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Re: Canada seeks to keep genetic data private from health insurers

MikesGene — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:50:24 -0000

We've posted a couple of Canadian commentaries you might be interestd in:

Privacy Commissioner attempts to close back door access to Canadian's genetic information - http://genomealberta.ca/blo...

and

Privacy Commissioner Calls upon Insurance Industry to Refrain from Asking for Genetic Test Results .... For Now http://genomealberta.ca/blo...

Re: Wild rainstorm in Toronto causes flooding

MikesGene — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 12:57:15 -0000

"Don't think any city could have handled what we went through" says Ford. Hmm.. Calgary and High River just to name 2 handled this and a lot worse. The Big Smoke Bubble lives on and on.

Re: Facebook’s Growing Role in Social Journalism

MikesGene — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:55:40 -0000

You might want to take a look at our Facebook news site built with the help of a great Open Source app from newscloud.com
We've made it a Life Science News specific site but NPR, Boston Globe, Charlotte Observer and a few others are using it for general news. The application is highly customizable in real time, widgets galore for different uses, and... it has Google Search built in so you can search the stories on the site.
Takes advantage of all the FB tool and tricks and makes them even better. You'll barely know you're in Facebook country.
http://facebook.genomealber...

Cheers,
Mike

Re: Oprah Ends Talk Show: Twitter Erupts with 8,000 Tweets Per Hour

MikesGene — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:42:28 -0000

So the big news is Oprah trended on Twitter almost 2 years before she is actually ending the show and we are noting that she beat out New Moon !?
Lord give me the strength to keep convincing people that Twitter can be taken seriously and that there are social media blogs worth reading.

Re: What is the Value of Twitter?

MikesGene — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:03:51 -0000

Good on ya to raise the question.
We use Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and just about any other social media venue we can find as a means to increase awareness, so I too appreciate the value. I've also been involved online since I was a Sysop for CompuServe WAY back when it was one of the ultimate Social Media tools so come to this with some history.
As a not-for-profit I have to watch the return on our Communications time and money carefully and as we come to the end of the fiscal I'm not 100% convinced social media is a clear winner. The adage about getting what you pay for when it comes to 'free' is worth bearing in mind here.
There is certainly a large Social Media community worth tapping into but there is an equally siginifcant constituency out there that is not plugged in, could care less about being 'engaged', and who feel that a Tweet or Wall Posting is not exactly delivering the goods.
We planned our budget to ensure that there was collateral marketing and communications tools available to make a link between our online activities, media relations, PR, and gov't relations. I'll be taking a long hard look at our mix as I prepare for the next budget to make sure that time and energy is not sucked up into the vortex of the 'free'.

Mike