Category: Politics

On Copyright

29 April, 2007 (13:12) | Art, Business, Music, Politics, Tech | No comments

I just finished reading an article on copyright by the always insightful Dare Obasanjo.  I have many friends in the film and music businesses and I often end up trying to explain my thoughts on the issue.  Here’s what I think…
I guess I have two issues, not with copyright per se (I am a software [...]

Speaking Up In The City

27 April, 2007 (23:32) | Local, Politics | No comments

I wrote my first ever personal letter to an elected representative today. It’s not exactly earth-shattering stuff but definitely worthy of a blog entry. For your reading pleasure, here is my note to my councillor of HRM District 12, Dawn Sloane.
Councillor Sloane,
I am a resident of your district and live at 1343 Barrington Street. Over the [...]

Confusing Survey

14 March, 2007 (20:31) | Culture, Politics | No comments

This survey (PDF), conducted by Globescan for the BBC, reports that Canada is the most positively viewed country in the world, while Israel is viewed most negatively.  Go Canada.
There are, however some inconsistencies.  The executive summary indicates that questions were asked about twelve countries.  However, the chart contains thirteen results (though Canada is omitted in the [...]