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MyTownCrier.ca wins big at OCNA awards
I was lucky enough to see old Vaughan Today/Town Crier colleagues again on May 14 at the Ontario Community Newspapers Association awards gala. The night was made sweeter thanks to a couple of awards I got to share with my friends. -
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – Around The Bend
I wish I were an Apple ad guy. Then I'd get to sit around and discover über-cool music while "working" on new iPod spots. -
The Log Driver’s Waltz
This may well be simultaneously the best song and cartoon of all time. No, that's too wishy-washy. It is both the best song and cartoon in the history of everything. -
Free tools to help present info visually online
I was at an all-day workshop yesterday at the Toronto Star put on by Robb Montgomery of Visual Editors out of Chicago. The entire day was about thinking of ways to present info visually to readers of online newspapers or blogs -- and probably just as important to smaller outfits with limited resources, how to that for next to nothing. -
Free blog options abound – here are 17
This post started out as research for a workshop on the basics of blogging -- how to set a free one up, really -- that I ran last week for journalism students at Centennial College in Toronto. I focused mainly on WordPress because it's what I've worked with most, but I still wanted to give them options. -
Good night for us Vaughan Today/Town Crier types
The combined editorial staff at Vaughan Today/Town Crier had what you might call a good night at the 2008 Ontario Community Newspapers Association Awards.