Monthly Archives: April 2003

COULD A CURRENCY BOYCOTT STOP THE WAR?

Posted on April 8, 2003 by Dave Pollard

There’s an interesting article by Irish Economist Richard Douthwaite in Resurgence about how to stop the war (or at least prevent the next one against Iran or whoever) by boycotting American and British currency. This doesn’t entail not buying goods … Continue reading →

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WARTIME REPORTING FROM THE HOME FRONT

Posted on April 8, 2003 by Dave Pollard

If you want to see how your favourite news source or local paper spins the news, find out how they reported (or didn’t report) yesterday’s protest in Oakland. What I read in the U.S. press didn’t make any sense to … Continue reading →

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HOW TO READ THE WORLD

Posted on April 7, 2003 by Dave Pollard

It’s been said that what you read, far more than what you hear or see in the A-V media, determines your worldview, what you believe. Rayne has just published her current nightstand reading list. Here is mine. Links are to … Continue reading →

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TEST – IGNORE – SALON/RADIO PROBLEMS CONTINUE

Posted on April 7, 2003 by Dave Pollard

This is a test. My updates have not been uploading properlysince yesterday afternoon.

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SUNDAY DIGEST

Posted on April 6, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Commercialism in Music: Lucian James’ American Brandstand (via the New Forum ) lists the 47 mentions of brand name consumer products in this week’s Billboard 100 song lyrics. Computer Screens: Ninety Degrees Off: Bob Frankston at SATN struggles to achieve … Continue reading →

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THE LIGHT CREATURES (NEW FICTION)

Posted on April 6, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Just completed a new short story entitled The Light Creatures, about the experience of living in the shadow of a dominant culture that is indifferent to your very existence. You can find it here.

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ELEVATOR PITCH

Posted on April 4, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Recently, my staff held a half-day retreat to brainstorm how they could effectively and compellingly persuade our employees to make better use of the firm’s ‘knowledge resources’: the intranet, the extranet, our business researchers and analysts, databases of news and … Continue reading →

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MORE EXTRAORDINARY WEBLOGS

Posted on April 3, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Here are seven more blogs that I didn’t know existed until this week, which are doing or talking about some interesting things: Unknown News reports news that you probably haven’t read anywhere else. Readers submit first-hand accounts and interesting stories … Continue reading →

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WHY COMPLEX INTRANETS DON’T WORK AND ‘LIBRARIANS’ DO: RE-INTERMEDIATION

Posted on April 2, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Part of the job of a Chief Knowledge Officer is to understand the knowledge culture, the collective knowledge behaviours, of the organization you work for. A phenomenon I have observed over the past decade is that such behaviours tend to … Continue reading →

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SUPPORT THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

Posted on April 1, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Say what you want about the Benetton folks, they are provocative. This picture of an Afghani girl, who gets free bread every day at school thanks to U.N. humanitarian aid, appears in a variety of magazines this month, along with … Continue reading →

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