Posted by Jennifer Stein on March 8, 2012
As part of our recent rebranding, this blog has moved to our new website, and will no longer be updated here (blog.fpinfomart.ca).
You will find new posts, as well as our complete history, at our new home: www.infomart.com/blog
If you receive our posts by e-mail, you will need to sign up again at the new blog. Visit the blog and use the email subscription box to subscribe – make sure you never miss a post!
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Posted by Jennifer Stein on January 17, 2012
Three times each year we schedule hands-on, instructor-led FPinfomart training sessions in cities across Canada. Our winter tour is fast approaching – please see the list of dates below.
We must meet minimum registration levels in order for these classes to proceed as scheduled, so if you would like to attend, please request registration as soon as possible.
The schedule for each city is as follows:
You may attend whichever portion(s) of the day are of interest to you.
Training is free for any current FPinfomart subscriber, but you must register if you wish to attend. Simply e-mail our training coordinator to reserve your spot today!
For more details on our training programs, please see our training information page. Attendance at all classes earns credits in the FPinfomart Certified Training program.
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Posted by fpinfomart on June 13, 2011
We’re a proud sponsor of the 2011 IABC World Conference being held June 12-15 in San Diego. If you’ll be there, we’d love to see you – drop by our booth at the exhibit hall!
Hope to see you there… and enjoy the conference!
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Posted by Jennifer Stein on May 19, 2011
As a member of a publishing company, we at FPinfomart are especially cognizant and respectful of copyright regulations. All content on FPinfomart is rights-cleared, which means that we have the content creator’s permission to resell that content and we pay royalties back to the content owner where agreed upon.
The rules of copyright are very well defined in most traditional media types – print, broadcast, etc. However with user-generated content, especially in social media, the rules of copyright are still evolving. What is the meaning, or even purpose, of copyright in a medium where the sole purpose of that medium is to share, and even republish, content?
While the future of copyright for social media content is still somewhat of a mystery, a certain etiquette has arisen regarding given credit where credit is due. It’s the same code of conduct any student learns when creating his first formal research report – cite your sources. Most content creators on mediums like Twitter, Facebook, etc. are hoping that their posts are spread by their followers – with the caveat that their contribution to the conversation is acknowledged.
As pointed out in the CNN article cited below, most social media platforms have utilities or protocols built right in to assist you with this – such as Twitter’s “retweet” and Facebook’s “like.”
For more insight on this topic, take a look at the article cited (!) below.
“We’re not about to delve into the ins and outs of intellectual property law and copyright infringement and all that jazz. Nay, we’re here to talk about the much milder offense of sharing content without a nod to the ahead-of-the-curve person who shined a spotlight on it in the first place.”
via When credit is due: Reposting others’ stuff online – CNN.com.
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Posted by Jennifer Stein on March 25, 2011
The commuter publication 24 Hours Ottawa has been added to the Ontario Papers group of content on FPinfomart. You can browse this content through Latest News, or add it to your Personal Profiles for ongoing monitoring.
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Posted by Jennifer Stein on March 3, 2011
Did you know that we have a YouTube channel housing a collection of instructional tutorials? We cover a wide variety of topics, including our Newsletter Publisher; the Import Tool; radio monitoring strategies; and more. It’s exciting for us to be able to offer this very visual way to help you get the most from your FPinfomart subscription. If a picture speaks 1,000 words, then a video must certainly be more effective than a help document.
While we’ve covered a breadth of topics so far, we’d like to expand our collection of video tutorials. We’d like your input into what topics you’d like to see covered in a video demonstration. Leave your suggestions here, in the comments, or e-mail me.
New video tutorials are highlighted on this blog when they’re posted – keep an eye out for announcements about new material!
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Posted by Jennifer Stein on February 2, 2011
It’s a “snow day” today here in the Toronto area – a huge overnight storm has left most of the area schools closed, and a larger than normal proportion of workers are telecommuting today. Other than the inconvenience of being unable to liaise face-to-face with my colleagues, I’ve had a very productive day.
There’s a lot of buzz right now surrounding the popularization of “cloud computing,” which is defined neatly on Wikipedia as:
“…location-independent computing, whereby shared servers provide resources, software, and data to computers and other devices on demand…”
The advantages of this concept are many, including doing away with the need for software (disk space, updates, crashes, maintenance, compatibility issues, etc). However a day like today really cements the value of such systems.
I would argue that FPinfomart qualifies as a cloud application. All you need to access and use it is a web browser. We host the interface, the content, the tools – everything you need to locate, read, process, analyze, and disseminate information. Even on a snow day – whether or not you have access to your work computer – you can log in to your account, access all the search results, and perform the exact same functions you’d need to do from the office. If you’re a newsletter publisher user, your physical location becomes unimportant. The same is true if you’re a newsletter recipient.
In our always-urgent work lives, it is reassuring to know that even a blizzard can’t keep you from getting the job done, if you’ve got the right tools.
A selection of things I’ve accomplished from my kitchen table today using only “cloud” apps (no software other than my browser):
What cloud applications do you use? Would you agree that FPinfomart is a cloud application? Share your perspective, in the comments.
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Posted by Jennifer Stein on January 18, 2011
We’re pleased to announce that the winter sessions of our popular hands-on, instructor-led classroom training are now scheduled for February. Whether you’re new to FPinfomart, need a refresher, or just want to make sure you’re getting the most from your subscription, we encourage you to join us when we visit your city.
Training dates are as follows:
For complete class descriptions and registration instructions, please see our training page. Participation in any of our classes earns credits in our FPinfomart Certified User program.
We add new features and functions to FPinfomart all the time, so even if you’ve taken training with us before, you’ll likely benefit from a refresher.
We require a minimum number of participants for our classes to run, so if you’re considering joining us, register soon!
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