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'Pipeline won't get built.' (March 23, 2018)

Politics | Government | environment | oil

See: The day oil rained down on Burnaby Ever since I moved to BC, not far from the path of the (more...)

Why are we still using attachments in 2018? (March 23, 2018)

Business | software | Internet

Who remembers 2006? 12 years ago, Google launched a truly innovative suite of products to compete wi (more...)

The slow, painful death of social media (March 20, 2018)

Business | communication | Internet | Facebook | Technology

About a month ago, before the big Cambridge Analytica scandal, I wrote that “Facebook is over.” My f (more...)

WhatsApp? Signal! (March 6, 2018)

Privacy | communication

Some of my friends are big fans of WhatsApp, and have noted that I don’t (and won’t) use it, so I ju (more...)

Facebook is over (February 21, 2018)

tech | Business | communication | Facebook | Technology

Alright folks, I’m calling it. It’s quite sad, but as of 6pm Pacific on Feb 21, 2018, Fa (more...)

Should you buy Bitcoin? (December 9, 2017)

money | tech | investing | Internet | Economics | Technology

“Should I buy Bitcoin?” This is a question I’ve heard a lot the past few weeks, so (more...)

Capitalism only works if there is competition (December 8, 2017)

Government | Business | Economics

Everything I’m going to write here seems painfully obvious to me, but apparently is not well k (more...)

When did software go off the rails? (August 16, 2017)

Business | Development | software

As CTO of The Rumie Initiative, I spend a decent amount of time trying to find tech solutions t (more...)

Fear, or Hope? (May 7, 2017)

psychology | Politics

It’s Sunday, May 7th, 2017, in the evening. In less than 48 hours, we’ll have a good ide (more...)

'Jobs' is the wrong metric (February 10, 2017)

There’s an old business saying: “What gets measured gets done.” Politicians love to talk about jobs. (more...)
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