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On March the 30th, I will be speaking at the AMA’s Magazines East conference on the subject of social media and the sharing revolution. With other Canadian magazine associations, the AMA provides professional development to magazine professionals and publications interested in keeping pace with emergent publishing paradigms and best practices for print and web.
“The Atlantic [...]

Excited to be heading off to Vancouver as a speaker at Magazines Canada’s Web Weekend series for Canadian magazine professionals. This is my second year presenting in the series.

This Sunday, I presented a talk about social media for magazines at Magazines Canada’s Web Weekend event. This is my second year presenting at the Web Weekend series. Entitled, “Magazines2.0: The Sharing Revolution
Social media, the user and you” my talk focused on existing and emergent issues related to the both the publisher and reader of [...]

Back in 2003, when Second Life arrived on the internets, I was not in a position to take part. My computer wasn’t fast enough and I didn’t have the time available. Since then, I resisted joining on the grounds that it seemed really materialistic and commercial. While there were indeed interesting things happening there, what [...]

I just returned from another wonderful Magazines Canada Web Weekend event where I presented my talk “Magazines2.0: User is King” to a dynamic and engaged group of Mags Canada member publications. Find out more about my presentation below …

When: Saturday, Mar. 29 and Sunday, Mar. 30, 2008
Where: Grant MacEwan College Centre for the Arts, 10045-156 Street

Welcome to the start of my melaniemcbride.net archive. These 2004 posts are wordpress import from a previous blog – there are only partial entries as a result. My very first blog post was published in December of 2003 – but you need the waybackmachine to view it. This original blog contains only a few [...]

The following posts mark my entry into the blogosphere in 2003 at chandrasutra.blogspot.com
Wednesday, December 24, 2003

ENVIRONMENT
You’re soaking in it
One of the most terrifying things I’ve seen on television in recent months are those ads for disposable cleaning products. I watch in horror as manic, Khaki-pants wearing housewives rush in a [...]