Opening the Scope of Employee Contribution

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 Posted in Communications, business | 2 Comments »

Wow.  Two months.  Sorry about that.  Things have been changing and I’ll be launching a new business shortly. One of the major things I’m doing with this new business has to do with the way management recognizes and utilizes talent within ...

Who carries your Web 2.0 banner?

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology | No Comments »

What's at stake when you let others step in your online footprint? I wrote here about the possibility of something resembling agency through social networking / Web 2.0 / user-created content a short time ago.  I am now in the fortunate ...

Does WOM or Social Network Marketing Create Agency?

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology | 4 Comments »

We are now near the end of January, and I realize it has been a little while since my last post.  Before leaving LexisNexis, I prepared a proposal, formatted as a white paper, for a position specializing in information management.  ...

What would you call open-source marketing?

Friday, December 26th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology, Intellectual Property | 5 Comments »

President-Elect Barack Obama raised $264.5M through April 30, 2008, thrice that raised by his opponent, Senator John McCain. Studies at the FEC, The Campaign Finance Institute, The Center for Responsive Politics , George Washington University, indicate that a massive ...

Is there a Master Chef at Bell?

Sunday, June 29th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology, Privacy | No Comments »

Bell has been busted for Internet throttling.  (CBC story here.)  No news there.  The news is that they’ve been told to back up their congestion claim with numbers.  (CBC story here.)  Expect some creative accounting of traffic dynamics ...

Tazzu Wordpress Camp feed

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology | 1 Comment »

Password is tazzu-test. If it doesn't work, go to www.justin.tv/jeremycostin Watch live video from Tazzu Wordpress Camp on Justin.tv

How to make the Massive Tech Show into a massive tech show

Saturday, April 26th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology, Privacy, Video Games, Virtual Worlds | 1 Comment »

I've been critical of the Vancouver Massive Tech Show both here and on Tazzu. I've branded it as boring, uninspired, a waste of an afternoon, and anything but either massive or a show. I've been challenged to propose something better, ...

Hulu and the NHL, follow-up

Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology, Intellectual Property | No Comments »

In response to a comment received putting succinctly Mr. Bettman's effect on the NHL, I would like to present two screen captures comparing the customer relations aspects of licensing issue manifestations. We have the new South Park Studios web site, which ...

Hulu and the NHL

Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology, Intellectual Property | 2 Comments »

Michael Geist pointed out that the NHL webcast on Hulu.com is blocked to Canadians. It was pointed out in the comments that it seems blocked to other non-Americans as well. I added my $0.02 (i.e. this is my ...

Joomla! Demo Camp Notes

Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Communications, Information Technology | No Comments »

Just thought I would cross-post them. They are at Tazzu as well. For those who don't remember, I was at the Vancouver Joomla! Demo Camp last month, and posted directly from there. My notes are in point form. Click below ...