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Politics and Business

Politics and Business have been linked for as long as I can remember. It seems that politicians target business to help finance the country and business owners look to politicians to help finance their companies. Bullies exist in both places … Continue reading

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An so ends another hockey season

This weekend in Carp Ontario we saw the end to yet another season of West Carleton Old Timers Hockey. One of the things that makes this league unique is the way the teams balance out and the way one or … Continue reading

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Bio-Enhancements (Bionic Eyes)

Google is already working on vision enhancement with Google Glass and the number of applications that will use Google glass continues to grow. I can imagine that Google glass could migrate into Google vision with contacts and retina projection, but … Continue reading

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Hire character. Train Skill.

I recently saw this on LinkedIn and had to comment. This is the way that I have always looked at hiring new people even though many of my colleagues have frowned on my approach. I meet people, talk to them … Continue reading

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Helping others…

2013 was not the best year that I have logged, but 2014 is starting out much better. Partly because of that, and partly because I believe that we should all spend a bit of our day helping others, I have … Continue reading

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Socialnomics – How social media transforms our lives and businesses (Part 4)

This book can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.ca/Socialnomics-Social-Media-Transforms-Business/dp/1118232658 Today we look at Chapter Two. “Social Media = Preventive Behaviour” Erik starts out Chapter two with a look at how Social Media can effect our jobs, and our lives. He talks about … Continue reading

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Socialnomics – How social media transforms our lives and businesses (Part 3)

This book can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.ca/Socialnomics-Social-Media-Transforms-Business/dp/1118232658 Today we continue our look at Chapter One. “Search Engines and Social Media” The authors continue to make interesting observations through the next few sections as they note the changes that the Internet … Continue reading

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Socialnomics – How social media transforms our lives and businesses (Part 2)

This book can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.ca/Socialnomics-Social-Media-Transforms-Business/dp/1118232658 Today we continue our look at Chapter One. “Who Cares What You Are Doing?” I can’t count the number of times that I have had people ask me why I bother with Facebook, … Continue reading

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Socialnomics – How social media transforms our lives and businesses (Part 1)

This book can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.ca/Socialnomics-Social-Media-Transforms-Business/dp/1118232658 I find that it is always a good idea to have more than one book on the go. When one book starts to drag, you can switch to the other one to keep … Continue reading

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“Mistakes were made (but not by me)”: Part 4

This book can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.ca/Mistakes-Were-Made-But-Not/dp/0156033909 Today we are going to finish our look at Chapter 1, “Cognitive Dissonance: The Pyramid of Choice.” “The Pyramid of Choice” refers to a very important concept that we have all experienced and … Continue reading

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