Back up
…And the site is back up, now housed with our new hosts. We did, in the end, choose Dreamhost. I was wary given the experience of one of our commenters (and he’s no slouch in the tech department), but in the end we were seduced by the large user community...Vanishing act
I’m making a few changes behind the scenes at this site today. There may be a brief outage, sporadic fires, itching and occasional locusts. Definitely occasional locusts. But we’ll be back shortly. Thanks for bearing with us.Here’s a thought: Civic Conversations
I’ve been enjoying IT Conversations for some time now. It’s this great library of audio recordings (as well as some text) of speeches, interviews and commentary from the world of information technology. You can download the material individually or...Is there a zombie computer on the provincial payroll?
I’ve just been comment-spammed from the IP address 142.22.186.12. What’s interesting about that particular address is that it belongs to the British Columbia Systems Corporation… a division of your friendly provincial government. Eeep. I’ve...A Christian voice from the left
About a month ago, after Pat Robertson’s on-air call for the assassination of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, I called for mainstream Christianity to repudiate the far-right extremists that have hijacked the brand. In an offhand comment, I acknowledged that a...
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.
