A new Hans Rosling presentation on TED!
Here is one of the most entertaining presenters with stats. (I know an oxymoron or what, eh?)
I am not evil
One thing I just don’t get are privacy policies. I don’t understand how a public can be so naive as to be upset that they are being tracked when they are on the Internet, and how unaware they are that invasive tracking is in our daily lives. Julia Angwin wrote …
The loss of cycling giant, Jure Robic
Jure Robic died on September 24th at aged 45 when he collided with a truck while training. I first heard of Jure in a podcast on Radiolab called limits. This is where I came in contact with RAAM, the Race Across AMerica. Jure has won the race from San Diego …
The Death of Tyler Clementi
Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei are not the only people responsible for the death of Tyler Clementi. There is of course Tyler himself, but also society at large. What kind of society do we live in where the shame of being “outed” is so traumatic that it would drive someone to kill …
Pan-am logo ugly as sin
Is it the season for crappy logos? Or is it just something with international sporting events. Check out this monstrosity for the Pan-am games being hosted in Toronto in 2015. Yes I get the “T” and the “O” for Toronto Ontario but damn, comic sans anyone? Seriously it just looks …
Toronto’s stupid lousy election
I’m having a tough time this year picking who I will vote for in the next election. All of the candidates suck. I mean really suck. Toronto’s biggest issue isn’t being elitists, or being hated by the rest of the country, it’s biggest issue is a lack of vision from …
Well Done Tiger
I have written a few times about email marketing. THE NEWEST IN EMAIL FAIL…AIR CANADA! THOUGHTS ON EMAIL MARKETING MORE THINKING OF EMAIL I am by no means an expert, but I know what I hate and I don’t hate this. Tiger direct sends me mail everyday which I don’t …
Two wrongs don’t make a right
Blood donation is a topic I have written about numerous times: Nice Site, Hope he’s not gay Excuse me while I climb up on my soapbox Why Canada needs more common sense I’m writing about it again for two reasons. First is for one of my co-workers who had leukemia was …