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		<title>digitaleconomy.gc.ca</title>
		<link>http://blogidol.ca/2010/05/digitaleconomy-gc-ca/1003</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 17:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Van Holst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canada&#8217;s Digital Economy Strategy is now open for public consultation, go to digitaleconomy.gc.ca .  If you have strong opinions on IT and the future of Canada, now is the time to speak.  There are 5 areas of discussion:

Innovation using Digital Technologies
Digital Infrastructure
Growing the ICT Industry
Canada&#8217;s Digital Content
Building Digital Skills

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		<title>About 10,000 followers on Twitter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 22:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Video about social networking.]]></description>
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		<title>Socialnomics</title>
		<link>http://blogidol.ca/2010/05/socialnomics/993</link>
		<comments>http://blogidol.ca/2010/05/socialnomics/993#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 12:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Socialnomics (video)]]></description>
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		<title>Why read blogs?</title>
		<link>http://blogidol.ca/2010/05/why-read-blogs/989</link>
		<comments>http://blogidol.ca/2010/05/why-read-blogs/989#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 23:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just finished reading and excellent bog on &#8220;Why Blog&#8221; and it&#8217;s a shame that ITW&#8217;s Blog Idol 2010 is coming to an end, nonetheless I thought I&#8217;d toss in my 2 cents on why I think people should read blogs. Personally I think there are 3 primary reasons, these are:
1. To learn. If you are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why blog?</title>
		<link>http://blogidol.ca/2010/05/why-blog/977</link>
		<comments>http://blogidol.ca/2010/05/why-blog/977#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 20:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Van Holst</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[- General Info]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4 Green Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5 Social Enabler?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogosphere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital economy strategy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking about what motivates people leave comments on blog posts or Internet articles.  Chris Lau commented on one of his own posts that comments only correspond to about 0.5% of page views.  In my comments I mentioned that a panelist in the referenced video noted that people who comment are non-representative of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book review: True names and eternal questions: Vernor Vinge and the cyberspace frontier</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 03:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tania Samsonova</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[- General Info]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5 Social Enabler?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[6 Cool Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book review]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This book contains &#8220;True names&#8221;, a novella by Vernor Vinge, and nine essays on deep political and technological issues underlying the novella. As it often happens with true artists, Vinge, who published his story in 1981, predicted a lot of problems that we face today. He was the first to describe cyberspace (although the actual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging Idle &#8211; Year 3 Fades to Black</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 03:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Sheppard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok.  There&#8217;s still tomorrow before the Blog Idol contest officially closes, but I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;ll be at my desk much tomorrow, so I&#8217;m waving and saying &#8220;au revoir&#8221; tonight while I have the energy.
This year the contest has taught me how hard blogging can be when the ideas aren&#8217;t flowing, the time is scarce [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Resources for technology-related startups in Toronto, Ontario, Canada</title>
		<link>http://blogidol.ca/2010/05/resources-for-technology-related-startups-in-toronto-and-canada-in-general/944</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 02:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tania Samsonova</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[funding]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[incubators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OIDMTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SME]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SRED]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This article contains some useful information that I inevitably accumulated over the past few years, as a SR&#38;ED consultant and as someone who has recently started a business. It might save you some time that took me to figure out all this. Good luck with your startup!
 
Various camps, startup drinks, green drinks
Startup entrepreneurs and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lessons for Bloggers vis-a-vis Financial Journalism</title>
		<link>http://blogidol.ca/2010/05/lessons-for-bloggers-vis-a-vis-financial-journalism/927</link>
		<comments>http://blogidol.ca/2010/05/lessons-for-bloggers-vis-a-vis-financial-journalism/927#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 10:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lau</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[- General Info]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5 Social Enabler?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogosphere]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[newspaper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[return on investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ROI]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bloggers in the field of IT and IT marketing can learn from the lessons of financial journalists in how to develop a successful blog.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Apple in the News &#8211; 1 Million Sold</title>
		<link>http://blogidol.ca/2010/05/apple-in-the-news-1-million-sold/939</link>
		<comments>http://blogidol.ca/2010/05/apple-in-the-news-1-million-sold/939#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 02:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Sheppard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[- General Info]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I think its pretty impressive that Apple has sold 1 million iPads already and they aren&#8217;t even on sale in Canada yet!
Makes me think about the logistics of planning, building, distributing and supporting so many devices all of a sudden.  Its really quite something to think about how to organize all of this!  congratulations to [...]]]></description>
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