links, random thoughts, various opinions
Canadian Border Security
“Canadian border farmers say it’s not uncommon to see dozens of sociology professors, animal-rights activists and Unitarians crossing their fields at night. “I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a Hollywood producer huddled in the barn,” said Manitoba farmer Red Greenfield, whose acreage borders North Dakota. The […]
Granville Island was named North America’s best neighbourhood by the ‘Project For Public Spaces’. Cool, I get my Sunday coffee and donut there.
Link from [WorldChanging]
It’s been a very busy few weeks… posting has been light I know. Things at work are going great and we have a lot of balls in the air. I’m expecting that we’ll catch all of them… but learning a lot while we continue to figure out the best way to build our […]
My friend Jakob has written a clever interface into Google Groups.
You can check out “Google Groups advanced search front-end” here.
Very cool.
Come Together, Right Now: The Internet’s Unlit Fuse
“But basically, in the political evolution of the Internet, we have barely touched the surface of its potential to shift the locus of real political power. Never before in history have we had a tool that enables–with so little work–local groups to act in coordination with other […]
Why Can’t Everyone Get It?
“So: expect greatness, and don’t tolerate crap. Most users of Windows and Linux don’t expect a great user experience (not the kind we’re talking about here, anyway), and do tolerate crap of various kinds. We still have un-great products on the Mac, and there is still crap, but the difference is […]
Worst Redesign Of The Year
“Corporate Web professionals labour under the delusion that they can stay insulated from trends in Web development. They feel free to create expensive new sites whose guts are no different from something published in, say, 1999. They’re like baby boomers who cannot stand any music released after 1979. The way they […]
Bring On The Tables
“Something that often seems to confuse people that are new to CSS-based layouts is the use of tables. I’ve seen plenty of cases where people interpret “avoid using tables for layout” as “don’t use tables at all”. It’s important to remember that tables are still perfectly fine to use – if used […]
Echo Chambers Redux
“Nevertheless, living on the Net brings you more divergence of thought than if you live only in your daily newspaper or favorite network news shows. The mainstream media are the real echo chambers.”
Well I’ve got a dinner to buy. The American ’silent majority’ spoke clearly last night and I’m again reminded of the increasingly large echo chamber I circulate in. Have to fix that someway.
As I saw this in one of the letters to Andrew Sullivan’s site this morning - “…Had we changed leadership now, […]