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1Jun/100

Exciting News

I have two bits of exciting news to share with my readers.

1) On Monday, May 31st, I registered as a candidate for Public School Board Trustee for Cambridge and North Dumfries. I don't intend to write much about the campaign here on this site, so if you want to follow my campaign, please visit the official campaign site at www.cambridgepublischools.ca.

2) My sister and I finally went public with a little side project we've been working on for several months. We are partners in a new venture called Carmichael Digital with a mandate to improve digital literacy in organizations and individuals. You can find out more about what we do at www.carmichaeldigital.com.

It will be another busy and exciting summer for me and I'm looking forward to it!c

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7Jan/100

A Website for the NoProrogue Movement

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Creative Commons License photo credit: dmixo6

As the Facebook group "Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament" began to approach 100,000 members (it currently sits at about 95,500) it struck me that the movement was constrained by Facebook's walled garden. Naturally, I did something about it.

Tonight I was happy to flip the switch on NoProrogue.ca - a new website intended to take the anti-prorogue movement beyond Facebook. The site is completely community-managed - anyone can contribute blog posts and manage local event pages. Seriously.

In the few minutes since the first blog post went up, it's been retweeted a bunch and traffic is already out-pacing this blog!

If you think prorogation was wrong, give the site a visit - and perhaps tell us all why in a blog post!

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17Dec/0917

Obama Laughs in Harper’s Face

All Harper said was: "Well, Barack, when I get my majority..."

Obama and Harper

It's a photo caption contest! Leave your captions in the comments.

Photo courtesy of the White House

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15Dec/094

Is Gordon Brown as brilliant as he seems?

I'm watching a very recent TEDtalk (that will appear in a future TEDtuesday) where Chris Anderson interviews British Prime Minister Gordon Brown about global ethics and global citizenship.

All I can say is WOW. If this guy is serious and isn't just blowing TEDsmoke, he's an outright revolutionary...

Is this the real Gordon Brown? Is he as much a revolutionary world leader as this interview suggests?

Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/gordon_brown_on_global_ethic_vs_national_interest.html

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