Month: December 2014
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The best of 2014
I logged 40 films and read 57 books in the year 2014. That is really 50 books when you remove the graphic novels, essays and lecture series. Considering my GoodReads Challenge this year was 45 books, I did well. Next year I am setting it to 50. Why not? I did two reviews for the…
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“Political platforms: A list of technology platforms and the political ideologies they are associated with.”
[This is an imaginary appendix for my imaginary dissertation I will write someday.]
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Disruptive politics
As Silicon Valley becomes the economic and cultural center of the US (and everywhere else, considering how “software is eating the world”) it is only natural that it will seek to become a political center. Hiring lobbyists — like Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Uber (and Netflix in Canada) have — is just the first step. In…
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Quarterly review: FY14Q4
[Each quarter I do a quick roundup of the book and film reviews on Goodreads and Letterboxd. These reviews are too short and off-the-cuff to be included with the more indepth reviews I do on this site.] Books The first book I completed this quarter was Douglas Coupland’s new Kitten Clone: The History of the…
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Emotional prisoner — a review of Without You, There Is No Us
Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea’s Elite by Suki Kim After listening to her emotional interview on CBC’s The Current I quickly bought Suki Kim’s memoir of her two semesters teaching English in North Korea Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of…
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Local startups! Protect our shared resource!
The internet is like the sea, a vast and shared resource that we all depend on. Unfortunately we do not have anything like UNCLOS to help protect that resource from the countries and companies that threaten it. So much of the innovation and content on the internet is the result of individual users like us.…