A conversation with James Julien
Two years ago today, a friend and mentor of mine named James Julien passed away in Australia after two consecutive strokes. He was thirty-eight. I had the pleasure of meeting and working with James at Public Outreach, the fundraising consultancy that he founded in 2002 with Bryan McKinnon and John Finlay. In 2006, I also […]
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Link of the Day: NetAction’s Virtual Activist Training Guide
“The Internet is a powerful tool that allows us to expand our networks by identifying and communicating with like-minded people anywhere in the world. It enables us to disseminate information widely, cheaply, and instantaneously. Although you’ll need some special skills to build and maintain a Web site, email is easily mastered even if you have […]
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Sick as a dog
I haven’t done much with the old blog lately, let alone with any other project of mine, because I’m currently getting over a pretty disgusting illness. I took a couple of days off work, and I spent most of today in bed, but I hope to get back into the regular swing of things starting […]
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Link of the Day: The Colbuffington Re-Post
Earlier this week, Stephen Colbert launched the latest in a long line of brilliant media critiques and/or blatant excuses for shameless self-promotion. The target this time was the Huffington Post, who are famous for repurposing other people’s content, not paying their writers, and being purchased by AOL for $315 million US dollars that are unlikely […]
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Link of the Day: Sounds/To/Sample
“Sounds/To/Sample is a one-stop pro-audio download resource developed by the team behind award-winning sound design company Sample Magic. In an age where media is increasingly delivered and consumed online, Sounds/To/Sample’s mission statement is simple – to bring the sample industry in-line and up-to-date with the remainder of the creative industry. In putting sample libraries online […]
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The “truth” about multiculturalism and democracy
To be fair to David Cameron, he isn’t the only world leader who’s stepped forward this month to call multiculturalism a failure. Nicolas Sarkozy of France did the same thing at a televised town hall meeting on Thursday. “The truth,” Sarkozy said, “is that in all our democracies we have been too preoccupied with the […]
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Link of the Day: Radiohead: 01 and 10
In celebration of the news that there’s a new Radiohead record coming our way this weekend, here’s a quick link to this thing. Thanks for sharing, Ian.
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Everyone’s a DJ returns in March
Speaking of great times this weekend, I’d like to thank everybody who made it out to Disgraceland on Saturday night for February’s edition of Everyone’s a DJ. We had a great crowd, and we hosted an awful lot of first-timers and newbies, which is always a great time. Thanks for being a part of it! […]
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Kate’s a finalist in the CBC Literary Awards
A little while back, I mentioned that Kate had some big news, but she wasn’t able to share it because it hadn’t yet been made public. Now that it has, I’m happy to be among the first to publicly congratulate her. The CBC Literary Awards have been offered annually since 1979. The list of past […]
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