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The do not call cell list is a way to stop telemarketers from calling your cell phone, or any other phone lines you have.

[ UPDATE (Jan 2009) The Do not call list can actually make it worse! Read CBC article here  http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/23/donotcall.html ]

You can reduce your number of telemarketing calls by registering to the National Do ot Call List (DNCL.) It’s free to register, and you can sign up your :

• residential,
• wireless,
• fax or
• VoIP telephone number

You can also file a complaint about telemarketing calls.

Canada’s Do Not Call List can be found here.

Being on the list will not stop all the telemarketing calls. You will still be getting fromCanadian registered charities, political parties, and candidates that are still allowed to call for donations. However you can ask the telemarketer to put you on their internal do not call list – which every Canadian telemarketer is required to maintain.

You may still be getting calls from organizations conducting market research, surveys, or public opinion polls. These are also exempt and do not have to have an internal Do Not Call List. becuase they aren’t asking you to buy anything.

If you like getting calls from certain telemarketers, you may give them consent to call you, even if you are on the National Do Not Call List.

The National Do Not Call List was created in 2006 when the Federal government passed a law to enable Canadian consumers to reduce the number of unsolicited telemarketing calls they receive.

Please note there is a viral email that goes around saying you have to register by a certain date or you will get an onslaught of telephone calls. This is not true – and is a hoax. Learn more about it the Do Not Call Cell List hoax here, and also always check Snopes.com before passing any email forward. There’s a lot of baloney going around.

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An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube by Mike Wesch was presented at the Library of Congress, June 23rd 2008.

Instead of a powerpoint presentation, the professor made a 40 minute video with the help of his students talking about the cultural phenomenon of Youtube.

His point – “when media change, human relations change.”

Youtube, as an aggregator of content, of which 88% of it is new and original content, is changing the way we relate. It’s a connector.

“it’s a story of new forms of expression, new forms of community, and new forms of identity emerging.”

Remember Numa Numa’s Gary Broelsma? Wesch credits him as being the first guy on the dance floor of this “global mixer” who inspires others to dance in their bedrooms for joy.

Take the tour of Youtube. For Wesch, it’s a celebration.

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Video! It’s all the rage. Video on the web is king. The future of TV is on the web. Using video to drive business yields the highest ROIs.

Yes, the media is all abuzz about the video on the web. And leading the revolution – are Fred and Sharon Spencer of fredandsharonsmovies.com.

PS. Sorry I haven’t posted that much lately. Been kind of busy – making videos for the web.

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Todays lesson explains the tech market for newbies.

From Wikipedia – A stock market bubble is a type of economic bubble taking place in stock markets when price of stocks rise and become overvalued by any measure of stock valuation.

Behavioral finance theory attribute stock market bubbles to cognitive biases that lead to groupthink and herd behavior.

Tags: tech market, bubble, overevaluation, stock trends, funny videos

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