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Monthly Archives: April 2006
What If Jane Jacobs Had a Blog?
Earlier this week, Canada lost a true hero when urban activist/writer Jane Jacobs died at the age of 89. Since she moved to Canada in 1969, Jacobs had been a major force in shaping Toronto's development – providing city hall with a vision of what the city could be. Perhaps the highlight was her [...]
Posted in Blogs, Main Page, Web 2.0 2 Comments
What If…..IE Never Happened?
With the launch of the IE7 beta, there has been some fascinating discussion about Microsoft's track record in the Web browser market. John Dvorak, who's no stranger to controversial, against-the-grain ideas, describes IE as "The Greatest Microsoft Blunder" – suggesting it has taken the company's focus away from more important strategic priorities such as getting [...]
Posted in Browsers, Browsers/Firefox, Main Page, Uncategorized 6 Comments
Ted Rogers: Style Guru
If any CEOs out there are looking to make a fashion statement, perhaps they should seek some advice from Ted Rogers, who was stylin' in a bold, blue suit at Rogers Communications' AGM yesterday. It was quite striking compared with the standard blue/black suit, white shirt “uniform” dutifully worn these days by most CEOs. For [...]
Posted in Main Page, Wireless 3 Comments
Que CIRA Sera?
Stuart Macdonald, the marketing wizard behind the mesh conference, has been named chairman of CIRA's first nominating committe, which is charged to find board members for Canada's.ca registrar. If you're interested, check out CIRA's Web site.
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Memories of Scott McNealy
So Scott McNealy is finally handing over the reigns reins to Sun Microsystems after 24 years. I've only had the privilege to interview him once but can't say it was the best conversation I've ever had with a high-profile CEO. In contrast to the peppy, funny, irreverant person who puts on a laugh-a-minute show at [...]
Posted in Main Page, Software 2 Comments






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