Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Heather Stewart discusses the possibility of a 20-hour work week to better distribute both work and income. And without going that far, Andrew…
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Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Jordan Yadoo discusses the increasing inequality in lifespans across the income scale. Roderick Benns writes that Belleville (along with Cornwall) has joined the movement…
here’s why i love the internet, part 3,482,092 or whatever
For my work with my library workers' union, I schedule a lot of meetings. Various people can or cannot attend various meetings. We all use different calendar/agenda/diary tools, so sending…
The Web Makes You Humble, Not Stupid
In the early years of the internet people worried that it would make people stupid and people would sit around not contributing to society. It turns out that the internet…
Michael Geist: What Now? Privacy and Surveillance in Canada After the Paris Attacks
The recent Paris terror attacks shouldn't stop the new Liberal government from re-examining Canada's privacy and surveillance policies, argues Michael Geist, the Canada research chair in Internet and e-commerce law…
The Digital Sabbath, or Why I Never Reply to Your Emails on Saturday
If it’s Saturday and you’re reading this, I am far away from you. That’s because every week, I unplug and celebrate what I call the digital sabbath.… The post The Digital Sabbath,…
Apple’s Welcoming Ceremony Challenged By Robot
I’m cool with a robot waiting in line for a little tech innovation. Get used to it, cyborg haters. https://t.co/Q4Omggedoc — Kashmir Hill (@kashhill) September 25, 2015 It makes more…
Voting in CIRA’s 2015 Election will help shape the future of Canada’s Internet
It’s that time again! Some of you may not know this already, but Canada’s Internet is democratically governed. The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is a non-profit organization that manages…
Let’s make Canada’s parties endorse our pro-Internet action plan
Exciting news! Green Party leader Elizabeth May has just announced her endorsement of our crowdsourced pro-Internet action plan. So far Ms. May is the first major party leader to do…
AdWeek: Brazilian Kids Learn English by Video Chatting With Lonely Elderly Americans FCB’s touching work for a language school
When the Internet works for good! Article by Tim Nudd for AdWeek It’s such a great, simple idea: Young Brazilians want to learn English. Elderly Americans living in retirement homes…
Georgia Straight: OpenMedia encourages voters to consider policies around access, privacy in federal election
Check out this amazing coverage of our pro-Internet election plan on The Georgia Straight! The Internet is something we shouldn’t take for granted. We should take action to have our…
2015 election needs to focus on our digital future
Do we really want to drive our local businesses out of town, by failing to provide the digital infrastructure, security and privacy safeguards that they need to operate in a…
Big Telecom are trying to make the Internet like cable TV and we have to stop them
Last week, one of Canada’s Big Telecom giants announced a controversial new scheme that will give them more power to control how you use the Internet on your mobile devices…
Learn About Conservatives
Here’s a fun way to learn about the Conservative Party of Canada. Reminds me of how I speak of Prime Minister Harper while on Twitter, I reference this guy instead:…
Ashley Madison’s misguided attempts to put the genie back in the bottle
Ashley Madison’s use of DMCA takedown notices to social media platforms in an attempt to stop the dissemination of the site users’ hacked personal information “may violate the DMCA itself,”…
CBC: Fast fibre-optic internet arrives in many small towns before big cities
Tired of Big Telecom f*ckery, or a lack of affordable high-speed options, communities across Canada are taking Internet access into the own hands by building their own world-class networks outside…
Killer Robots By Accident or On Purpose?
It’s There are companies like Lockheed Martin making autonomous killing robots, and there are companies like Google making self-driving cars (which kill people by accident or poor design). At least…
CBC: DEBATE! Is access to high speed internet a right?
DEBATE! Is the Internet a human right? What do Canadians stand to gain from the CRTC’s basic services hearing? (faster, cheaper Internet, maybe?) Our own Josh Tabish went on CBC’s…
Our crowdsourced policy became government policy. The CRTC heard your call, Canada.
We Won! As you may have heard, a major ruling on Thursday from the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) ensures a significant step forward for Canadians’ ability to access…
Will Ferrell does a mock music video of gangster rap – and it’s a scathingly hilarious critique of the genre
A musical commentary, followed by social and political analysis, followed by hilarious spoof rap videos, and more This is scathingly funny. Will Ferrell does a mock music video of macho…