Sorry for the scarcity of posts. I been a little distracted by vacation and, more to the point, I’m in the middle of moving… weirdly time consuming. Very excited about my new place but have discovered that there is a simple item that I cannot seem to buy that would make it nicer still. I, [...]
Why can’t my computer and stereo system talk to one another?
on snow
From an im message I sent this morning: my views on snow. I think it encapsulates Vancouverites position on the issue: Snow should be like grandchildren. Fun, playful and always a car ride away. I supposed given my age, I should say snow should be like nieces and nephews… You can ignore eaves.ca today. It [...]
Twittering to help the homeless – and why it is bad!
Here is a great story out of Vancouver of a group of strangers using twitter to come together and help the homeless. Another example of how social media can build new friends and community and help make the world a better place – sadly we all know it won’t have any impact of the powerful [...]
Concerns from Beyond the West: The dangers one-member, one-vote
There is a panel at the Globe and Mail website on Rebuilding the Liberal Party, with small essays on the subject from Navdeep Bains, Martha Hall Findlay and Bob Rae. All three mention conducting Leadership races with one-member, one-vote as part of the rebuilding process. Below I’ve republished a cleaned up and slightly fleshed out [...]
The Next Economy – Why the wrong Stimulus today could fail us tomorrow
After reading The Great Crash it is hard to not feel that we are the cusp of another economic depression – the parallels between today and 1929 or almost eeire. Much like the last crash, a whole slew of business models, technologies and ways of thinking are simply going to become obsolete (or at least, [...]
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