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I’ve got an abundance of bits and pieces of canadian telecom and internet experience, and I am thrilled to be in a place in time when all is changing, technology is developing, and the status quo is being disrupted. 

Floobergeist is a word that is beginning to defy definition.  The more I roll that smooth pebble around, the more it becomes to mean. Floobergeist started out as the magic dust that turns dreams into ideas.  And then it began to encompass the zing that happens when you have conversations about those ideas. And now, it’s the whole evolution from dream to conversation, with each step improving the later and the former along the way.

Everyone aspires to good conversations. They can lead you to adventures you’ve never imagined, and to people you can twig with.

Let’s have a good conversation…

welcome.

Canadian Vs US Blog Awards

February 11, 2007  /  jules kivell

Curious - the difference between the Canadian and US Blog award nominees/winners.

The Canadian flavour - brought to you by myblahg.com features a majority of blogs i’ve never heard of before. Is this an indication of my limitiations?  Or an indication that Canadian blogs are just below the radar?  I was hoping to come across some of the excellent Canadian blogs I read:

But no - the only recognizable blog nominee was Rick Mercer, and despite his plugs each week on the Rick Mercer Report, the majority of the content that he’s got is simple regurgitation of his weekly rant.

On the US blog side, I recognize and read a good 40% of the blogs that are mentioned. It’s important to note that these blogs are not just US blogs, but from all over the world.

Go ahead - take a look at each blog awards site. You be the judge.
I’m not sure what a comparison suggests, perhaps it’s simply a process and procedural problem for how blogs are validated and chosen? Perhaps the Canadian version is still working out the kinks in the selection/voting process?
I was hoping to discover real Canadian talent…. only to find…. yeesh.

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