«« older | newer »»

author photo

June 23, 2010

Simon Chester

Mild Earthquake Hits Toronto – Twitter and Wikipedia First to Report

Wikipedia records the event, before the mainstream or electronic media.

Quake hit at 13:45 EST

Twitter feeds start reporting 13:50

Wikipedia entry for Ottawa edited to show quake 13:51

Globe and Mail reports quake 13:56

Simon Chester's involvement with legal information goes back to the Seventies when he taught legal research at Osgoode Hall and served on CLIC's board - that was the Canadian Law Information Council. He has practiced law on Bay Street for almost thirty years and speaks and writes widely on legal, technology, ethical and professional issues.
[click on the author's name for more information]

Respond: make a comment | read the 6 comments

Share: Email | Save as PDF | Print | Bookmark & Share | Clip to Evernote | Reader later on Instapaper

More: in Miscellaneous or Technology: Internet | from

up

6 Comments on “Mild Earthquake Hits Toronto – Twitter and Wikipedia First to Report”

  1. Catherine Roberts says:
    June 23, 2010 at 5:13 pm

    Actually, I received my first Tweet about the earthquake today at 1.44 p.m..

  2. Connie Crosby says:
    June 23, 2010 at 6:00 pm

    I was in an office tower in Ottawa, closer to the epicentre. The windows rattled and then the floor under us started moving. It lasted about 30 seconds. Most people started evacuating the building before internal alarms went off to get people out. Cell phone, SMS, G3 and Edge communication were all immediately tied up. I was able to get onto Twitter, send out a message and get updates faster than getting out a text message to a family member. We got the all clear to go back into the building about 20 minutes later.

    I'm sure for someone used to earthquakes it would have seemed like nothing, but for those of us not used to it, it was quite disconcerting. I have felt tremors in Toronto before, but this was a lot stronger.

  3. quakes says:
    June 23, 2010 at 7:58 pm

    The earthquake killed my fish! it broke my fish stand and all my fish came crashing down! heres the video

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB5NCzDy7hE

  4. John G says:
    June 23, 2010 at 9:40 pm

    Shaken, then, and perhaps (in Ottawa anyway) somewhat stirred.

  5. David Cheifetz says:
    June 23, 2010 at 10:39 pm

    Leave it that there were some double entendres among my male colleagues after the shaking stopped.

  6. Kevin Kindred says:
    June 24, 2010 at 1:13 pm

    Best summarized in this comic:
    http://xkcd.com/723/

SlawTips      

SlawTips United Nations Documents
Wednesday, May 23

Today’s Tip: Monitor UN documents with RSS Since I last looked, the United Nations Documents site has a new look and feel. For what the site is trying to deliver, … »»

Research

SlawTips Updated Version of Great Social Media Guide for Lawyers Released
Wednesday, May 23

Last spring, Meritas’ Leadership Institute released a Social Media Guide for Lawyers. This helpful resource provided lawyers with an overview of the three main social media tools — LinkedIn, Faceb. […] »»

Technology

SlawTips Cash Flow Reports – Part 1
Thursday, May 17

Following on our earlier Top 10 Financial Errors posts, this is the first in a series of 10 posts dealing with Cash Flow Reports and in particular, cash flow management.… »»

Practice

noted on Slaw    

MLB Selected Case Summaries    

These summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book.
More information.
  • Harkat, Re 2012 FCA 122

    Aliens - Exclusion and expulsion - Power to detain and deport - Minister’s certificate - Review - Evidence

    In 2002, Harkat was detained pursuant to a ministerial security certificate issued under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) as a person inadmissible to Canada on grounds ...

  • Girouard v. Druet 2012 NBCA 40

    Contracts - Formation of contract - Signing - Electronic signature

    The plaintiff expressed an interest in purchasing the defendant’s (vendor’s) condo. The parties agreed to carry on their discussions through e-mail. Following an exchange of e-mails, the plaintiff claimed that the defendant was contractually bound to ...

  • Donell et al. v. GJB Enterprises Inc. et al. 2012 BCCA 135

    Barristers and Solicitors - Relationship with client - Confidential communications - General

    The petitioner was a Receiver appointed in March 2009 by a California court over the assets of GJB Enterprises Inc. (a “Ponzi scheme”) and its principals, the Berkes (the GJB parties). The court ordered ...

  • Dish Network L.L.C. et al. v. Rex et al. 2012 BCCA 161

    Practice - Costs - Funding before judgment - When interim or advance costs available

    The plaintiffs were “direct to home” satellite based subscription program providers. Rex and other defendants offered “grey market” services to Canadian residents to facilitate the unauthorized reception in Canada of the plaintiffs’ ...

TalkLaw/ParLoi    

This is a listing of a few upcoming events in Canada of interest to lawyers, law students, legal librarians, and others involved in the practice of law.

Clicking on any event in the list below will give you access to more information and to links allowing you to see the full entry and to add the event to your own calendar.

Click this link for a fuller version of the TalkLaw/ParLoi calendar of events and for instructions as to how to add events and calendars to your own calendar.