A couple copyright-related stories that warm the cockles of my Canadian heart…While the inclusion of China and Russia on the “Priority Watch List” isn't surprising, the report also
Amy Jo Ehman and her husband recently spent a whole year eating nothing but Saskatchewan-produced foods. Her year-long experiment is over but she's continued to buy (mostly) from
Ross Dawson, a business consultant who tracks different customs, devices, and institutions on what he calls an Extinction Timeline, predicts that libraries will disappear in 2019. He's probably
U2's manager, Paul McGuinness, recently came out heavily against Radiohead and file sharing in general. If you know U2's position on copyright, that's probably not a big surprise.
There's a range within any profession of course (I knew an emerging writer in Alberta who wanted to run for the Canadian Alliance) but since librarians are one
BusinessWeek has done an analysis to determine the relatively abstract notion of which countries are the happiest.As you go through the blurbs, it's revealing that one of my
One of my favourite professors from FIMS, Sam Trosow, has co-authored a new book entitled “Canadian Copyright: A Citizen's Guide“. The page I link to is the home
Housecleaning isn't just a physical activity anymore – now, I find I have to take the time to clear out my virtual detritus every once in awhile too.
If you're doing your Christmas shopping over the next few weeks, why not consider Costco aka “The anti-Wal-mart“? Their unique practices as a retailer – paying employees a
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