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Socialnomics – How social media transforms our lives and businesses (Part 4)

Posted on December 20, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

This book can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.ca/Socialnomics-Social-Media-Transforms-Business/dp/1118232658 Today we look at Chapter Two. “Social Media = Preventive Behaviour” Erik starts out Chapter two with a look at how Social Media can effect our jobs, and our lives. He talks about … Continue reading →

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Socialnomics – How social media transforms our lives and businesses (Part 3)

Posted on December 17, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

This book can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.ca/Socialnomics-Social-Media-Transforms-Business/dp/1118232658 Today we continue our look at Chapter One. “Search Engines and Social Media” The authors continue to make interesting observations through the next few sections as they note the changes that the Internet … Continue reading →

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Socialnomics – How social media transforms our lives and businesses (Part 2)

Posted on December 16, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

This book can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.ca/Socialnomics-Social-Media-Transforms-Business/dp/1118232658 Today we continue our look at Chapter One. “Who Cares What You Are Doing?” I can’t count the number of times that I have had people ask me why I bother with Facebook, … Continue reading →

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Socialnomics – How social media transforms our lives and businesses (Part 1)

Posted on December 13, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

This book can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.ca/Socialnomics-Social-Media-Transforms-Business/dp/1118232658 I find that it is always a good idea to have more than one book on the go. When one book starts to drag, you can switch to the other one to keep … Continue reading →

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Hockey and Boxing

Posted on October 3, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

The news today seems to be focusing on fighting in hockey which to most of us is nothing new. When I was young, hockey players didn’t wear helmets and hockey was like most other sports. I don’t remember sitting on … Continue reading →

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Charity and Religion

Posted on June 10, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

I’m going to take a few minutes today to talk about one of those things that we are not supposed to talk about, religion. I can’t speak for other religions but most of the Christian ones that I have been … Continue reading →

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The news media

Posted on April 9, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

I was recently in Oklahoma city where I was visiting with my wife’s family. We talked about a great many things, but one thing that we talked about was how the media never really seems to get the story right. … Continue reading →

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Media and Telecommunications Predictions for 2013

Posted on December 5, 2012 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

Last night I attended a talk by Duncan Stewart, Deloitte Canada’s Director of Research for Technology. The topic was Media and Telecommunications predictions for 2013. Duncan started the evening by dispelling the myth that mobile devices are taking over for … Continue reading →

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