For those who missed the first two PechaKucha Night Victoria events, here’s your chance to catch volume 3 this Thursday, August 12, 7:30pm at the Victoria Event Ctr., 1415 Broad St (doors open at 7pm). Eliza Yon (who, together with Aleya Samji of Anonymous Advertising and Amanda Smith of the Victoria Events Centre, has been […]
Strange, how ideas and notions sometimes multiply and touch each other in unexpected ways. This morning, I got a Facebook message from my architect friend Elisa Yon – she sent me a pointer to Matt Ridley, who presented at TEDGlobal 2010: The Rational Optimist Matt Ridley says prosperity is “the saving of time while satisfying […]
I go to my local YMCA a lot, and every time I’m there I think about energy use: how much energy I could be generating, how much I’m using, how much others are using. My “plus” membership entitles me to use the sauna and steam room, and I get towel service, too (yes! – love […]
Humans. We’re so big. Totally huge. What do we really know about all the little guys out there? Pathogens? Bacteria? . Viruses? Toxoplasma? . Check out the fascinating article in The Economist, A game of cat and mouse, which explains the intriguing theory that pathogens may account for schizophrenia in humans – or, to put […]
Aretha Franklin demanded it, R-E-S-P-E-C-T, because to get it confers authority on the person who is respected. Singing from the perspective of the blues, that is, of the oppressed, to get authority and therefore respect is a good thing. But what happens when established authorities themselves harp on demands for respect? Or when the supporters […]
As residents of Victoria British Columbia continue to struggle with a closed, secretive city council that (with the exception of one councilor, Geoff Young) prefers to do its business behind closed doors or from a lofty perch of Sonya Chandler- or Lynn Hunter-style “know-it-all-ism,” here’s a story from the local daily that illustrates just how […]
I chose a couple of redesigned BP logos to illustrate yesterday’s Sunday Diigo Links Post, even though my links weren’t related to the oilspill. They just struck me as appropriate. One in particular caught my attention: . The design is part of LogoMyWay’s BP Logo Redesign Contest. It was submitted by Gremlin (no further information […]
I’ve watched it three times now, trying to remember something I used to know so well: Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Action, Simon Sinek‘s fascinating TEDx (Puget Sound) presentation. It’s not that I used to be into leadership as such, but I certainly used to know WHY I did things, and I felt […]
Last night, while I was scribbling away on my “-ectomy” post, the spouse and son popped My Man Godfrey into the DVD player. We’ve all seen the movie multiple times, but it has such great dialogue that it’s a cinch to watch often. Tonight, I’m not writing the blog post now in my (imaginary) “must-write” […]