For the longest time, “Angry Birds” was the most popular game on the iPhone store and for the longest time, I resisted buying it because ninety-nine cents seemed like a lot to pay for something that looked like a silly kid’s game. 😉 But I finally broke down and bought it and though I don’t […]
I keep trying to find the perfect article, the perfect viral video, the perfect web site that might convince Conservatives that, if they don’t want to switch their vote, at the least, maybe there’s a reason to stay home on Monday rather than support Stephen Harper? The options always seem to have problems – too […]
So appropriate for this year’s election…
The song, “Vote” by the Submarines, details a real-life break-up that happened between the duo who lead the band, just before Super Tuesday during the 2008 US Election. Except for the fact that the last line is “We all know, our system’s broken, And I, I’ll never vote again“, I thought it would be appropriate […]
1. Â Will young people vote in greater numbers than in past elections due to social media influence (or just more attention being paid to them generally?) Â (Also, are polls under-representing young voters due to the prevalence of cell phones for this demographic and could that result in any election surprises? Â Or have pollsters learned to […]
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Posted 20 April 2011
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There’s been lots of social media activity this election as expected. Two of my main aggregators of news & viral content are Twitter’s #exln41 hash tag and Reddit’s Canada sub-Reddit. Here are a few things that have caught my eye recently: ShitHarperDid.com (and related hilarious YouTube videos)Â (MetaFilter) VoteLab – interesting idea but I suspect […]
An election-themed parody of “Like A Boss” by The Lonely Island…
The quote that gives this post its title comes from Sue Gardner who is Wikipedia’s Executive Director and who Fast Company magazine recently called “The Librarian to the World“. Most of the time, I have a very positive view of Wikipedia – in fact, I’d go so far as to say it’s one of the […]
It’s a rare post that allows me to combine the three pillars of this blog – libraries, technology and politics. Â But today, the Canadian Library Association released their analysis of the various party platforms, identifying the areas which would be of specific interest or have an impact on libraries. Â (Now if they’d just included a […]
I had best intentions to do a post about the debate tonight. But I ended up playing in puddles with Pace instead then watching the debate on PVR later while trying to catch up on Twitter posts and do a couple other things as well. I also realised I didn’t do a Music Monday post […]
