Monthly Archives: September 2003

HOW MUCH IS YOUR BUSINESS WORTH?: A PRIMER ON BUSINESS VALUATION

Disclaimer: This article simplifies the method used by business valuators to determine what value a business might command in the market. It is not in any way a substitute for a professional valuation, and the author is not a professional … Continue reading

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A NEAT BLOG TRACKING TOOL

Thanks to Judith Meskill’s Knowledge Notes blog for bringing the Waypath Buzz-o-Meter to my attention. The tool tracks the total number of blogosphere mentions in the past ten weeks, and the week-to-week trend in mentions, for up to five topics … Continue reading

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STRUCTURED THINKING: THE PYRAMID PRINCIPLE

Most of us spend much of our lives in meetings and reading. I wish more of the people that drone on and on in unfocused Powerpoint presentations, or write long unfathomable treatises, would learn to apply some discipline to their … Continue reading

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WRITING FUNNY

(Mike Thompson, Detroit Free Press) A few months ago there was a lot of discussion about a survey of what people around the world think is funny. If I remember correctly, Americans laugh at situations that make people look foolish, … Continue reading

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NEED YOUR ADVICE

Last Call for Submissions for the September 14th  edition of Virtual Occoquan, the Blogosphere’s premier online journal. The Advice Edition We’re looking for articles with advice for anyone: Dubya or Dean or Kerry Bloggers The Sick, Tired & Hungry The … Continue reading

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DUBYA DOES NICCOLO

“The Nobles, seeing they cannot withstand the people, offer up the reputation of one of themselves, and they make him a Prince, so that under his shadow they can give vent to their ambitions.”  — Nicolo Machiavelli, The Prince, 1515. … Continue reading

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THE INTERVIEW GAME

Here are my answers to the excellent questions posed by my interviewer, Edmontonian Wendy Tomlinson of Cyrenity. 1.  In an ideal world, how would population control be achieved? In an ideal world population control wouldn’t be needed. All other species … Continue reading

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SALON BLOGS MONTHLY DIRECTORY AND COMBINED POPULARITY RANKING

The following chart shows (a) in red, the ranking among Salon Blogs in number of hits in the past month (to September 4th) and (b) in black, the ranking among Salon Blogs in number of inbound blogs (per Technorati ) … Continue reading

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THE EDUCATION SYSTEM: BREEDING A NATION OF DRONES (PART 2: THE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS)

Some half-formed thoughts about how the education system might be radically reformed, and in the process solve a host of political, economic and social problems bedeviling our world, from a guy whose experience in education, both as a teacher and … Continue reading

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MY FAVOURITE CANADIAN BLOGS

Gary Lawrence Murphy recently cited (somewhat disparagingly) a weblog cataloguer’s list of the ‘best’ Canadian blogs. Blogger Colby Cosh recently listed the most popular Canadian blogs. This blog didn’t make the former list and just made the latter. Since I … Continue reading

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