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O Noir Restaurant – Montreal

This is where myself and two colleagues from Saskatchewan had supper tonight after the end of the CLA conference…It's pretty amazing for a number of reasons.  This restaurant is completely in the dark once you leave the reception area where you order your meal and leave all forms of illumination in lockers (cell phones, lighters, […]

Ten Reasons I'm Supporting Ryan Meili – #3 – His Commitment to Saskatchewan

Brought up on the family farm in a small town south of Moose Jaw before going to high school in the mid-sized city of Moose Jaw then moving on to our largest city of Saskatoon for his undergrad and medical training, Ryan has experienced a variety of the ways that people live in this province.  […]

Ten Reasons I'm Supporting Ryan Meili – #4 – His Openness

I've already written about how impressed I've been with Ryan Meili's use of technology (today's the last day of the “money bomb” so if you haven't donated yet, do it!  And if you've donated already, why not donate again?)  Something that's closely related to technology is the idea of openness and Ryan has demonstrated this […]

Ryan Meili – The Next Leader of the Saskatchewan NDP!

We're a week away from the Saskatchewan NDP convention and it's hard to believe how far Ryan and his campaign have come in a few short months.  From being one of three people all working hard for the second place spot in the minds of voters, I would say that all indications – money raised, […]

Scroll Down for A Pic of Some Dork at the Emerging Technology Interest Group Pre-Conference

My session this morning went okay but for the second time in less than a month, I was disappointed that I didn't “nail it” the way I wanted to.  In library school, I used to regularly do presentations that kicked ass (he says humbly).  One got a comment from a student who won Highest Academic […]

Ten Reasons I’m Supporting Ryan Meili – #5 – He Gets Things Done

Ryan has a long and proven track record of accomplishing big goals at a relatively young age.  This begins before any of the things he’s perhaps better known for with the fact that he not only completed medical school but earned an award for highest standing in his medical clerkship.  I don’t want to get […]

Me in Montreal

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Ten Reasons I’m Supporting Ryan Meili – #6 – His Innovative Use of Technology

It’s ironic that I’m sitting in Calgary airport as I type this, on my way to Montreal for the Canadian Library Association conference where I’ll be presenting on “Emerging Technology Use in Public Libraries” to the CLA’s Emerging Technology Interest Group.  I’ll be part of a line-up that includes one of the best known tech-savvy […]

Ten Reasons I'm Supporting Ryan Meili – #7 – He's My Age

I don't know the exact moment when it happened – I know it was somewhere between my 10 year high school reunion (when I was 27) and now (I'm 35).  But I started looking around and seeing that my former classmates – both from high school and University – have moved into some pretty prominent […]

Dwain Lingenfelter Gets One More Prominent Endorsement?

I knew that our campaign was the positive campaign but I didn't realise the scope of this good vs. uhm, not quite as good contest until I logged into Facebook this morning and saw the following: (Seriously, I knew that Link padding his Facebook page with hundreds of non-Saskatchewan residents from his wife's home country […]