Author Archives: Adam

Don’t Let Social Media Become the Internet’s Catty Corner

By Adam | Published: July 21, 2010
Nearly a decade ago, I sent a very angry e-mail to a group of colleagues at the startup company I was working for at the time.  It was rancorous, it was self-righteous, above all… I was right, goldarnit. Shortly after I sent the missive, my boss – the CEO of the 80-person-strong startup I was [...]
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Robin & Sagi Mini-blog

By Adam | Published: May 31, 2010
For all of the friends and family following this blog – please check out my mini blog of Robin & Sagi’s wedding. You can find it at http://rswed.nvck.ca and I promise to update it with the latest and greatest from the Wedding festivities (along with points of interest from here in Israel) as the week [...]
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Canada 3.0 And The Illusion Of Scarcity

By Adam | Published: May 23, 2010
The other night I was having dinner with a friend and her teen-aged daughter who – not unlike many of her age – was struggling with the idea that some people, specifically those of a ‘wiser’ generation, just didn’t understand things like the Internet, Facebook, iPods, and the like. We tried to explain to her [...]
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Social Media for the Arts: An Un-Conference

By Adam | Published: August 20, 2009
After a conversation with Andrea Halwa, Executive Director at The London Arts Council, followed by a subsequent conversation with Carol Kehoe, Partnerships Manager at Museum London, I have become involved in organizing an Un-Conference on Social Media for the Arts. This event will feature a full-day of sessions and discussions that seeks to connect artists, [...]
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The Rule of Three is Dead

By Adam | Published: July 2, 2009
Conventional wisdom suggests that celebrity deaths occur in threes.  Just where this notion comes from is a bit of a mystery, likely solved to some satisfaction with a relatively brief Google search.  And yet the events of the past week or so have laid this concept to a sudden and hopefully peaceful rest. It all [...]
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Museum Underground Is Looking For Cool

By Adam | Published: June 22, 2009
Museum Underground is putting on another event at Museum London, this time on the front lawn of the Museum! From the Facebook Event Page: WE’RE LOOKING FOR COOL! Bring your coolest artifacts, original art or collected art down to the lawn and show it to the curators. At the end of the day we’ll present the [...]
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Living In High Definition

By Adam | Published: June 13, 2009
HDTV pundit and blogger Phillip Swann has a running set of posts on how celebrities and news folks (mostly women, mind you) were ‘holding up’ under the harsh, unforgiving lens of High Definition Television. From Caneron Diaz to Brad Pitt, Mr. Swann has catalogued the stars’s blemishes as revealed by the unflattering resolution of HDTV. [...]
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Painted Violins . . . Strung Out on the Arts

By Adam | Published: June 11, 2009
Orchestra London is putting on the cocktail party event of the summer. I’m very excited to be attending and have set up this page for non-facebookers who are interested! The Deets: Date & Time: 18 June 2009, 6:30PM – 11:00PM Location: Museum London Street: 421 Ridout Street North Phone for tix & info: 519.679.8778 From the [...]
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Interesting Update!

By Adam | Published: June 5, 2009
Referring to the post I made a couple of days ago, Michael Geist is reporting that the Canadian Patent Appeal Board Rules Against Business Method Patents, specifically against the Amazon one-click patent in Canada. While the patent still stands in the US (as do many business method patents), this is good news for Canadian innovation.
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London Free Press Events Poll

By Adam | Published: June 5, 2009
You know how I voted You can write in your favourite festival (if it’s not listed) under “Other”
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