This week, Heather and I addressed a number of technical issues. On the ground, we decided that we needed a land survey of our property. Fortunately, through COGS, we were able to contact Grant McBurney to produce a land survey of the boundaries between our neighbours, as well as the right of way to the Annapolis River floodplain.
The second issue was the management of our online communication. This started with a conversation with Dave MacLean at COGS on the management of Facebook files. Not being familiar with this environment, I stopped at GekkoTech Computer Services in Berwick. They were able to point me in the right direction. Later I had to go to COGS to get advice on deleting files in Facebook/LinkedIn. I could empathize with parents who are trying to manage what comes in online.
I did make the suggestion that CORAH might offer a course on the intricacies of Facebook/LinkedIn.
Today, we were in Bridgetown and stopped at Endless Shores bookstore.
Heather found an excellent photo album on Pictou County. It brought back to her, many memories of growing up in that corner of Nova Scotia.
As we go forward, it is important that the province recognize the need in rural Nova Scotia for technology resources, both formally and informally. I am fortunate to access excellent resources through NSCC (COGS and CORAH). These resources will be even more important, as society’s needs continue to evolve.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to the staff at NSCC: David MacLean, Darren MacKinnon, Jaime Dennison. Also to Grant McBurney and Lloyd Lombard. Edward added the links, map and photographs.
PS. We took a quiet drive to Lunenburg Bound this afternoon.
Reference
Norman Munroe, 1989, Pictou County, Auldearn Press and Stellarton Press
Ernest Blair Experiment 