Would you like intrusion with your pizza?
The ACLU has a hilarious Flash flick (seriously, check it out – you’ll never order another pizza) with a serious undercurrent: your private, personal information is being stored in a lot of government and corporate databases, and they’re starting to...Would you like intellectual property law with your popcorn?
Yesterday we went to see Wild Safari 3D at the CN IMAX downtown. Lots of fun, the 3D technology actually works (except for the difficulty of keeping a squirmy two-year-old from taking off her glasses), and we’ll leave the unsettling racial politics (the trackers...WordPress to Drupal: a luta continua
I’m considering migrating this site from the superb open-source blogging platform WordPress to the superb open-source content-management system Drupal. It turns out that isn’t nearly as simple as it sounds. You would think it would be easy. To move the...Reporters Without Borders helps bloggers without rights
The fine folks at Reporters Without Borders have written what they call a handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents: Bloggers are often the only real journalists in countries where the mainstream media is censored or under pressure. Only they provide independent...Open-source travel: Tell Lee and Sachi where to go
When someone tells you they’re about to travel to one of your favourite destinations for the first time, the urge to flood them with information — likes, dislikes, hidden treasures, tourist traps, that restaurant that gave you the runs for a week —...
Why, yes — I’d LOVE to speak at your event
Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides
Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.
