December 2004

Writing to Pierre

December 11, 2004

I wrote to Pierre Poilievre, MP for Nepean-Carleton today on the topic of same sex marriage.  Here is the email I sent him. — Pierre, I am writing today to let you know my opinion on the same sex marriage issue.  I believe that this is one of the most important tests of the Charter [...]

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Straight people should get passionate about Gay Marriage

December 9, 2004

I was driving back from the chiropractor this afternoon, and listening to the debate on gay marriage that was raging back and forth on that Ottawa bastion of open-mindedness, CFRA Talk Radio. Today, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the government’s proposed law changing the definition of marriage was, in fact, constitutional.  Talk about a non-event.  [...]

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IM firms urged to buy VoIP Providers

December 9, 2004

ABI says that AOL, MSN, or Yahoo should buy a VoIP provider, like Vonage.  Sorry, but I couldn’t disagree more.  Buying a VoIP provider would make these guys into competitors with the telephone companies, when they want to partner with them.  MSN and Yahoo already have huge deals going with incumbent carriers.  AOL is about [...]

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How to Eat Sushi

December 9, 2004

How to eat sushi.  Encyclopedic in its breadth.

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What OS are you?

December 8, 2004

Hmmm…. I am Windows XP! Which OS are You?

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Mike Zintel has a blog

December 8, 2004

One of my favorite people at Microsoft, Mike Zintel, finally has a blog. Mike is a development manager in the Windows CE organization. Welcome to the blogosphere, Mike!

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Geekfishing on BitTorrent

December 8, 2004

Tong writes about the rise of BitTorrent.  He’s right.  I am one of those millions who download my favorite TV shows and watch them when it’s convenient for me.  Why don’t I use a PVR?  My satellite provider, ExpressVu, provides a PVR that, politely put, is garbage.  No search capability worth talking about, no "season’s [...]

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A Network of Stupids

December 8, 2004

Om Malik on the RNK $999 for life deal — A Network of Stupids. 

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The Economist on VoIP

December 8, 2004

via Emergic: The Phone Call is Dead; Long Live the Phone Call.  The Economist posits that the real losers in the VoIP rollout will be the wireless carriers.  WiMax and VoIP are the one-two punch that will knock 80% of the revenues out of the wireless market. 

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Rosh Katan, or Rosh Gadol

December 8, 2004

Sometimes Joel just hits the nail on the head.  His latest posting talks about folks who are proactive doers and thinkers versus order following automata.  And in our industry, he references Eric Sink on software developers vs programmers.  Every employer wants to hire smart, driven people who think and solve problems for themselves.  If employees [...]

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