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Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:10:52 -0800

20 things that happen in 1 minute.
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:01:03 -0800

Test your US news IQ.
See how much you know about current news in this Pew Research Center news quiz. I got 11 out of 12 right. Apparently I...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:45:45 -0800

Stereotyping people by their favorite author.
Lauren Leto lists the stereotypical readers based on their favorite authors. Some of them are fairly humorous. Sadly, I am...
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:00:14 -0800

The end of security theatre.
I think it might be Seth Godin who came up with the term "Security Theatre", but it is so apropos. A few weeks ago we...
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:32:12 -0800

What happened to free healthcare?
As my friends in the US consider their massive House and Senate healthcare bills, intended to provide everyone with access to...
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:11:45 -0800

A decade long search for tomorrow.
Last Monday Mondoville suggested that the search for a digital media future amounted essentially to "all talk and no...
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Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:06:13 -0800

The downside of energy conservation.
I believe that we should conserve energy. But there are occasionally downsides. Compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs are...
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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:51:51 -0800

Fear is front page news.
The media have terrorized us for months with front page news of the dangers of H1N1, or swine flu. The scare tactics continue...
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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:40:45 -0800

Robbing the rich to give to the poor.
Or more accurately, robbing taxpayers to give to the poor artists. From today’s Record: After years of work the...
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Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:58:53 -0800

Digital Media Camp Toronto
When we started planning the DigitalMediaCamp events, in the back of my mind I had the nagging feeling that this would be just...
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Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:30:43 -0800

Climate “saboteurs”.
The earth is flat. The science is settled. The sun revolves around the earth. The science is settled. Man-made global warming...
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Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:07:47 -0800

The science is settled.
Tip of the hat to small dead animals. Powered by Bleezer
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Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:21:38 -0800

The Air Traveller Tax.
Continental Airlines left forty-seven passengers of a regional jet stranded overnight in Rochester, Minn. The Transportation...
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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:12:40 -0800

You can’t always get what you want.
And sometimes you get exactly what you asked for. I’ve often noted the lack of a cohesive calendar of what is happening...
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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:25:08 -0800

Health ‘reform’ gets a failing grade.
The dean of Harvard Medical School has some thoughts on pending healthcare reform: In discussions with dozens of health-care...
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:49:11 -0800

Human error?
What kind of human error leads to creating congressional districts that don’t exist? Here’s a stimulus success...
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:34:25 -0800

Pissed off people start great companies.
There are undoubtedly a number of reasons why people become entrepreneurs and create startups. But I am willing to bet that the...
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:47:36 -0800

Getting to the point.
The House healthcare bill is 1990 pages long. The United States Constitution – the document on which the operation of the...
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:45:36 -0800

His ego will need its own ZIP code.
The Boston Globe gets right to the point: The first President Bush, taught from childhood to shun what his mother called...
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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:52:23 -0800

A political shell game.
The $787 billion stimulus bill was supposed to kickstart the economy and create jobs. The government needs people to believe...
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Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:06:36 -0800

Anti Monkey Butt Powder
I never expected to write a headline like that, but everyone needs a little Anti Monkey Butt Powder now and then. Tip of the...
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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:16:26 -0800

What social media can and can’t do.
A couple of days ago, Adverstising Age publised an article by B.L.Ochman on Ten Things Social Media Can’t Do. The article...
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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:30:02 -0800

They didn’t read the treaty either.
According to Intellectual Property Watch: A bipartisan group of 42 of the 100 United States senators sent a letter to US...
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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:17:07 -0800

Is your dog a victim?
I got a form in the mail the other day to renew my dog’s licence from the city of Waterloo, Canada. It contained this...
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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:18:59 -0800

Social media strategies.
I gave a presentation the morning for Communitech’s Senior Sales and Business Development Peer2Peer group. The...
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