Why I’m Not Jumping On Board The Google+ Bandwagon
by matttbastard Jillian C. York on why the current corporate backlash against online pseudonymity is misguided: There are myriad reasons why an individual may feel safer identifying under a name…
(2) The Challenge: To be seen as having a plan: The Four Challenges to the Alberta Liberal Party
There are challenges to the Alberta Liberal Party forming government in Alberta. In this series of posts I’ll write about some of the challenges that Liberals face in this province…
Patent That Becomes a Tool for Obstructing Innovation Needs to Go
Software patents have become an unnecessary obstruction to innovation. Company that used to oppose software patent are spending billions to acquire them (including Google). Small time developers (which could include…
Nymwars
I have deleted my Google+ account, as well as my Google profile — in protest and with extreme prejudice. Based on its real name only policy, I cannot in good…
Thinking of Making the Switch from Facebook to Google+?
Are you thinking of switching to Google+? Eweek takes on this question today, and provides ten compelling reasons to do so. Most convincing to me are:The ease of limiting your…
Google On Why Renewable Energy Is On The Way, and Lubicon Cree On Why It’s Needed
Google is putting its substantial money where its mouth is on new energy technologies. From New Energy News: When the story of this moment in history is told, it will…
What Makes Google+ Different?
With the introduction of Google+, the social networking world has gotten a lot more crowded. Just like in business, competition brings out the best of us, and the new battle…
Google got 38 user data requests from Ottawa in 6 months
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/07/08/pol-google-governments.html
CBC Radio column: RIM stock dives, what’s next for the BlackBerry maker?
It looks like my predictions about Blockbuster and RIM are coming true. In this alberta@noon column on CBC Radio One with host Donna McElligott I discuss what options are available…
Mobile Internet: we know everything, but we’re not any smarter
Love this Pete Homes bit about having Google on your phone. More after the clip. (Spoilers.) I only disagree with one part of this — usually the drunk know-it-all is…
The Browser Rankings
Remember the time when there was just Netscape Navigator, no option, no alternative, just a single browser that personified the world wide web. All that has changed, a lot, and…
Lunch & Learns a Roaring Success – Revised Schedule
The four part, biweekly Lunch & Learn series on Human Rights and Diversity in the Workplace kicked off with a bang on February 23rd. Karen. Dr. Karen Mock, outstanding lecturer,…
Google search
I have a little gadget on my blog that tells me what people are googling when they find my blog. I usually get things like “$7 daycare montreal” and “what’s…
Google search
I have a little gadget on my blog that tells me what people are googling when they find my blog. I usually get things like "$7 daycare montreal" and "what's…
Google search
I have a little gadget on my blog that tells me what people are googling when they find my blog. I usually get things like “$7 daycare montreal” and “what’s…
Google Takes a Step to Reclaiming “Do No Evil” Status
Sometimes you think the world can never chance, companies and governments won’t ever really improve or open themselves to scrutiny, they’ll never backtrack because in the end all they care…
Why I’m Struggling with Google+
So now I've been a couple of weeks with Google+ and I'll be honest, I'm really struggling with the service. I wanted to give it a few weeks before writing…