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My MooseCamp-Northern Voice Talk: Why blogs are better

by Tris Hussey on February 20, 2009 · 1 comment

in Blogging, Web 2.0, WordPress

Yes, my second slide really was titled “I hate blogs.” The reason is that saying that a site is a blog, or built on WordPress people get the wrong impression.
Free software can’t be all the good. Or why should I pay you do to it…
Let’s face it, you’re still building a site and once you get over the mechanics, there is some technique involved.
Regardless here are my slides from my talk. You might also like the post from WordCamp (similar topic)
Why Blogs Are Better
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Does accepting a sponsor’s money mean you condone or support them?

by Tris Hussey on January 30, 2009 · 23 comments

in Random Bits

I’ll admit I was pretty bemused that the BC Liberal Party was a sponsor of WordCamp Whistler last weekend. I’m not big supporter of the BC Liberals. They tend to be a wee to far to the right for my tastes, however while I was surprised they were a sponsor, I wasn’t upset about it.
At the moment there is a bit of controversy over the organizers of NorthernVoice accepting a sponsorship money from the BC Liberals to subsidize the pre-conference dinner Thursday night. Derek makes some good arguments for why [...]

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