Monthly Archives: September 2003

HOW TO COMPETE WITH THE BIG GUYS

Posted on September 18, 2003 by Dave Pollard

This month’s Fast Company has an article on how HP stole the outsourcing contract for P&G’s technology systems and data centres away from favoured EDS and IBM. The article pinpoints five tactics that made the difference: Don’t hide your weakness … Continue reading →

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THE LAST WORD ON EXPORTING JOBS

Posted on September 18, 2003 by Dave Pollard
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PEER-TO-PEER MUSIC SHARING LEGAL IN CANADA

Posted on September 18, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Jay Currie, writing in TCS, points out that peer-to-peer file-sharing is legal in Canada, by virtue of an agreement several years ago that imposed a compensatory tax on blank storage media. Here’s a summary of the legislation: “On March 19, … Continue reading →

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SPEECH! SPEECH!

Posted on September 17, 2003 by Dave Pollard

A great speech has seven qualities: It’s emotionally engaging — it triggers something inside you that gets your heart pumping, your adrenaline flowing, your pores opening, your tear ducts flowing It’s intellectually stimulating — it introduces you to new information, … Continue reading →

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‘FREE’ TRADE VS. PUBLIC HEALTH

Posted on September 16, 2003 by Dave Pollard

You may have read (if you were playing close attention — it wasn’t well publicized) that Bush has reduced his promise to provide Africa with low-cost AIDS medicine from $3 billion this year to under $2 billion, allegedly because the … Continue reading →

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VO – THE ADVICE EDITION

Posted on September 15, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Hot off the presses,  the latest edition   of Virtual Occoquan,  the Blogosphere’s premier online journal. The Advice Edition Where You Can Learn: How to Spruce Up the Back Yard – Molly South How to Make a Jack and Coke … Continue reading →

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IT’S TIME TO STOP THE CORPORATIST RACE TO THE BOTTOM

Posted on September 15, 2003 by Dave Pollard

It’s time to make the export and the elimination of American jobs the number one political issue in the 2004 campaign. It threatens the social fabric of the country, and represents everything that’s wrong with excessive corporate power, the undue … Continue reading →

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THE U.S. ECONOMY: DANGER — TRAIN WRECK AHEAD

Posted on September 14, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Even more troubling than Bush’s political blinkers in Iraq is the stunning recklessness of his economic program, which has in less than three years turned a $280 billion surplus in the last year of Clinton’s reign into a record $650 … Continue reading →

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THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMMM…

Posted on September 13, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Three quick picks from around the blogosphere for a busy Saturday: Business Loses Interest in New Ideas: Management guru James Champy tells Fast Company that corporate America has lost its appetite for innovation and its ambition for greatness. The ‘idea … Continue reading →

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WHY DON’T PEOPLE VOTE?

Posted on September 12, 2003 by Dave Pollard

There is a provincial election in Ontario in three weeks, and I’ve been doing a bit of campaigning for the Green Party. In the process, I am astonished at the number of people who tell me, sometimes but not always … Continue reading →

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