Tag: economics

Too Many Tabs Tuesday – And Now Some Messages From Our Internet Overlords

Why existing on Facebook, rather than owning your own domain, makes you a part of the Internet’s under class (and with the unsurprising news that Facebook’s “Like” button

Friday Fun Link – One Day on Earth

A recent documentary features a variety of scenes from all around the world captured on a single day. Here’s the trailer: One Day on Earth – Motion Picture

Wisdom Wednesday – Do Happier People Work Harder?

The idea of a connection between happiness and productivity is a discussion I’ve had with a few people at work over the past couple years – some who

Some Thoughts on The 10th Anniversary of 9/11

There’s a lot of commentary today online, in other media and at memorials around the world. So instead of adding to the noise, I thought I’d do a

Saturday Snap – “Come listen to a story/’Bout a man named Jed”

I’ve written before about my conflicted feelings towards the oil industry. In essence, it boils down to knowing how much of Saskatchewan’s current prosperity is directly linked to

Peoplemov.in: Migration Flows Across The World (and The Secret to Canada’s Future Success?)

This is a pretty cool data visualization tool which shows who is moving to and from various countries in the world, top destinations and more. This types into

Tunes Tuesday – “Gonna get my smiling face/On the cover of the Rolling Stone”

In my excitement to post a 1980’s country song that captures my post-long weekend camping bliss yesterday, I neglected what would have been a perfectly timed Music Monday

Sappy Sunday – The Last Meals Project

The United States is one of the few countries left in the world which embraces capital punishment (look at who else is on that list – no one

Alberta’s Got Gas and Sask’s Got a Pharm!

I’m currently reading a book called “Stampede! The Rise of the West and Canada’s New Power Elite” by Gordon Pitts of the Globe & Mail. This book came

A Few Thoughts on Google+

At the end of June, Google released Google+, their latest attempt at creating a social networking site to compete with Facebook and Twitter. After the failures of Google

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