Nortel’s patents sold for 4.5 billion dollars–a true indictment of the many dollars and years of R&D investment. Some of Canada’s top scientists worked there–it truly was an innovative company (unfortunately with bad management). It is also very sad that Nortel’s leadership, including Mike Zafirovski, did not know the true value of what they had [...]
Posts Tagged ‘politics’
The last of Nortel’s legacy sold off
July 5, 2011Going Green (Mark MacKenzie) in Ottawa West-Nepean
May 1, 2011Finally decided to go with Mark MacKenzie with my vote tomorrow. I have respect for Anita Vandenbeld and what she has done in the past but Mark MacKenzie’s message resonates with me more. So this time, I will not be engaging in strategic voting, but just voting for the person that I would like to [...]
An Aside – Engineers in Politics
May 1, 2011Just saw an arictle in EE Times, a kind of article that started this blog! From south of the border, a call to run for office for the nation’s engineers.
Fear-mongering in election ads
April 27, 2011I have recently been inundated with ads that are basically created to make you fear the alternatives. No ads about plans or policies, just how bad it will be if the alternative gets in! I’m truly getting tired of these ads, especially from the Conservatives and the Liberals. NDP fear ads are going away with [...]
Canada’s Election – Ottawa West-Nepean
April 27, 2011I’m back on the old blog page (first time since my second son was born) and need to talk about the upcoming election. Although this election was heralded as the “same ole same ole” this one is shaping up to be a doozy. Less than one week away and there seems to be more interest [...]
My Book List and Convergence
October 21, 2010Even though I don’t get too much time to read I have started to get some time to read some books over the last few years. I realize now that the kind of books that I have chosen are starting to help define my view of the world. I don’t know if that’s a good [...]
Dow over 11,000 — but what does that mean?
October 11, 2010The American public is not too impressed with the newest milestone reached on the stock exchange. While unemployment remains high, the public (and the voters) remain upset with the current state of affairs as a recent poll has shown. See this article for more details. Meanwhile, I was obviously wrong with saying that the Dow [...]
Dow dips below 10,000
August 31, 2010Attention grabbing headline, but not relevant anymore as the Dow has since risen back above the psychologically significant 10,000 mark. Where the Dow is headed is still a mystery, but I know from my recent trip to the US, the second wave of this recession seems to be coming around. Quite a while ago a [...]
Getting things done
August 2, 2010Just a few observations from my trip to China. Seeing the growth of Shenzhen and the skyscrapers of Pudong in Shanghai, one cannot help but be impressed by the progress made in the last 30 years. I even got to ride on the Pudong Mag-Lev train to the airport. Very impressive. I was instantly reminded [...]
Healthcare reform–it’s hard to get excited
March 26, 2010I’ve been following health care reform in the US, but only on the periphery. It sounds like there are no major changes taking place. Saying this, I just wanted to pass along this post from Loring Wirbel on his blog. Sometimes it’s just to hard to get excited about the minutiae of details that go into these [...]
