IP Law gone wrong…

Matthew Ingram has a great article about the US Government trying to get control over a trademark controlled by a bike gang.  Matthew compares it to the Al Capone situation with regards to tax evation.  I think its a great example of IP Law gone wrong.  The US Government has put so much effort into […]

Metronauts Launches

The Metronauts.ca site has launched and is accepting registrations for the next TransitCamp.  I attended first TransitCamp it and it was great event for discussion various transit related issues.  I think this time around the TransitCamp is looking for a more diverse crowd and I think I would just be another  internet geek, when they […]

Say No to Paul Ferreria

Just say No to Paul Ferreira and his Automated Dialer. For the past 2 days I’ve been getting recorded phone calls from Paul’s Campaigning telling me to say “No to the McGuinty’s 40,000 pay raise”. I’m pretty sure McGuinty doesn’t deserve a pay increase but with this sort of stupidity I don’t think Paul Ferreira […]

Final Thoughts on TransitCamp

TransitCamp yesterday was a blast, in a lot of ways a bigger event than the superbowl. The organizers did an awesome job of putting it together and everyone was very positive around improving the TTC. The TTC employees that attended were open to ideas, even ideas they were already considering or developing. Adam Giambrone was […]

TransitCamp Starts

TorontoTransitCamp has just started at the GladStone Hotel. Theres about a 100 people involved and we’ve just broken out into sessions. The grid is pretty full already and I’m in a session on debugging the TTC. We’re talking alot of about using software tools to help the TTC track problems and feedback. Details available here: […]

TransitCamp – A Torcamp Event

TorontoTransitcamp is happening this weekend as a TorCamp event to look at the TTC in Toronto. As a new TTC rider and DemoCamp participant I’m excited to see people getting involved. You an pre-register for the event here but select is being handled by a lottery because of the volume of people. The event is […]

A case for diversified investing

This week the federal government announced changes to tax income trusts. Income trusts have been extremely attractive investment solutions over the last few years and alot of people have over invested in them. With this change Canadian income trusts have gone through an major correction this week. If you were diversified in you’re investment you […]