Soooo, Blog Camp… What happened? Well, I think it started out with a bang lots of people around watching and participating. I was hopping from twitter to blogspot to macewan blogcamp to facebook back and forth, over and over again. As the hours wore on (and the topics got more involved) my variation diminished.
Also my voting started out very positive but took a turn for the negative in the middle, but recovered a bit near the end…
All and all I’ve seen how blogging on such a large scale can drastically expand your electronic footprint, especially on google rankings (ex. http://www.joinalbertacops.ca/macewan). If you’re blogging for 9 hours it’s important to have sweet people around you, namely: Aaron, Colin, Joe, Jana, Walter, Fusedlogic, etc.
Great time all around, thanks to everyone envolved! (Hope i win the Macbook!!)
Cheers,
Pfins
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What role should any level of government take in social media? (federal, provincial ,city, crown corporations, educational institutions, etc)
Should social media be thwarted by the government? No. An attack on social media is an attack on free speech. What I choose to put on Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace is my choice and no one else. The difference between voicing my opinion and writing my opinion is no different. The target audience may be different, but that is it. Whatever happens is my fault and it shouldn’t be up to any form of government to limit how my opinion is voiced.
The people need to moderate their own actions. People aren’t dumb. They will learn that if they do something, and negative consequences arise, that duh, maybe they should change their actions. Let people learn. Let them screw up. Let us make mistakes. To be moderated in everything we do is not helping. We need to be let go and figure out life on our own.
We are the government and we need to voice our opinions and rise to the challenge. Nothing will ever change if we sit back and let the “select” few run our lives.
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What role should any level of government take in social media? (federal, provincial ,city, crown corporations, educational institutions, etc)
I would be so excited if governments and educational institutions made better use of social media. In particular, I think governments should take advantage of the widespread use of social media among younger demographics in order to raise voter turnout in elections.
The voter turnout for Alberta’s last provincial election was a dismal 41%. That is the lowest turnout for a Canadian provincial election in the last 50 years!
I think a lot more young people would be inclined to vote if a couple of things were to happen:
1) There were a way to vote online without having to go to the polling station. It’s not as big of a deal here in Edmonton to stop by the neighbourhood polling station, but for people in rural areas, the nearest polling station could be a 20 minute drive away, and they might not always be able to go. Also - let’s be honest - people are lazy. I think a lot of people would be more inclined to vote if they could do it without leaving their home.
2) Politicians got more involved with social media and interacted with their constituents directly. It’s hard to be an apathetic voter if your premier/MLA/MP/mayor etc. solicits your feedback and responds to it. This sort of interaction would be a way for youth to be directly involved in policy and feel as if their opinions actually mattered. Websites like dearmrpremier.ca are a huge step in the right direction!
What do all of you think? Would you like an online voting option? Would you use it?
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What role should the government play in Social Media?
What is this, China? I mean isn’t the answer obvious. The only caveat to absolute freedom of social media would come into play if people’s rights were being infringed upon by hate groups or sexual criminals. Other than that the world is going to have to adapt.
The government should keep up with technology and understand how to use social media tools but that should pretty much be the extent.
Privacy laws are going to become more and more important as photographic recognition applications begin to spider the web but hey.. the fundimental ‘as long as the rights of others are not infringed upon’ should hold true.
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So you bought a BlackBerry storm.. or an iPhone… now what?
I know that I already posted some stuff about this but I would like to re-post to make sure you have all had the oppertunity to see this valuable information.
1-800-GOOG411 - This phone number is better then 411. It has high-tech voice recognition software that is second to none. Try it out now!
If you are looking for directory information you can text “googl” (without the e) and it will respond with SMS in 5 seconds. Just make sure to include the city.
1-800-2 CHA-CHA - Call this number up and ask them any question under the sun. They will send you an ansew via text right away.
If you like this post then please go to yess.org show them some support. It’s not related but hey.. Everyone needs to do something right.
yess.org
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Business is all about relationships, ethics, supply and demand, and money! Well there’s probably more to it than that but so far those are some of the key words I’ve put together.
Relationships are definitely the most important aspect of these four elements, something I have learned at MacEwan especially in my last year. Participating in the Alberta COPS competition and today in the blog camp, it’s clear the importance of what you say to others and how you say it.
All for now…
Cheers
Pfins
Building a relationship
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The most recent topic presented to the competitors at this blog camp is “What have you learned about business? Why is business important?“.
I love this topic. Let me begin by saying that Business is not about money. It’s about creating value in people’s lives. In business terms, you could say ‘value add’.
Everybody has a certain level of value to contribute into society. In our capitalist system we assess that value in a monetary fasion. We let things float and people end up paying a price for a certain level of value.
So what is business? Business is the exchange of these valuable things. When we study business we hope to be able to learn to manage the trade of “things” and “services” with all of the tools available out there. It is all about creating more value at less of a cost and getting as much value as you can from others.
If you find this interesting then come to MacEwan and learn business!
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This guy was really entertaining here at MacEwan. He brought a lot of humor to the competition. Do you know anyone who can beatbox? He told me that there was a little MacEwan Beatbox competition with his friends and that I couldn’t call him the MacEwan Beat Boxer… so I call him the MacEwan BoomBox.
Hahaha.. Anyways enjoy.
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Oodle Noodle serves some of the tastiest food in the city. I didn’t know what butter chicken was supposed to taste like before I went there. Oodle Noodle’s Bombay Famous (the name of their butter chicken dish) is among the best in the city. It has ruined me for all others.
The cooks sing and dance while cooking your food in the woks. It’s infectious and amazing. They always have the best music playing in there. The food is really reasonably priced, too. Two people can have two generously-portioned entrees and two drinks for $20.
All the staff there are super friendly, too. The Boyfriend and I went there so often that the exchange became like this:
Employee at cash register: (recognizing The Boyfriend) Bombay Famous?
Boyfriend: (meekly) Yes please.
In fact, I think I am going to trek down to Whyte tonight to satisfy the butter chicken craving. Hope to see you guys there!
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