As a Canadian I totally agree with Henry Blodget. One thing that is interesting–and, to many people, offensive–about the way the U.S. government is defending the PRISM program, however, is[...]
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Total Surveillance : We Asked For This
A great piece in Techcrunch on recent NSA news. In short, we didn’t trade privacy for security. We traded privacy for convenience. And the government, seeing a hole, took advantage[...]
The Rob Ford Gold Keeps Coming
“Any other questions?” It was what Toronto Mayor Rob Ford asked reporters at City Hall after he finished a prepared speech touting the city’s $248-million budget surplus, along with his[...]
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Cops Evacuate Granville St. Due to Gas Leak. People Advised to Avoid Area
Vancouver Police are evacuating buildings and closing streets in the 900 and 1000 blocks of Granville, Howe and Hornby, as well as the 700 and 800 blocks of Nelson, due to a[...]
Cops Discover Underground Grow Op in Langley
Cops discovered an underground marijuana growing operation in as many months, this time at a property in the 27000-block of 56th Avenue in Langley over the weekend. A search of the property[...]
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Turkish government just blocked entire social media access due to riots
Gezi Park the action Dehşet Lecturer Medals Photos – onedio.com.
Rob Ford’s Linkedin Page
This clearly needs some updates. I pity the poor bastards who are labeled ‘Similar to Rob’.
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A Sampling of National Animals #beaverplus
Behold the majesty of Canada’s National Animal. The Canadian Beaver. The original LOLCAT.
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Thinking Beyond The Beaver
I’m speaking at the CRED Forum today on the potential of technology to grow the Canadian economy. My talk is based on a piece I wrote for The Star[...]
Where Good Ideas Come From
A great piece in BI that talks about the value of brainstorming. Some interesting research shows it doesn’t always work and the best way to create great ideas is[...]
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Free Your Summertime with Ayoudo
Is your growing to-do list keeping you away from perfecting your golf swing? Spending more time cleaning the garage than hitting the beach? Nothing hurts more than an endless list[...]
Ted Nelson Reveals The Creator of Bitcoin
I met Ted Nelson 20 years ago when he was building Xanadu. He blew my mind. He’s come out today to reveal the person he believes is the true creator[...]
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Thinking Beyond the Beaver. The Future of Vancouver’s Economy
I’ll be giving a talk on the innovation economy at CREDible Conversations Forum on May 29th. Join us! Tickets here.
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Your Tax Dollars at Work
Good to see the Harper government is putting resources into celebrating the War of 1812, possibly the most pointless conflict in history.
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Canadas Radical Prime Minister Harper: Interview with Allan Gregg | DeSmog Canada
Great piece from Desmog Blog: Pollster, political advisor and pundit provocateur Allan Gregg believes Canadians have yet to grasp just how radical Harper and his Conservatives really are. In a[...]
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Vancouver’s vacancies point to investors, not residents – The Globe and Mail
The only people who don’t believe that Vancouver has become a city of investors and not local, working residents are the willfully blind For the most part the local[...]
Total Bullshit
Thousands of dead American soldiers. Hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis. And Iraq is a mess. These are the facts 10 years and 1 trillion dollars later. What a[...]
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The Bizarre History Of Vancouver’s Lululemon
The strange story of Vancouver’s Lululemon: “Lululemon’s recall of its sought-after yoga pants — because they’re sheer enough to become see-through — isn’t the first weird event in the company’s history. Lululemon’s[...]
Startup City : Vancouver’s Competition
Vancouver cannot afford to become complacent if we hope to survive and prosper as a digital city.
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Live at GrowLab Demo Day in Vancouver | VentureBeat
Venturebeat reports from Vancouver: “–VANCOUVER Ahh, the chaos, excitement, sheer terror, and sometimes — sadly — ennui of demo day. It’s startup accelerator GrowLab’s demo day tonight in Vancouver, Canada, and I’m live,[...]
BC Pot Industry Vulnerable to Silicon Valley Disruption Too
As far as I can tell, the two pillars of Vancouver commerce are real estate and pot. But now disruptive forces are at work in the US to transform the[...]
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TED headed to Vancouver in 2014
This is great news for Vancouver: TED2014 will be held at the world’s most eco-friendly meeting venue — a convention center positioned directly on Burrard Inlet, which took our breath away[...]
Vancouver Park Board Wants to Transfer Money from West Side Community Centres to the East
You can call it whatever you want but the truth is that the centralization of community center revenue is simply a transfer of money from West to East. Under the[...]
