eaves.ca
Blog URL http://eaves.ca
Located Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Tags open source, public policy, negotiation, politics, community management, open, cities
Canada's 5th most popular political blog, I blog on public policy, open source, politics, negotiating and other subjects that interest me.
Latest Blog Posts
- Torturing Afghan Prisoners: Blind and Dangerous on Nov 19, 2009 in canadian foreign policy canadian politics public policy afghanistan human-rights stephen harper
As most (Canadian) readers are probably aware by now (American readers will probably still be interested), yesterday, a senior Canadian diplomat, Richard Colvin, testified to Members of Parliament that Canadian Soldiers regularly detained innocent Af...
- CIC: New Thinking on Canadian Foreign Policy? on Nov 17, 2009 in canadian foreign policy interesting people public policy CIC Public Policy Forum
Really pleased to hear that the Canadian International Council (CIC) has launched "The GPS Project: A Global Positioning Strategy for Canada." After several years of fits and starts I'll confess I haven't seen the CIC strike off in a new and intere...
- Articles I’m Digesting 16-11-2009 on Nov 16, 2009 in cool links globe and mail new york times
BC Budget Visualizations – DIY Transparency & Local Government by Jer (via David Ascher) When I think of Open Data many ideas come to mind. Applications like Vantrash were an early success, but what Jer has done with the BC Government's Budget...
- Stem Cell Charter Sign & Share Rally Begins! on Nov 12, 2009 in cool links health science stem cell research
Why did I sign The Stem Cell Charter? Yes, I've been really impressed with the launch and the associated campaign. Yes, my parents are cancer researchers and I (literally) grew up in lab. Yes, the website and videos are beautifully done. Yes, the Cha...
- My home, winning prizes and making the news on Nov 11, 2009 in public policy vancouver green roof urban planning
As long time readers of my blog already know I live on a green a roof (which is so amazing I wrote about it twice). I also live above a couple of box stores including a Winners and Home Depot and not to mention a sushi restaurant, a cellphone shop, a...
- Let’s Turn up the heat on Rex Murphy’s flawed logic on Nov 9, 2009 in canadian politics commentary public policy economy globe and mail quebec Rex Murphy
In his regular column the other week Rex Murphy published a piece entitled Don't turn up the heat on the West, which also had the great sub title: By making Western provinces pay for adventures in global warming policy we will be playing with Confede...
- Twitter is my Newspaper: explaining twitter to newbies on Nov 5, 2009 in commentary technology newspaper twitter web 2.0
I'm frequently asked about technology, the internet and web 2.0 and in the course of the discussion the subject of Twitter inevitably arises. People are frequently curious, often judgmental, and almost always bewildered by the service. This isn't sur...
