It seems as if more of Nortel has been sold off over the holidays. It is truly sad to see a Canadian technology giant just disappear. There is always hope that the engineering know how will stay in Ottawa, but I am personally seeing signs of engineers leaving the city. And large businesses usually employ many [...]
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Dismantling of Nortel almost complete
January 8, 2010…and to follow, Politics and Social Media
December 9, 2009And of course writing the last post, I remembered what I have been seeing on Facebook recently. “Become a fan of this politician, or sign this petition, or sign up for this group”. Politics have definitely found their way into social media, which is no surprise as politics have a good deal of marketing and [...]
Marketing and Social Media
December 8, 2009Again, a slight departure from pure politics, but still something that is affecting the way the world works, and will ultimately affect the way the world is governed. We looked at the way that the internet can be called the world’s brain, but there is also a more immediate affect on marketing. It’s been [...]
Canadian political podcasts?
November 28, 2009Just throwing a question out to the audience…I find I am getting alot of information from just a few American based podcasts from iTunes. I realize that without watching TV news, and reading a few articles and blogs online, I may not be getting much Canadian political news. I usually walk our dog for between [...]
South Korea, looking to keep ahead of the curve
November 26, 2009Interestingly enough, it looks like South Korea is going to be spending more government money in R&D and innovation. (see article here)In more than a decade in the electronics industry, and with some interaction with Korean companies, you can get the impression that at least some Korean companies are on the rise. They seem to be [...]
HST protest and the new digital age
November 25, 2009Yesterday I received an email from a co-worker that originated from the Ontario realtors association. The email proclaimed all the bad things the HST would bring for those who wanted to buy a house. It was obviously a biased email–BTW, I am still researching the HST, and don’t have a final answer on what I [...]
Worldwide Neural Network
November 21, 2009It’s staggering to think of the ways the internet has changed the world. Information sharing, information storage, and various speeds of communication (from slow to very fast). Anyone in the world with a half-decent internet connection and a terminal (I’ll define as smart phone, netbook, laptop, PC) has the ability to connect to these vast [...]
Back to Nortel / Avaya
November 20, 2009Kinda lost track of the Nortel /Avaya purchase, and so has the mainstream media. A quick search on Nortel and I have found that everyone in North America has approved the acquisition. Recent article here.
some new blogs for the roll
October 30, 2009I’m adding a few new blogs to my blog roll–I must admit I haven’t looked at it for a while. Dr. Don Scansen is now an independant contractor to the semiconductor industry and has a great name for his website. Check out his blog here. A man I met in pre-natal class has a pretty [...]
H1N1 (swine flu) and facebook
October 28, 2009Well as flu vaccine season comes to Canada we are seeing some back and forth on whether the H1N1 flu vaccine should be given or not. Some say it is untested, and some question whether the adjuvants used to boost the power of vaccines may cause more problems. As for H1N1 itself, the jury is [...]
