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MobileVoices
Joe Sullivan and I were talking this week about project communications. How can research teams communicate better? More engaged, more transparent? He told me about a project François Bar is working on: MobileVoices — a platform where immigrant workers in Los Angeles can use their mobile phones to share stories about their lives and communities. [...]
Continue reading...Consulting for US clients is illegal… Or is it? (Part 2)
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Short version: The law is unclear and inconsistently applied. You may be stopped, or you may be let though with a smile. So yesterday started off the same as Wednesday: February 11 15, 2009. At Dorval airport. Going to Washington DC to see my son, meet with a client, and then on to Seattle for a [...]
Continue reading...Consulting for US clients is illegal if a non-US citizen performs the work
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Short version: I was refused entry into the United States on the grounds that Canadian companies cannot sell consulting services to American companies — even if all the work is performed in Canada. I was told that if a company or an individual wants to sell services to a US client they must find a [...]
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Early in his career, professor Mark Rowlands had two loves: philosophy and Brenin, a wolf he was forced to bring along to his lectures. Through their relationship, Rowlands started examining his work and life. Listen on CBC’s Ideas, via EarIdeas.
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Every month, The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, hosts a reading and conversation with a well-known writer. August 2009 featured Joshua Ferris reading George Saunders’s “Adams.” The rhythm is magnificent.
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Beth Kolko, User, Hacker, Builder, Thief: Creativity & Consumerism in a Digital Age. “If I’m a hacker, I’m thoughtful about how I negotiate the world, I think about how I can make use of objects and systems rather than allowing the object or system to make use of me by slotting me into a pre-arranged role… hacking embodies the notion of agency and resistance.” #UrsulaFranklin
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