Two weeks ago, after seeing Yellow Pages stacked, unused and unwanted in both my own and several friends apartment buildings, I started a Facebook Group entitled 100,000 Canadians who’ve opted out of yellow pages! In two weeks, with friends telling a friend here and there, we’ve grown to 1000 people. So where did this come [...]
Entries tagged as “clay shirky”
Clay Shirky, Connected and Yellow Pages
The Future of Media in Canada – Thoughts for the Canadian Parliamentary Committee
Yesterday, Google presented to a House of Commons Heritage Committee which has launched a study of “new media.” Already some disturbing squawks have been heard from some of the MPs. For those who believe in an open internet, and in an individuals right to choose, there is no need to be alarmed just yet, but [...]
The Open Cities Blog on the Creative Exchange
Excited to let everyone know that I’ll be blogging at the Creative Exchange on Open Cities. I’ll continue to blog here 4 times a week and the pieces I post there I’ll cross-post here as well. It’s an opportunity to talk about how openess and transparency can/will change our cities to a wider audience. Wish [...]
Structure of Scientific Revolutions vs. The Black Swan (Journalism remix)
I’ve just finished Thomas S. Kuhn’s classic 1962 book “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.” For those unfamiliar with the title, it is the book that gave us the important and oft over-used term: “paradigm shift.” I won’t pretend it was an easy to read. Written in a classic academic style, what is a fascinating topic [...]
RCMP and Vatican: The downfall of hierarchical and opaque organizations
I’m on the road which is basically the only time I watch TV news and was pleased that I did this evening since I caught Terry Milewski’s excellent follow up piece on the how the RCMP has dealt (or in this case, not dealt) with investigating its own officers over the death of Polish traveler [...]
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