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Terahertz: The Coin-Change Problem
Since moving to the UK, I’ve been interested in what’s called the "coin-change problem." Simply put, it comes down to what is the best set of coins that minimizes the number of coins in my wallet. Canada currently has 5c, 10c, 25c, $1, and $2 coins (having recently eliminated the
Continue readingeaves.ca: Thoughts on the White House Executive Order on Open Data
As those steeped in the policy wonk geekery of open data are likely already aware, last Thursday the President of the United States issued an Executive Order Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information. This is, quite frankly, a big deal. Further down in the post
Continue readingeaves.ca: LinkedIn is as confused about what I do as everyone else
Often when I meet people, they ask me what I do. The challenge is, there is no easy answer to that question. I advise companies and non-profits on strategy, I do advocacy work and serve as an expert on open-innovation, open government and open data, I also work a negotiation
Continue readingeaves.ca: You Have No Rights – Because you are Breaking the Law Right Now
For those who missed it, which I suspect is most people, there is a fantastic Op-Ed in the New York Times by Peter Ludlow of Northwestern University. Titled Hacktivists as Gadflies it is a scary look at how much legal power the US government has over people who use the web (e.g.
Continue readingeaves.ca: International #OpenDataDay: Now at 90 Cities (and… the White House)
Okay. We are 10 days away from International Open Data Day this February 23rd, 2013. There is now so much going on, I’ve been excited to see the different projects people are working on. Indeed there is so much happening, I thought I’d share just a tiny fraction of it in a
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: A Short-Term Blog Hiadus
Thoughtful, inquisitive Paul… So, in case you haven’t already noticed, this space has been pretty quiet for the past month or, hmmm, maybe even longer. Over time, I have gone from posting a few times a day (like at the beginning), to once a day, to a few times a
Continue readingeaves.ca: Playing with Budget Cutbacks: On a Government 2.0 Response, Wikileaks & Analog Denial of Service Attacks
Reflecting on yesterday’s case study in broken government I had a couple of addition thoughts that I thought fun to explore and that simply did not make sense including in the original post. A Government 2.0 Response Yesterday’s piece was all about how Treasury Board’s new rules were likely to
Continue readingeaves.ca: Bridge to Somewhere: Open Data in Public Policy
Yikes, two days in a row! I’ve got a piece on open data up on Tech President… If you haven’t had the chance, check out saveourbridges.com. It’s a simple but wonderful example of data journalism that shows both the effectiveness and the limits of opening up data….
Continue readingeaves.ca: The OGP at Year One: Off the Ground – So Where Next?
I’ve got a post up at Tech President assessing the accomplishments and challenges facing the Open Government Partnership on its first year of operations…
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: The Truth About Disappointment – Movie Monday
So, the past couple of months there have been some high profile political loses, at all levels of government. Whether I agree with the loses, like in the case of last week’s vote about abortion, or no it occured to me that so much of politics and of life was
Continue readingeaves.ca: Suddenly, what happens online matters
Yesterday, the Globe and Mail had a very good editorial about online death threats. In short, the piece argues that death threats made online matter and shouldn’t be treated as somehow “inferior” to those that happen in “real life.” Death threats made on the Internet can be as serious as
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Who’s got the Summer Crazies??
So, anyone who frequents this site will know that I am a fan of Warren Kinsella’s. Yes yes, I know that many of you think he’s a douche, but this is my blog and I’ll like who ever I want. (ummm…na na na na, boo boo…?).Anyway, Mr. Kinsella, my second
Continue readingeaves.ca: Posts on Open Source Community Management
For those stopping by my page because of my OSCON keynote here are some links on community management that might be of interest: Structurelessness, feminism and open: what open advocates can learn from second wave feminists (this is in part about why open source communities are not pure meritocracies). Developing
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Show and Tell – What I did on my Summer Vacation
Toronto in all it’s glory! So, today is my first day back to work after 10 days of vacay and I must say….it was pretty awesome! My girlfriend and I took part in the time honoured (?) tradition of a “staycation”. Given that we live in the Big Smoke that
Continue readingeaves.ca: The Long Tail of Ushahidi
I’ve got a post up over at TechPresident on Ushahidi. I’m basically responding to a new site called DeadUshahidi that points out a lot of Ushahidi maps never generate a lot of reports: What has the people at DeadUshahidi concerned is that long tail of “dead” projects. I mean, look
Continue readingeaves.ca: Dear Neglected Blog Readers… (some updates and cool links)
… I’ve not stopped blogging! I’ve just been really swamped and having my intellectual batteries recharged. Frankly, I’ll admit they were feeling flat, but I got some really juicy posts I’m mulling over. In the mean time I’m just trying to catch up on life – it’s been an exciting
Continue readingeaves.ca: My LRC Review of “When the Gods Changed” and other recommended weekend readings
This week, the Literary Review of Canada published my and Taylor Owen’s review of When the Gods Changed: The Death of Liberal Canada by Peter C. Newman. For non-Canadians Peter Newman is pretty much a legend when it comes to covering Canadian history and politics, he was editor of the
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: "Does This Blog Suck?" And Other Questions I Might Be Asking Myself About How to Blog
So, you’ve probably been noticing a number of posts recently about content or the use of this blog. As you have likely guessed, I’m still trying to figure out what the best way to use my blog and deliver content. I struggle with giving people what they want and attracting
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