Author Archives: Thomas Purves

2.0 and the names of things

A line earlier this year via Horse/Pig/Cow by sean coon (who I don’t know) has stuck with me for a long time: [as in we should] “2.0 the hell out of government” which I think is a fantastic sentiment (whatever … Continue reading

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Dead Industry: Canadian Manufacturing and Lessons for Entrepreneurs

“The sad tale for Canadian manufacturing is that it’s over” – Mike Keilhauer on Monday. “one of the mistakes we made along the way was not outsourcing manufacturing to Mexico soon enough” – Kathryn From Had the pleasure of attending … Continue reading

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The restaurant Doonie’s doesn’t have “a blog”

Photo: the brunch at Doonies, mmm. The Toronto restaurant Doonies doesn’t have “a blog”. Sometimes it just hits you in the face that we technologists often talk about “this stuff” all wrong. The purpose of new media, of new technology … Continue reading

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