Three extraordinary, but forgotten years in B.C–!972-1975
I came across this Geoff Olson piece posted in the Vancouver Courier reflecting back on that amazing time in BC when we had a government that gave a damn. Premier…
2015
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Frances Woolley reminds us of some of the hidden advantages of the rich, and suggests that they point toward the fairness of taxing…
Richler On Stephen Harper
https://www.linkedin.com/ The late Mordecai Richler saw through the phoneys who inhabited the Canadian landscape. He had no patience for narrow nationalism — whether English or French. He particularly loathed French…
Why is the Hair laughing at the TV Networks?
Do you really think the Hair is going to debate any of his opponents in this fall’s election? Not if he can help it! It just is not in the…
Stephen Harper and the Revolt of the Scientists
In his almost ten years in power Stephen Harper has done so much to diminish our once proud country and shame it in the eyes of the world.And few things…
Transition
Teddy here with a quick post. I had been under the impression that transitions – IE the period of time between an election and when a new government takes office…
Robert Fisk: Why Harper’s Blind Support of Israel is Dangerous
Last week I wrote that Stephen Harper's threat to use hate laws against Canadians who peacefully protest the actions of Israel's brutish Netanyahu regime, was the first shadow of a…
Earthkeeping: Climate For Change
On May 7, 2015 Dr Katharine Hayhoe presented to a crowd of 800+ at Vancouver, Canada’s Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on the theme of caring for creation. Recently…
Owing it forward #nlpoli
The provincial government will balance its books this year by borrowing $2.1 billion. Lots of people don’t know that, as Michael Caine would say. The government included in its budget…
Ireland and the Amazing and Historic Struggle for Marriage Equality
A wonderful thing may be about to happen in Ireland in just a few days.Millions of people are preparing to take on the power of the Catholic Church, and some…
Inexperienced? Says who? Complaints about NDP caucus composition only show how weak the right wing is just now
ILLUSTRATIONS: “You voted for whom? Are you mad, man?” … No way to win friends and influence people. (Historic illustration from Punch – no idea what point the artist was…
Re: How a change of heart led to a backlash from the ‘Church of Nasty’
How a change of heart led to a backlash from the church of nasty Dear Mr.Coren, I have been a follower, if not always an admirer, for many years. Your…
The May Holiday: Journée des Patriotes
This weekend is the unofficial beginning of summer in Canada. In the Rest of Canada it is called Victoria Day, but in Quebec it’s now called la Journée des Patriotes.…
Google Tag Manager for Cross Domain Tracking and more
In some cases learning a new software/service/technology can take more time than its worth. This is not one of those cases. The time it took for me to learn out…
Google Analytics Custom Segments for Schools
Over the last year I presented at a an industry conference about what Google Analytics can do for independent schools and higher ed. With a running time of just over…
Cycling advice to my neighbourhood kids.
Advice to the girl riding her bike along Windsor Ave this afternoon. Do up your helmet strap. It won’t protect your brain from a concussion if it isn’t on your…
Geoff Campbell 2015-05-17 16:59:25
As I mentioned in January, I added metadata (microdata, og tags, and Twitter Cards code) to the Friends’ Central website. Added @TwitterDev Twitter Cards to @friendscentral. 🙂 pic.twitter.com/iE6ZJYGLNu — Geoff…
Using Campaign Tagging to Tackle Dark Social
While “dark social”, the default/misattributions of unknown traffic as “Direct” or a similar term, isn’t very new (coined in 2012, which is ancient by web standards), tackling the issue of…