In grad school, I remember a conversation across the campus green with an visiting psychologist from Harvard. I don’t remember much about the conversation except that he introduced me to Isaiah Berlin’s notion of the Hedgehog and the Fox, and correctly pegged me as a Fox. I think I was a bit offended at the [...]
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What’s the lesson?
I’m not supposed to be in front of a computer right now. I’m supposed to be attending the Vancouver premiere of Tiffany Shlain’s Connected, in a fundraiser to benefit A Human Right. This looked like a fun event, for a good cause. So I bought two tickets, one for myself and one for my 14 [...]
Crowdsourcing thoughts
05 Oct 2010 at 00:21
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collaboration, Conferences, Mozilla, Open Source, Vancouver, Web
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On Wednesday, I’m attending Remixology 2, an event put together by Fresh Media, on the topic of crowdsourcing. In particular, I’ll somehow be the representative of the entire open web perspective on crowdsourcing (!), Alfred Hermida will be talking about the journalist’s perspective, and Leigh Christie will be there representing artists. I’m hoping that the [...]
Ikea Canada: WTF?
A few months ago, we needed more desks for our office, so I figured I’d order them from the Ikea website. Easy to do, except that the Ikea.ca store doesn’t work with US credit cards, and our corporate card is a US card. So I bite my tongue about the craziness of e-commerce in Canada, [...]
La Quercia
Emily and I were treated to an impressive meal yesterday — a 9-course tasting menu at La Quercia. The full sequence: Cocktail: La Bicicletta Parmesan Sformato, Aged Balsamico Frisee, Hazelnut & Apple Cider vinaigrette Roast Quail Vitello tonnato Strudel ai Funghi wild mushroom and ricotta strudel Risotto with wild mushrooms Agnolotti di Guido Stuffed pasta, [...]
Open Source, Open Standards, Open Data, Open Vancouver
Exciting Vancouver news! Mayor Robertson has put forth a motion for city council to vote on next week which is chock full of amazing words, and which passed, will direct the city to have a bias towards openness — open source software, open standards, and open data. That’s pretty impressive! If the motion passes (which [...]
Downtown East Side: one week in
We’ve recently moved the Mozilla Messaging offices, for a variety of reasons, to our cool new digs. Partially so I have something to look back in a few months, I thought I’d write down my thoughts about the new space and neighborhood. The office itself is pretty much what I was hoping it would be. [...]
Building compelling, engaging brands, in previously boring markets
I’ve been thinking a bit about brands recently. The Mozilla brand, the Thunderbird brand (and what it should evolve to be). One of the brands that I keep being impressed by is VanCity. For those not around here, VanCity is Canada’s largest credit union, with about 400,000 members and $14 billion in assets. They’re local [...]
Dangerous Strategy Meetings
I just got back from doing a podcast for RainCity Radio, with Zak, Boris, and Dave Olson as host. The podcast was fun, as was the conversation afterwards with Zak and Boris. Unfortunately, the day was so beautiful that we went out for a beer to complement our strategy brainstorming. Nothing like drinking a good [...]
Vancouver Credit card recommendations?
I’m looking to change my VISA card, as the current one gives us points towards ‘stuff’, most of which I don’t need. I’d be more interested in cards that either served some sort of purpose (e.g. the VanCity cards) or points that are more useful, such as high-leverage travel frequent flyer miles on either flights [...]
