Somehow I thought yesterday was Tuesday so I’ll do this week’s Music Monday post today instead (and I’ll probably post Saturday Snap on Friday and Friday Fun Link on Saturday the way I’m going!)
Bev Slopen is a Canadian Literary Agent who is experimenting with e-books to “learn what authors and publishers already know about the area”.
Oyster, a “NetFlix for books” has launched. The obvious rejoinder is “A Netflix for books? We call that the library.” But the reality is that libraries operate on a loaning model and people involved with the creation and distribution of books – authors, publishers, etc. – tend to prefer more lucrative models based on licensing and/or selling. So it will be interesting to see how Oyster develops and what impact it may have on libraries and their own e-book offerings.
Bobby Jurasin Documentary (Featuring pre-fame Brett Butt)
I was flipping through YouTube and came across a profile of my all-time favourite Rider, #71 Bobby Jurasin (which features a few cameos by a pre-“Corner Gas” Brent Butt starting around the 11:45 mark!)
I got to meet Mr. Jurasin when a few of us who played with the Indian Head Broncs in high school came in to a football clinic put on by the Riders. Then I met him again when I went to the good old Long Branch Saloon while in undergrad but for some reason, he didn’t remember me (just kidding – I was *way* too intimidated to talk to him!)
Brad Wall’s Banjo Bowl Clip Cements a Third Mandate?
I hate to say it but clips like the one below continues to reinforce Premier Brad Wall’s “every man” image and could be part of the reason the Sask Party becomes the first non-NDP party in Saskatchewan to win three consecutive mandates since the earliest years of the province. I’m *fascinated* by the idea of “the low information voter” and by extension, politicians who are skilled at reaching these people via clips like this as well as regular calls in to sports radio programs, even during the work day! Even though, as a friend posted on Facebook, “Don’t think of it as politics, think of it as everything that impacts your life” I’d say there are a lot more low-information voters than political junkies.
[Edit: Well, the Riders lost so, as someone pointed out on Twitter, unless your “every man” humour suddenly looks *really* cocky in retrospect and perhaps reveals a bit more about your own cockiness than you’d like!] 😉
Digital Coffee Row Distinct from the low information voter is the highly opinionated (if not necessarily any more informed) one. One of my favourite places to “take the pulse” of what people are talking about – not just in terms of politics but on everything from news to local happenings to all kinds of other randomness is the Off-Topic forum at RiderFans.com.
What3Words.com is a system that’s much more accurate and memorable than current GPS, postal codes, street addresses and other similar techniques to designate addresses.
Plus this system can pinpoint *any* location on earth, including those that don’t even have a traditional address of any kind.
So why is he an entrepreneur? The site also offers a feature called “OneWord” where you can shorten the three words to a single word for a buck and a half a year – something that could be useful to hotels, restaurants and other businesses if (big if!) OneWords became as ubiquitous as say, Twitter handles.
