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From diatribe to dialogue

Jan 14, 2005 |

It's been an exciting 48 hours here on alexandrasamuel.com. It's been swell hearing from all the folks who were shocked, outraged or otherwise engaged by my digressions (in November, and this week) on the subject of Condoleezza Rice's political science career, but I...

The technologies of citizenship

Jan 13, 2005 |

I had lunch today with Sanjay Khanna, a fellow Vancouverite who shares my interest in the social and political impact of information technology. We had a mind-blowing conversation that stimulated a whole bunch of new ideas about the relationship between technology and...

Blogging initiation rites

Jan 13, 2005 |

I guess I'm now a real blogger: I've had my first and second thrashings at the hands of fellow bloggers. My offending entry suggested that Condoleezza Rice be excommunicated from the (admittedly permeable) bounds of political science on the grounds of gross...

Impasse as opportunity: upcoming Vancouver workshop

Jan 11, 2005 |

The Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver is hosting a February workshop on "Impasse as Opportunity". The workshop addresses: Why are some conflicts seemingly impervious to resolution? When conflicts get stuck in repeating, negative patterns, what can be done?...

Discount dialogue

Jan 9, 2005 |

It's amazing what you can get online these days. Look what popped up when I googled "dialogue": I always heard talk is cheap.

How we work

Jan 7, 2005 |

My find of the day is web log that keeps track of comments and quotations by artists, writers, and other accomplished folk on their work habits and style. Makes for interesting reading.

43 Things

Dec 16, 2004 |

My new favourite web site is something called 43 Things, which I discovered through Nancy White's blog. You can't find out what 43 Things is if you don' t have an account, and you can't get an account without an invitation. No wonder I just HAD to get in. Happily...

Scottish Parliament site hacked

Dec 14, 2004 |

In the course of my online travels tonight, I discovered that part of the Scottish Parliament's web site had been hacked: HACKED BY DR_TROX BU SITE CEZA'YA MAHKUMDUR ... It's hardly a security crisis for the Parliament's webcasting functions to go offline for a little...

E-consultation gets official nod

Dec 10, 2004 |

New DO-Consult subscriber Katherine Beavis points out that e-consultation has now been enshrined in the Canadian government's official communications guidelines. The new (revised) Government of Canada communications policy was released today. One of the only changes...