Election Day Blogging

January 22, 2006

From Section 329 of the Canada Elections Act: No person shall transmit the result or purported result of the vote in an electoral district to the public in another electoral district before the close of all of the polling stations in that other electoral district. (Polls close at 10 p.m. ET). This means you, bloggers. […]

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Anonymity and the Self-Righteous Internet

January 22, 2006

Today a darker side of the Internet is on my mind – this morning I’ve read unrelated pieces from two well-known journalists, each writing in their own way about the lack of civility that the anonymous internet has unleashed upon us. I’m a fan of anonymity – in most contexts – but sometimes I wonder […]

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More Mainstream Media on Net Neutrality

January 21, 2006

From the WaPo, tomorrow (how did that happen?). Gist: But the nation’s largest telephone companies have a new business plan, and if it comes to pass you may one day discover that Yahoo suddenly responds much faster to your inquiries, overriding your affinity for Google. Or that Amazon’s Web site seems sluggish compared with eBay’s.

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Anonymous Blogging and Employment

January 21, 2006

Michael Fitzgibbon has some interesting observations about this topic today.

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Out-of-Context Ads

January 20, 2006

Matt Homann links to some research on the effectiveness of out-of-context ads which, if true, seems to directly challenge the effectiveness of the Adsense model (which may well be the goal of the company that commissioned the study).

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A Most Powerful Exemplar of Action

January 20, 2006

Wynton Marsalis’ speech on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to returning Tulane students seems a wonderful way to close out the week. Best-loved line: “Remember, the best way to be, is to do. What are you going to do?” Via Ernie.

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More From the Globe on the Bulte Fundraising Issue

January 20, 2006

Ivor Tossell writes in the Globe today about the role of blogging in the Bulte fundraising controversy (I wish I’d expressed these ideas so elegantly in my recent post on the topic): But the copyright fundraising flap shows off the Web’s best potential. It gave experts a platform for non-partisan arguments, backed up by primary […]

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New Apple Store for Toronto

January 20, 2006

TUAW has broken the news of a new Apple store for Toronto – likely in the Eaton Centre.

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B.C. Seeks Costco Records to Find Sales Tax Avoiders

January 20, 2006

The Globe reports on efforts by the B.C. Government to obtain Costco records to find B.C residents who avoid sales taxes by shopping in Costco stores in Alberta. The [B.C.] government wants the information to track down B.C. residents who have avoided paying the 7 per cent sales tax by travelling to Alberta to shop […]

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Google’s Marketing Move

January 20, 2006

Dan Filler at Concurring Opinions says what I only wondered about Google’s refusal to honour a subpoena for users’ search records. Perhaps Google is not evil after all.

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The Troubling Problem of Phone Record Pretexting

January 19, 2006

There has been considerable controversy – and in the U.S. already some movement towards legislation – over phone record mills – companies that obtain and sell the phone records of individuals (David Fraser has given the issue extensive coverage on his blog). These phone records are obtained in three ways: some are purchased from insiders, […]

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Bulte Threatens Litigation

January 19, 2006

It is now being widely reported that Liberal MP Sarmite Bulte is threatening Michael Geist with litigation. Michael has the details. This has to be one of the more bizarre and implausible turns in this affair (Techdirt here, Globe here).

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