It’s been a while and things have altered: drastically in some ways and not that much in others.
First of all, i received a job offer to work for the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) in Bonn, Germany. I took it.
Not only did this take me on an adventure across the pond [...]
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Career & Continent Change
Posted in libraries, news, traveling on August 31, 2007 | No Comments »
This = That; This = That?
Posted in funnies, libraries, news on July 10, 2007 | No Comments »
On the one hand we have this article, making its rounds in library and facebook circles toting the ‘coolness’ of being a librarian (and as one friend pointed out, the article didn’t even refer to us as ‘information professionals’, so really, how hip are we?)
Then, on the other hand we have this. I would [...]
Be Careful out There
Posted in news on June 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This is an interesting article (by Mathew Ingram (June 16, 2007)) outlining the different sanctions Canadian bloggers may and are facing compared to our US counterparts.
Of particular interest:
University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist says Canadian bloggers need to be aware that by effectively becoming publishers, they are subject to the laws on defamation [...]
Harper Follow Up
Posted in news, thoughts n opinions on May 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Perhaps in response to an earlier post, a friend emailed me this interesting article which defends our ol boy at the helm.
I think Linwood, as usual (insert boneheaded burlington wanna be cool guy insult here), is missing the point.
It’s not about Stephen Harper being able to relax and choose what he reads. It’s about [...]
Not Just A Book List
Posted in news, thoughts n opinions on April 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Yann Martel (author of Life of Pie (2001), Self (1996)) has recently started a project called:
“What is Stephen Harper Reading“
In one word: awesome.
Someone should be recommending books to our Prime Minister, if nothing else, that means maybe he can discuss something intellectual (insert gawf) about the Arts with some of his cronies, despite the fact [...]
Hope & Beyond
Posted in libraries, news, thoughts n opinions on April 23, 2007 | No Comments »
I listened to a CBC Radio 1 program called Ideas and their topic tonight was on the recently (as in, the last 30-40 years) coined phrase “Social Entrepreneurship“.
Briefly the show is described by CBC as:
THE KINGS OF PHILANTHROPY
Some have called it the natural fall-out of a hyper-capitalist society — billionaires who’ve made more money from [...]
