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Monthly Archives March 2013

Some Thoughts On The Role of Social Media in the Sask NDP Leadership Race, Written on the Occasion of Twitter’s 7th Anniversary in 144 Chars

(Well, the title of this post is 144 characters anyhow.  The body of this thing will be *much* longer!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl-FpuehWGA Twitter is celebrating the seventh anniversary of the first tweet ever which means today is as good of time as any to look back at what role social media played in the recent Sask NDP […]

Posted 21 March 2013 § Internet § Politics § Saskatchewan § Technology § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (5) ° Tagged: , ,

Where Are All The Jobs? Librarians Needed!

Although it can seem dire sometimes, according to this graphic from MacLean’s (via Ken Haycock’s shiny new Facebook page), librarians will be one of the highest demand professions over the next decade. (I’m going to ignore that the actual wording doesn’t specify “librarians” and actually says “Technical Jobs in Libraries…” which could mean a lot […]

Posted 20 March 2013 § Jobs § Library § List ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

How To Give A Dumb Farm Boy Librarian A Swelled Head

I attended the 2013 Stapleford Lecture at the U of R last night which featured Dr. Toni Samek from the U of A’s Library School. Her topic was: “Librarians Unplugged: How and Why Librarians Are Speaking Out About Crucial Social Issues”. My first swelled head moment came when I got the invitation to attend the […]

Posted 19 March 2013 § Library § LibrarySchool ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “And who by brave assent/Who by accident/Who in solitude/Who in this mirror”

Cool video by Buck 65 covering Leonard Cohen…

Posted 19 March 2013 § Canada § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Politics & Servant Leadership – A Perfect Match?

Ryan Meili has posted his concession speech from the day after the Leadership Convention and it didn’t make my Top 10 list of reasons I was supporting Ryan Meili but the fact that I’ve always found Ryan to be beyond classy, in good times and bad, was another reason I supported his candidacy.  Truly a […]

Posted 17 March 2013 § Politics § Saskatchewan § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Finally a Photo To Replace the Shot of Shea and I With Joe Clark in Calgary

I’d rather have a shot of a future Prime Minister than a past Prime Minister anyhow. 😉  

Posted 16 March 2013 § Canada § Photo § Politics § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Amazing Sound & Water Experiment

This is pretty cool…

Posted 15 March 2013 § FridayFunLink § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Mitt Romney’s Damning “47 Per Cent” Video and the New Politics of Privacy

In a world where smart phones and other recording devices are ubiquitous (and increasingly undetectable), when will politicians (and political advisors) realise that everything they say (even in semi-private and private) can and will be recorded? Probably never…

Posted 14 March 2013 § Censorship § Meme § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

10 Things I’m Looking Forward To Now That #skndpldr Is Over

Spending time with my family – I think Pace was starting to suspect daddy had gotten married to his computer since I was spending more time with it than him and mommy the past few months! 😉 Finishing getting ready for the addition to our family – apparently we’re having a baby in two months […]

Posted 13 March 2013 § Family § Humour § List § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Costco or CommunistCo?

Costco pays its workers a living wage and sees profits soar while Wal-Mart stomps on workers and its profits flatline. At Costco, we know that paying employees good wages makes good sense for business. We pay a starting hourly wage of $11.50 in all states where we do business, and we are still able to […]

Posted 12 March 2013 § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,