Monthly Archives: August 2003

DAVE PYBUS

Posted on August 12, 2003 by Dave Pollard

DAVE PYBUS A note to my Queenston School and Kelvin classmates and friends: First, I would like to send a warm ìsaludoî to you all ñ to the handful of you with whom  Iëve maintained some contact , to the … Continue reading →

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THE DILEMMA OF OVERPOPULATION

Posted on August 11, 2003 by Dave Pollard

As many of you know, I’m starting to write a book that describes a utopian future state where humans actually live in peace, and in harmony with the other species on Earth. Everything I describe (in the story outline anyway) … Continue reading →

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ADVICE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IN 2004

Posted on August 10, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Here’s some unsolicited advice for whatever candidate wins the Democratic presidential nomination. Let’s hope the DNC, in their zeal to attract corporate contributions, doesn’t screw up the democratic process too badly: Keep the message simple, memorable, repeatable. Don’t ridicule Bush’s … Continue reading →

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WHY LIBERAL RADIO WON’T FLY

Posted on August 9, 2003 by Dave Pollard

The New Yorker‘s editorial director Hendrik Hertzberg updates us this week on the Drobnys’ plan to start a network of liberal talk radio stations to counter the thirteen hundred ‘relentlessly’ right-wing conservative talk radio stations that blanket the American airwaves. … Continue reading →

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SOCIAL NETWORKING SOFTWARE: HAVE IT YOUR WAY

Posted on August 8, 2003 by Dave Pollard

The greatest challenge for developers of Social Network Enablement software will be to allow each of us to portray our knowledge and our network(s) any way we want to represent them. To let us represent our knowledge and our networks … Continue reading →

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WHAT BUSINESS NEEDS: A CORPORATE ‘MAPQUEST’

Posted on August 7, 2003 by Dave Pollard

We’ve all seen and used the online mapping services like Mapquest and Mappoint that will give you an instant map, and driving directions, for any address on the planet. So how come this technology hasn’t been adapted to the corporate … Continue reading →

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IS PATENT LAW STIFLING INNOVATION?

Posted on August 6, 2003 by Dave Pollard

The always-worth-reading Innovation Weekly (free trial subscription here) has some great catches this week, including stories on Xerox’s new unphotocopiable paper (uses polarization) and a glove that translates American Sign Language into spoken English. I’m always (briefly) filled with hope … Continue reading →

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TOP 50 SALON BLOGS OF THE MONTH

Posted on August 6, 2003 by Dave Pollard

The monthly directory of Salon’s most popular blogs, showing the ranking in number of hits in the past month (to August 5) and the ranking in number of inbound blogs (per Technorati) at August 5, is now up here. The top … Continue reading →

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THE NEW ROBBER BARONS

Posted on August 5, 2003 by Dave Pollard

(posted from Miami) Social critic and professor Charles Derber’s new book People Before Profit is a bumpy ride. Its back cover, with glowing reviews by Naomi Klein, Ralph Nader, Ted Kennedy and Noam Chomsky, raises huge expectations. What Derber delivers … Continue reading →

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IT’S WHAT I DO

Posted on August 4, 2003 by Dave Pollard

I was watching Aaron Sorkin’s wonderful series Sports Night on DVD on my new PC on the flight to Miami this afternoon — it’s great to be liberated from the mediocre crap they show on the airplane screens. Every episode … Continue reading →

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