July 2011
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The political attacks on Gregor Robertson from the oil and gas lobby continue.
Controversial Advisor – Video Centre – Global News.
Food for thought for this long weekend:
Among other things, the country is spending less per capita on research and development, business R&D is down, venture capital relative to GDP is down, government spending on R&D has fallen and the ranking of Canadians in high-school test scores is lower.
And while Canada spends a lot of money on R&D through tax credits, it spends less than...
June 2011
6 posts
This illustrations sums up Google + pretty succinctly.
Does The Google+ Interface Remind You Of Facebook? You’re Not The Only One.
Mayor Gregor Robertson’s critics have failed in their cynical attempt to blame City Hall and the Mayor for the tragic events that unfolded after the Canucks loss last week. In a recent poll, most Vancouver residents recognize that City Hall was as much a victim of the riots as we all were. According to the Vancouver Sun:
Most Vancouver residents don’t blame the actions of the police or city...
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via YouTube – Richard Koo – A “Balance Sheet Recession”.
I was lucky enough to work with Jarrett Martineau at NowPublic. He’s got a new project now. If he’s involved, it’ll be good. Check out RPM.fm’s trailer.
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May 2011
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In spite of what the critics say, it looks like Mayor Gregor Robertson’s fight to end homelessness is starting to pay off. According to The Globe and Mail:
Hundreds of people are finding shelter indoors rather than sleeping in streets or parks, according to preliminary figures from the Metro Vancouver Homeless Count 2011.
And that drop in unsheltered, or street, homelessness – most evident...
via YouTube – Aspirational tv – Charlie Brooker.
After sitting on the sidelines for a term, the NPA is trying to muster a slate to run against popular Mayor, Gregor Robertson and the Vision dominated council in the election this Fall.
The party’s mayoral run will be championed by the single NPA member on council, Suzanne Anton. But Anton faces and uphill battle and is working with a party that some see as lacking vision or cohesion. But the...
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Since the introduction of the iPad I have predicted that we are now in the era of long form journalism and that devices like the iPad represent a huge opportunity for publishers to make alternative sources of revenue. And this week Fortune Magazine proved out the model by publishing a news article as an app. The app has now become a best seller.
Among the usual suspects like Michael Connelly...
Amazon may be preparing for a life beyond Apple. The company has shown signs of going into the tablet business in a big way. Goodreader recently reported that the company has put in a $3 billion dollar order for 700,000 tablets. The Company’s CEO has refused to confirm their plans but says to ‘stay tuned’.
Amazon CEO neither confirms nor denies Amazon Tablet | Good E-Reader Blog – ebook Reader...
Even though The Conservative Government failed to address citizen concerns about an open and affordable Internet, the people at Open Media are still planning on holding them accountable. This is what you need to do to help them.
Canadians want an Internet that is open and affordable.We are tired of paying punitive fees to access the Internet and mobile services. Big phone and cable companies...
Before CNN had the story, this man was tweeting:
Read Tweets From An Abbottabad Man Who Watched The Raid Unfold.
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Business Insider makes an interesting observation about the fact that everyone involved in The Company’s acquisition of Associated Content has now left.
Consider this: Yahoo bought content farm Associated Content for $100 million one year ago next month. In the eleven months since, every single one of the Yahoo executives who championed that deal has quit the company.
via All The Yahoos Who...
April 2011
26 posts
Embrace New Technology | Edward Norton | Big Think.
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“Downtown Vancouver is quickly becoming one of the most thriving, energetic...”
– Gregor Robertson
Wow. How low can you get? I almost fell off my chair when I read this:
Stephen Harper says he won’t allow a substance synonymous with cancer to be reintroduced in Canadian homes or schools but he’s firmly behind allowing Quebec’s maligned asbestos industry to export its product to willing buyers abroad.
The Conservative Leader made a campaign stop in Quebec’s Eastern Townships to show the...
In some ways it’s amazing that this has taken so long. It’s nice to see Starbucks is finally getting it’s act together on the recycling front.
VANCOUVER, April 21 /CNW/ – As part of an ongoing global initiative to reduce its impact on the environment, Starbucks Coffee Company, Canada today announced front of store recycling in its company owned stores across British Columbia. The program, which...
Big news coming out of Where 2.0 from Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden:
Today at Where 2.0 Pete Warden and I will announce the discovery that your iPhone, and your 3G iPad, is regularly recording the position of your device into a hidden file. Ever since iOS 4 arrived, your device has been storing a long list of locations and time stamps. We’re not sure why Apple is gathering this data, but it’s...
If you’ve been following his posts this doesn’t come as a huge surprise.
After nearly three years of poking sharp sticks at the Vision Vancouver council of Mayor Gregor Robertson, City caucus.com blogger Mike Klassen has announced he will seek a Non-Partisan Association nomination for city council.
via Political blogger Klassen to seek NPA nomination.
It’s amazing what makes it onto the front page of The Province sometimes. This just in: Christy Clark puts on a Canucks jersey. …seriously. That is the caption.
Recently Rupert Murdoch brought his son to the US ostensibly as the heir apparent to his global empire. But as Michael Wolff and others have pointed out, his departure may have had more to do with the growing body of evidence in the UK that allegations of newsroom misconduct may have been overseen by senior people in the company. Now Murdoch’s company News International has admitted it behaved...
How Kids Consume Media.
You could go outside and enjoy the sunshine but if it’s raining this isn’t a bad alternative.
Thursday from Matthias Hoegg on Vimeo.
EDZTRA.
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in...”
– George Bernard Shaw
“[The television is] an invention that permits you to be entertained in your...”
– David Frost
March 2011
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February 2011
15 posts
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GPS data gives away alleged Vancouver iPhone Thief
According to the Vancouver cops, shortly after 8 p.m. February 15th, two men met in the 800 block of Cambie Street after arranging over the internet for one to purchase a laptop from the other. As the seller showed the purchaser the computer, the purchaser allegedly pulled out a handgun and demanded both the laptop and the victim’s I-phone, running from the apartment.
The victim called 9-1-1 to...
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