Martin Cleaver, masterfully.

Toronto’s warmest autumn since 1941 is about to come to a skidding halt. Today’s temperature: +15 C. Tomorrow: -1.
Damn…

Jon Husband in Wirearchies applies principles of Inspector Lohmann’s building invisible comic community to the blogosphere:

[Inspector Lohmann] explores one of the central reasons why (IMO) blogging and connecting with each other to work at building new relationships is so important now, and why it will grow in importance.
Hierarchies have always worked through the control of […]

Techies that need to background information for RSS for newbies won’t go too far wrong with Fagan Finder’s All About RSS guide.
Galan Bridgeman’s article at Microsoft.com explains some good software options at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/web/expert/bridgman_05november21.mspx

Having used the Open Source TWiki since 2001, and for about a year used a commercial installation of Confluence, I am always looking to cross-contextualize my understanding of the two products.
This report compares Confluence and TWiki from the point of view of pasting of HTML content.
I made this report as I was surprised by what […]

http://www.gagglescape.com/index.php/site/comments/528/ :
According to [Roger] Martin, [Dean of the Rotman School of Management] - and he pulled no punches - Ontario could not go out of its way to devise a more business unfriendly, non-competitive taxation system. “Taxing businesses at high rates is just counterproductive,” says Martin.
The article also covers key steps Ontario’s policy makers can […]

I met Bryan Watson of EP-Enterprises for a meal about a month ago. Last week Bryan telephoned me to ask if I’d mind re-explaining the relative merits of Wikis compared to Email, Discussion Groups and Blogs.
This is the slide I’d shown him. Based on some notes I’d made a few years back, I’d compiled this […]

I’ve just finished reading Headrush AJAX. Here’s my 40sec review!

Although some 350 pages, I found it a quick read (2 1/2 hours?), so I was really glad I borrowed it from the library rather than buying it.
The book whizzes you through the steps of converting an web app to an Ajax one: instead of interactions […]

Travellers’ groups cheer ‘open skies’ plan

Airline and travellers’ groups are cheering a government plan to open up Canada’s skies to more competition, saying open-skies agreements with more countries will allow them to reach new markets and reduce ticket prices for consumers.
Currently, Canada only has two open-skies agreements, with the United States and Britain, while the […]

According to the Toronto Star, M&A has reached a new high. Canada is being sold off to foreign investment, and no-one cares. I argue that Canada’s corporate culture of subservience can be transformed using Social Media tools, and that Canada’s leaders have a responsibility to their country to empower staff.

Grope: Helio Drift GPS Buddy Stalker Vs. Dodgeball - Gizmodo

Basically, you can use the phone to find friends on you buddy list, with a few conditions. They have to have a Drift phone, too. They have to be on your buddy list. They need to have pinged the server with their most recent location. Still, […]