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Centralized vs. de-centralized information management
About a year ago we took our daughters to a wave pool. It was a Friday night. Andrea (my wife) had gone to the City of Ottawa website that afternoon and found that only one wave pool was open in the area (in the far reaches of the east end of the city) while others...

Digital makeover: Thomas Mulcair
Prior to announcing his candidacy for the NDP leadership, he didn't have a Twitter account. That was something of lore among political observers. In fact, Evan Solomon pursued the issue during his appearance on CBC's Power and Politics. That's all changed now. I'm...

Avoid electile dysfunction: Digital analysis of the Saskatchewan election
I'm going to be a guest of CJME Morning News on News Talk Radio, Regina, SK this morning. I've been invited to talk about my analysis of the digital side of the current Saskatchewan provincial election (see my earlier posts here and here). This post is to make sure...
Facilitating creativity
There just isn't enough space in my brain to make sense of all of my creative projects including those for my clients and my own hobby pursuits. I made that realization during a brainstorming session with Andrea Friday afternoon. We were in a Bridgehead coffee shop...
Wither politics in the age of digital natives
In Collateral damage, a post I published a few weeks ago, I lamented a bleak future for a political system that smears candidates for their online activities, particularly where their activities have been specifically and maliciously spun out of context. This is a...

Will #NoMoreBullies make a difference?
Perhaps Jamie Hubley's death doesn't have to be in vain. Perhaps Jamie's gift to us is that we'll finally move beyond talking about bullying and finally do something to end it. Perhaps he will motivate us to stand up to bullies everywhere whether classmates,...