Goosebumps

May 19, 2007

If this performance by Damian Rice and Ray Lamontagne of the Bee Gee’s “To Love Somebody” doesn’t move you, check yourself for a pulse. Hat tip to my cousin and personal DJ, Dave Hyndman.

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mesh Almost Sold Out

May 18, 2007

We’ve posted a few times recently on our ticket sales for mesh – sales have been brisk, and we’ve been worried that people who really want to come might miss out on the opportunity because they have the days of mesh marked off on the calendar, but not a few days before. Last year, a […]

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Hitchens on Cooper on Falwell

May 18, 2007

Hitchens on Cooper on Falwell. It’s a pleasure to see a savagely brilliant and uncompromising mind turn its attention to the problem of religion in public life.

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“I don’t really understand what a Web site is”

May 18, 2007

Sigh. From Reuters: “A British judge admitted on Wednesday he was struggling to cope with basic terms like “Web site” in the trial of three men accused of inciting terrorism via the Internet. … “The trouble is I don’t understand the language. I don’t really understand what a Web site is,” he told a London […]

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A Manifesto for the Role of the Internet in Saving Democracy

May 17, 2007

How else to describe it? Time’s extract from the new Al Gore book, The Assault on Reason, is a manifesto for social and political change from the barrel of the internet. Gist: So the remedy for what ails our democracy is not simply better education (as important as that is) or civic education (as important […]

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“How Our Generals Got So Mediocre”

May 17, 2007

A superb piece in Slate today by Fred Kaplan on the failure of leadership in the U.S. military and its political leaders. One of many gists: The “tendency of the executive branch [is] to seek out mild-mannered team players to serve as senior generals,” he writes. But, he adds, the services “are equally to blame. […]

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“Here, there and everywhere”

May 17, 2007

My friends (and clients) at HIP Communications have a great piece of coverage in the Globe today on the rollout of their hosted IP telephony solution. HIP VP Ben Lucier, whom I’ve gotten to know both through HIP and his support of mesh, is a veritable poster-boy for getting yourself together when it comes to […]

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“Questionable Questions”

May 15, 2007

Michael provides an object lesson of the destructive power of undiscerning reporting of BigMedia’s spin campaign on movie piracy. More from Mike Masnick on the – how can I say this – unmitigated imbecility? – of reporting spin on piracy, in this case the BSA’s annual carnival of exaggeration.

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On the Dale Goldhawk Show, May 16

May 15, 2007

FYI, I’ll be on Goldhawk Live tomorrow talking about the recent Facebook and other social media workplace bans. Update: With many thanks to a friend who shall remain unnamed, the show is on Blip.TV.

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The Changing Face of Global Voices

May 14, 2007

Jeremy Wagstaff on the impact that the growing community of bloggers is having on Global Voices.

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The New Psychological Landscape of Making Music

May 14, 2007

Clive Thompson has an excellent piece in the NYT on the changes the Internet is making to the way music is made and distributed. Most interesting of all to me is the effect that deep involvement in social media is having on the relationships musicians have with their fans, and with their creativity. Update: Can […]

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Still More Time to Apply to be a CIRA Director

May 13, 2007

Nominations for the 2007 CIRA Board of Directors Election are still open, but close soon – the deadline is 6:00 pm (Ottawa time) May 21, 2007 – details at the CIRA site.

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