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Organization

Google’s Nexus One: Designed for Wear?

May 11, 2010

I’ve been rocking the Google Nexus One since January. I’m not easy on my gear, so I suspect I’m a good case to see how well it’s designed for wear and abuse. (Note: we’re not talking about the os, apps, functionality or broader open source philosophy here. I like all of those. Just the wear [...]

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Doing it Right: Good Examples of Good Tech Solutions

May 9, 2010

Jackie’s been wandering around SS Africa for nearly two years, working with different organizations. This has given her some insight into what is working and what isn’t in world of appropriate tech development (anyone with a better idea for this stale term?).
This week she posted a series on organizations that are doing a good job [...]

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Launch Week: Centre for Social Innovation, Toronto

February 10, 2010

Launch week continues on Cashewman. Yesterday it was Saving Darfur, a new book by Rob Crilly. Monday it was Ethical Ocean, a rad new ethical online store.
Today it’s the Centre for Social Innovation in Toronto. Well, here’s the catch: they already exist. And it’s not that they’re launching anything yet, but that they’re trying t:
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Idea Blast

February 5, 2010

I never thought the idea generation part of my brain would be so exhausted. It’s been basically 24 hours of idea generation and collaborative problem solving around start up ideas and The First Drop. It’s completely invigorating.
It’s that point in a 3+ hour problem solving/brainstorming session where one piece of the puzzle drops, smiles flick [...]

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Yesterday I Totally Microwaved a Lecture

January 29, 2010

The inventors of the microwave thought their device would be used for cooking whole meals from scratch. It never really was, but users found out that it reheated food pretty well, saving the appliance from the graveyard of failed inventions.
Yesterday, rendered immobile by back pain, I Skyped in to listen to a 3 hour lecture [...]

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Calling All Contributors!

January 19, 2010

I’m excited to let everyone know that we’ve opened our call for founding contributors for The First Drop! Got something to say about Canada’s future? Want to be a part of an emerging community of young Canadian thinkers, doers and leaders? Have a look at the post or jump into letting us know!
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Threadless.com: 4 Reasons for a Great Shopping Experience

January 2, 2010

I just got my first Ts from Threadless. It was a great experience, all around. Enough to make me write about it. What did they do right? Everything.
1) The site is clean, well-designed, easy to navigate and simple to shop. There’s a good balance of promo links, standard navigation and links to popular content. Shop [...]

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Skoll:Emerge in Tweets

November 30, 2009

It’s been a hectic and wonderful day at Skoll:Emerge, a one-day conference for student social entrepreneurs. Let’s call Skoll:Emerge a qualified, hopeful hit. Good interaction with students, some interesting panels and a couple dynamite mainstage speakers (Caroline Casey especially). All for a student-friendly price. It’s been a haze, so I’m going to try something new [...]

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Threading Along the Edge of Chaos

November 15, 2009

I’ve been quite happy this week. And I think I’ve figured out why: we’re treading along the edge between organization and chaos. Planning and panic. But we’re still on the comfortable side.
Back in the day I worked in fancy, high end hotels. Whether at valet or in the kitchen, I loved the crushes. Anyone from [...]

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Facilitation (or, ‘How to happily lead a group to get things done’)

October 14, 2009

This has been an interesting two weeks at SBS. Hyper networking, meeting people, and rapid organization. Among the most interesting phenomena has been how defined networks are emerging within the class. These are called Oxford Business Networks (OBNs), and basically serve the function of getting everyone with like interests together. There are probably 15 in [...]

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