackupinc – YouTube

grokiam — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 18:21:56 +0000

Calgary company that provides backup in the cloud

ebackupinc – YouTube.

Site builder shootout: Drupal vs. Joomla vs. WordPress – Computerworld

grokiam — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:59:44 +0000

The Canadian Cloud Council canadiancloudcouncil.ca site is built in Drupal. I, being a very primitive developer (haven’t coded hard in probably 15 years!) built one of my little websites somanysites.com in WordPress and another grokiam.com in WebSite Tonight.

Site builder shootout: Drupal vs. Joomla vs. WordPress – Computerworld.

Pitching your passion in 2-3 minutes! An infographic – Alex Bruton’s website and blog – The Innographer » Alex Bruton’s website and blog – The Innographer – Practical innovation education and speaking

grokiam — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 05:36:23 +0000

This is a very nice infograph and has some good ideas about thinking about how to pitch your idea.

Pitching your passion in 2-3 minutes! An infographic – Alex Bruton’s website and blog – The Innographer » Alex Bruton’s website and blog – The Innographer – Practical innovation education and speaking.

21st Century Education

grokiam — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:56:08 +0000

I heard a great CBC radio documentary about the changes that are happening in Education. Education is the most important building block of a society and it will be changing with digital technologies. Digital/social media will transform education as it is changing other things like business, communities, information sharing, and overall connectedness.

Universities in the Digital Age http://www.cbc.ca/thesundayedition/shows/2012/09/09/universities-in-the-digital-age/

Also mentioned:

Udacity – 21st Century University.
Khan Academy
Coursera
Massive Open Online Course

Privacy Law & Compliance – September 20-21, 2012 – Toronto – Overview | The Canadian Institute

grokiam — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:16:04 +0000

Here’s a good overview of how to approach cloud privacy

http://www.technologylawcanada.com/2012/09/04/cloud-computing-some-practical-suggestions-for-resolving-issues-part-1-of-2/

http://www.technologylawcanada.com/2012/09/10/cloud-computing-some-practical-suggestions-for-resolving-issues-part-2-of-2/

Here’s a conference about Canadian Privacy

Privacy Law & Compliance – September 20-21, 2012 – Toronto – Overview | The Canadian Institute.

Metrics, Metrics On The Wall, Who’s The Vainest Of Them All? Actionable vs. Vanity

grokiam — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:11:54 +0000

Now that you have a social strategy, what metrics should you use?

Metrics, Metrics On The Wall, Who’s The Vainest Of Them All? Actionable vs. Vanity.