Yesterday I was part of a panel at the CIO Summit, a conference for CIO’s of the various ministries of the Canadian Government. There was lots more I would have liked to have shared with the group, so I’ve attached some links here as a follow up for those in (and not in) attendance, to [...]
Entries from April 2010
CIO Summit recap and links
Parliament, Accountability and you
Yesterday was not a good day for accountability. Yes, the speaker has spoken. It turns out that the government is accountable to parliament. Everyone seems to be happy. Everyone that is, except me. While some are understandably happy about the decision the fact is, this is lowest common denominator democracy. Presently the executive – one [...]
Beautiful Wepages
For those not in the know the Webby Award nominations – probably the most important award for a website – were released a couple of weeks ago and voting, which does influence the outcome, will be closing soon. If you haven’t voted yet I’d strongly urge you to head over to the website, check out [...]
Connectedness, Volleyball and Online Communities
I’m currently knee deep into Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives by Christakis & Fowler and am thoroughly enjoying it. One fascinating phenomenon the book explores is how emotions can spread from person to person. In other words, when you are happy you increase the odds your [...]
Lesson in Misunderstanding Abundance and Scarcity: Quebec and Abitibibowater
One of the biggest problems old institutions have grasping the internet is how it changes notions of abundance and scarcity. We are used to a world of scarcity where, if you have something, I cannot also have it, so we need a way to figure out how to allocate it (market forces, government regulation, etc…). [...]
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