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Music Monday – “Girl I saw on Facebook that Mike proposed/That’s bullshit baby, I know you know/I know my chances are getting right slim/You ain’t gotta marry me, just don’t marry him”

“I Saw On Facebook (That Mike Proposed)” – Donovan Woods

I’ve Officially Become #OldPeopleFacebook

Got home and Shea said “Why did you post the word ‘Mark’ on your Facebook today?” Huh?   So I look: My boss’s name is Mark but I don’t even have him on Facebook. I have another work colleague I interact with fairly regularly named Mark but same thing – not on my Facebook. I […]

Friday Fun Link – Constantly Wrong: The Case Against Conspiracy Theories

Friday Fun Link – Online Apps as 80’s Gadgets

A designer reimagines how various popular web sites would look as 1980’s gadgets.

Retro Friday Fun Link – The Cognitive Biases Tricking Your Brain

This article should be mandatory reading before someone is allowed to use the Internet!

Nine Thoughts on Facebook Birthday Wishes As I Enter My 45th Year (9 = 4+5. Getit?)

The history of Facebook birthdays is not all that exciting, but some habits?—?like uploading videos and tagging people?—?the company had to teach. Wishing someone a happy birthday on the platform came naturally, and it’s now a function Facebook owns. The platform didn’t introduce notifications for birthdays until 2013; before that, the side of your feed […]

Owning People Online Is The Left’s Path To Victory

  According to recent polling, a staggeringly small portion of the 22-to-45-year-old demographic watches cable news, and in fact almost 50 percent of young people do not watch traditional TV at all, instead opting to get their content from online streaming services, social media, and the like. I’ve been a big believer in the power of the […]

Going Viral for Good – #SaveSKLibraries, Broncos’ GoFundMe

A couple stories of the importance of being able to “go viral” in the digital age. Today was Budget Day in Saskatchewan and it was confirmed that, after being cut by $5 million last year, the library funding that was restored after public outcry, would remain in place, leaving library funding stable, at least for […]

“I’m not unusual in Canada for how much hockey has meant to me my whole life.”

I put this on Facebook before the Humboldt Broncos Vigil tonight (and after some time has passed, I may share some other thoughts on that) but wanted to capture it here too since Facebook sucks. 😉  I’m not unusual in Canada for how much hockey has meant to me my whole life. I was never […]

Mo Money, Mo Kittens

In the 2009 and 2013 Sask NDP leadership races, I was *very* opinionated and that often left me at cross-purposes, as an active member of Ryan’s team but also as a  blogger/Facebooker/Tweeter with my own thoughts, opinions and ego who didn’t mind getting into discussions and sharing my observations – respectful, heated or otherwise – […]