Comments on: The Montreal Gazette is planning a local tech blog http://inoveryourhead.net/the-montreal-gazette-is-planning-a-local-tech-blog/ social capital, trust agents, all that jazz Wed, 23 May 2012 07:46:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: blorkhttp://inoveryourhead.net/the-montreal-gazette-is-planning-a-local-tech-blog/#comment-65391 blork Sat, 10 Feb 2007 05:50:11 +0000 http://www.inoveryourhead.net/the-montreal-gazette-is-planning-a-local-tech-blog/#comment-65391 Unfortunately, if it's coming from the Gazette it will probably be badly done -- you'll need an ID and password to read it, it won't be searchable, and it will be full of ads from top to bottom.Hopefully not, but the whole Canada.com experience is unspeakably bad. Unfortunately, if it’s coming from the Gazette it will probably be badly done — you’ll need an ID and password to read it, it won’t be searchable, and it will be full of ads from top to bottom.

Hopefully not, but the whole Canada.com experience is unspeakably bad.

]]> By: Canada’s Mojo Rising - It takes a Canadian to build a Community » Billions With Zero Knowledgehttp://inoveryourhead.net/the-montreal-gazette-is-planning-a-local-tech-blog/#comment-64966 Canada’s Mojo Rising - It takes a Canadian to build a Community » Billions With Zero Knowledge Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:48:17 +0000 http://www.inoveryourhead.net/the-montreal-gazette-is-planning-a-local-tech-blog/#comment-64966 [...] Even the Montreal Gazette is hoping on the bandwagon and starting a local blog to cover the Montreal tech community. I think this is a great move by the Gazette, and frankly something Canadian newspapers have traditionally been very bad at. With some notable exceptions (Mark Evans and Mathew Ingram who are also not surprisingly part of the Mesh crew and active members of the community they cover), I don’t think there has been a lot of focus on discovering some of our made in Canada projects.  Unfortunately most Canadian media like to wait until after our projects get some media attention south of the border, and then too often enjoy taking a skeptical view of the Canadian’s projects chance for success against US players. [...] [...] Even the Montreal Gazette is hoping on the bandwagon and starting a local blog to cover the Montreal tech community. I think this is a great move by the Gazette, and frankly something Canadian newspapers have traditionally been very bad at. With some notable exceptions (Mark Evans and Mathew Ingram who are also not surprisingly part of the Mesh crew and active members of the community they cover), I don’t think there has been a lot of focus on discovering some of our made in Canada projects.  Unfortunately most Canadian media like to wait until after our projects get some media attention south of the border, and then too often enjoy taking a skeptical view of the Canadian’s projects chance for success against US players. [...]

]]> By: Fredhttp://inoveryourhead.net/the-montreal-gazette-is-planning-a-local-tech-blog/#comment-64883 Fred Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:00:15 +0000 http://www.inoveryourhead.net/the-montreal-gazette-is-planning-a-local-tech-blog/#comment-64883 Nice! I'm impressed, I must say. Nice! I’m impressed, I must say.

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