TAC – D&D reminder
If you are a rock band and you are going to sell out and let someone else use your song, this is the way to do it. This is a harsh, amazing, moving video. (@BradTTC)
Privacy in Canada is dead
Privacy in Canada is officially dead. The supreme court of Canada has granted police the power to enlist a power company in monitoring some one’s energy consumption without a warrant in an attempt combat grow-ops. “The Constitution does not cloak the home in an impenetrable veil of privacy,” Justice Marie …
When designers go evil
My friend JP shared this presentation via twitter and I am ashamed to say I have participated in the dark side of design. Personally I think of my time at the CBC as a sort of penance – a purgatory if you will. Dark patterns shows the ways companies and …
Bring on Israelification
Given all the hub-bub about the TSA and full body scanners recently I thought I might throw my hat in the ring too. Terrorism like everything else is a matter of numbers. According to Nationmaster.com Canada has the 4th highest deaths to terrorist act ratio in the world with 11.66 deaths/act. …
Alignment is everything
I originally posted this on webanalytictemplates.com ———————————————————————————— One of the keys to a successful implementation of any business project is alignment. At each stage or level the goals and tactics must align otherwise you end up with a confused mess. Let me give you an example. Your company is going …
The great shame of North America
We have yet to make this right… bullying, simple bullying. http://www.caribuklabber.it/WoundedKnee.htm
It gets better – CBC
I was asked by the lovely and talented May if I would participate in CBC’s “It gets better” video. Of course I said “yes”. The opportunity to tell younger versions of me to hang on wasn’t something I could pass up. Of course after the fact you think of even …
Cyclists are good for Toronto
The Star posted an op-ed piece by Joe Fiorito about how cyclists are doing good for the city. I thought I would calculate my own contribution just for fun. Using Runkeeper I recorded my commute to work. This is from my house to the CBC downtown. Just to make the …
It gets better
Given the number of young gay people who committed suicide in the US recently a campaign was started entitled “It gets better”. Started by Dan Savage It includes councilmen. It even includes President Barak Obama And corporations such as Google. And there is a cute bear at the end: