Comments on: Stand up and be counted http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/2009/12/15/stand-up-and-be-counted/ Double True! Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:42:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Justin Kozuch http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/2009/12/15/stand-up-and-be-counted/comment-page-1/#comment-106624 Justin Kozuch Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:12:17 +0000 http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/?p=2371#comment-106624 As promised, our official response and call to action: http://refresh-events.ca/blog/2009/12/16/torontos-digital-media-industry-who-are-we/ As promised, our official response and call to action:

http://refresh-events.ca/blog/2009/12/16/torontos-digital-media-industry-who-are-we/

]]> By: Justin Kozuch http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/2009/12/15/stand-up-and-be-counted/comment-page-1/#comment-106574 Justin Kozuch Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:46:05 +0000 http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/?p=2371#comment-106574 Jon, Thank you for posting this piece; I've been thinking about our conversation quite a bit since Saturday afternoon. I'm in the process of putting my thoughts down in digital format and will address the idea officially in a blog post on Thursday. To your point of how we self-identify in this community, I couldn't agree more. StatsCan hasn't done enough research on the Digital Media sector, specifically the types of companies and skills that exist within the sector, which explains why it's hard to self-report into StatsCan. The reporting model that StatsCan uses is also geared towards the large companies, like the IBMs' and the Microsofts' of the world. Ultimately, we need to stand up and be counted for the betterment of our industry, our community and for the improved and continued health of our economy. Jon,

Thank you for posting this piece; I’ve been thinking about our conversation quite a bit since Saturday afternoon.

I’m in the process of putting my thoughts down in digital format and will address the idea officially in a blog post on Thursday.

To your point of how we self-identify in this community, I couldn’t agree more. StatsCan hasn’t done enough research on the Digital Media sector, specifically the types of companies and skills that exist within the sector, which explains why it’s hard to self-report into StatsCan. The reporting model that StatsCan uses is also geared towards the large companies, like the IBMs’ and the Microsofts’ of the world.

Ultimately, we need to stand up and be counted for the betterment of our industry, our community and for the improved and continued health of our economy.

]]> By: michele http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/2009/12/15/stand-up-and-be-counted/comment-page-1/#comment-106567 michele Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:34:11 +0000 http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/?p=2371#comment-106567 this is such an awesome initiative, and one that i think is badly needed to clarify and to disambiguate a fragmented industry. count me in to help organize, find some funding and whatever else! this is such an awesome initiative, and one that i think is badly needed to clarify and to disambiguate a fragmented industry. count me in to help organize, find some funding and whatever else!

]]> By: Larry Borsato http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/2009/12/15/stand-up-and-be-counted/comment-page-1/#comment-106566 Larry Borsato Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:33:18 +0000 http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/?p=2371#comment-106566 As the person who entered that digital media definition on the digitalmediacamp.org site, please don't take that as gospel. It is at best a motherhood and apple pie statement; a placeholder until we have a better definition. We'll take what we learn at DIgitalMediaCamp, and what folks like you tell us, and we'll refine that definition. In fact, we'll probably redefine it constantly. We took a first shot, knowing that it wouldn't be correct but that it would be a start. After all, we're learning too. As the person who entered that digital media definition on the digitalmediacamp.org site, please don’t take that as gospel. It is at best a motherhood and apple pie statement; a placeholder until we have a better definition.

We’ll take what we learn at DIgitalMediaCamp, and what folks like you tell us, and we’ll refine that definition. In fact, we’ll probably redefine it constantly.

We took a first shot, knowing that it wouldn’t be correct but that it would be a start. After all, we’re learning too.

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