Martha Mihaly

So what are the odds that that there would be two bands IDENTICALLY named, and that I would mix them up?

Pretty funny really.  I was posting for the other blog I run … HH4H.ca .  I was talking about a featured band at our charity performance.  A Canadian Country Band called Haymaker but I accidentally linked to the other Canadian band called Haymaker. 

Hmm, oops, I laughed until I cried when a kind sole pointed that one out!  Have a listen, read the album titles, you’ll see the problem.

Boris has a wonderful post at The Next Web about Web 3.0 for dummies.  He has posted a super slideshow done by Freek Bijl that simplifies the concept of web 3.0 in an exceptionally clear manner. I really appreciated his finding this and putting it up in English.

I have been thinking about where the web is heading for the last few months.  Social networking has naturally evolved.  There is hardly any website now that doesn’t try and encourage ‘membership’ and communal contribution of opinions in the very least.

The most striking trend that I have remarked though, is the ‘opening’ of web sites.  Now I think it’s imporatant to make a distinction before I continue on.  Wikipedia, and Mahalo for example are ‘people powered’, harnessing the contributions of the masses to drive their content.  The new trend I am talking about is previously established sites like Google Map  allowing users to add/modify the existing databases.  This is a huge step in the direction of user driven content and it flows directly from social networking principals.

The next step will be for the re-thinking of what is proprietary data, and how can we open up the huge data banks of private corporations thereby enriching existing verticals for the benefit of users/consumers at large. 

Just as I thought that the well had run dry, along came the world’s ugliest dog.  You can read about this sorry beast here. Thanks to the National Post for this one!

I feel like I haven’t been keeping up on my personal blog, focussing only on the paid ‘gigs’.  That’s true in part, but mostly I just haven’t had much to say!

The writing ‘well’ has run dry.  Inspiration just hasn’t been coming.  Maybe it’s the paint fumes from the ongoing projects I have going, maybe it’s the kids, maybe it’s just me.

I’m sure it’ll flow agian soon.  You’ll just have to indulge me with your patience until then.

It looks like the CBC missed the negotiating boat here.  Farewell to the Hockey Night in Canada tune on Saturdays on . 

Hello Wednesday nights on TSN!