Someone failed to yarnbomb the entire meadow. (at Moore’s Meadow)
You may have heard of Parkinson’s Law. It is often used in reference to time usage: the more time you’ve been given to do something, the more time it will take you to do it.
I had not heard of this. I have, however, observed it. So yes.
Source: raptitude.com
What a happy, happy time in Canadian politics. It’s been a long while in the making, and there are a lot of people to thank, but we are on the verge of fulfilling the dream of generations of strategists and political operatives: a politics drained of any remaining differences between the parties, or indeed ideas of any kind.
The Bitcoin Bubble and the Future of Currency
I like reading about how economics actually works, once in a while. This is about how trust (or distrust) affects a currency, why Bitcoin is (and isn’t) like gold, and why Bitcoin is doing pretty OK but really can’t be successful.
An uplifting experience – adopting ethnography to study elevator user experience
“More senior men in particular seemed to direct themselves towards the back of the elevator cabins. In front of them were younger men, and in front of them were women of all ages. Men watched the monitors, looked in the side mirrors (in one building) to see themselves, and in the door mirrors (of the other building) to also watch others. Women would watch the monitors and avoid eye contact with other users (unless in conversation) and the mirrors. It was only when the women travelled with other women, and just a few at that, that women elevator users would utilise the mirrors. One interviewee even mentioned that she only looked in the mirrors when there was no one else in the elevator.”
The bible of CBC News is our Journalistic Standards and Practices. It lists our values as accuracy, fairness, balance, impartiality, and integrity. There’s no mention of being first or being fast. Yet I’ve done high-fives in the newsroom when something is on our network before it’s on any other network.
Peter Mansbridge’s blog is actually really good. I don’t know why I’m surprised, but I’m glad I am.
Source: cbc.ca
The 5 Most Persuasive Words in the English Language | Copyblogger
Articles like this weird me out because it makes me realize how much some people/organizations know about the human psyche, and how to exploit it.
Prince George neighbourhood lockdown resolved with arrest
nbd just driving through locked-down neighbourhoods at 4 in the morning
Source: cbc.ca
There’s still snow on the deck, but it’s finally barbecue season. (at Heritage Neighbourhood)
at Moore’s Meadow
The right to seek the floor at any time is the right of each individual Member of Parliament and is not dependent on any other Member of Parliament.
Justin Trudeau taps the ‘retro’ meme — It might pay off
“Here’s the bottom line: Each of the three major parties is, at some level, trying to foster a feeling of nostalgia in the Canadian electorate. The Conservatives do it with the monarchy, the military, and to a lesser extent, Diefenbaker. The NDP does it most obviously with things like medicare, Tommy Douglas, and (increasingly) Jack Layton. What’s important here is not so much that neither of these parties had as much influence or hold on Canadian culture at any point in the past, but that they have so little hold on the collective, frequently romanticized, quasi-memory of Canadian culture as it was at some point in the past. They’re just simply not as capable of it as the Liberals are. (The Liberals know this, for the record. It’s why they sell reprints of old Pearson and Trudeau campaign posters and buttons at their events.)”
