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Olik
Alors j’ai mes dates pour l’Inde. Je partirai le 12 decembre avec Olik.
In memoriam du grand Antonio
À l’émission Infoman il y a quelques semaines, nous sommes allés voir le sculpteur Armand Vaillancourt pour lui demander s’il serait d’accord pour réaliser une oeuvre à la mémoire du Grand Antonio, sculpture qui serait érigée au parc Beaubien, dans le quartier qui était le sien. Il a accepté de le faire gratuitement et s’est dit très honoré qu’on ait pensé à lui…! Il a même convaincu des gens de lui fournir gratuitement une grue pour la transporter.
Mais voici que la Ville de Montréal nous complique la vie car les gens responsables du dossier ne sont pas plus convaincus qu’il le faut et retardent considérablement le processus. Il semble que seule une pétition pourrait faire avancer les choses et les persuader que les gens approuvent.
Quelle tristesse de paralyser cet élan artistique et cette grande générosité.
Si vous vous voulez nous donner votre appui, vous n’avez qu’à aller sur site d’Infoman , cliquer sur le petit nuage dans le haut identifié ‘Pétition’ et suivre les indications pour ajouter votre nom. Vous pouvez également vous rendre directement sur petitiononline
Merci de votre appui à cette grande cause !
Bon, je sais qu’on ne parle pas de Star Académie, de Mixmania, ou de Phénomia ici, mais je crois que c’est une bonne cause et qu’il vaut la peine d’encourager une émission de TV non réalité…
Changement de programme
Alors j’ai été un peu préoccupé dernièrement. Mais j’ai une nouvelle intéressante.
Je partirai cet hiver pendant trois mois en Inde, pour donner un coup de pouce à des ONG dans le cadre du quatrième forum social mondial.
Le projet consiste essentiellement à leur fournir des outils dans le domaine des TIC. L’organisme local est Alternatives (ils ont un fil RSS), le tout chapeauté par NetCorps/Cyberjeunes.
D’ici là, j’ai un budget limité et je vais essayer de vous vendre plein de cossins pour vous sensibiliser à la cause. À bon entendeur, salut.
Kino
Dodolicieuse voudrait surement que vous sachiez que le prochain Kino sera le vendredi 3 octobre à 20h au Théatre Plaza. Moi j’ai une excuse: je serai là.
Lemons and lemonade
« If you have lemons, make lemondade »
« Disruptive Technologies are lemonade »
Nice notes and quotes from IDRC people at a Berkman center presentation.
Ever noticed that according to geourl, the closest website to mine was Alternatives? I had not noticed either until recently. I have a friend who’s in Morocco on one of their projects.
My Toronto Star Insult
« One recalls with some amusement former Quebec premier Jacques Parizeau’s wish in keeping Vidéotron from the clutches of one-time suitor Ted Rogers of Toronto because of the need for Quebec to preserve « the character and identity of culture in the marketplace. »
A recent manifestation of that goal is Ma Maison Rona , a popular TVA home renovation show that takes the name of the big Quebec hardware chain — harking back to a primitive era when the highest-rated shows on the small screen bore names like Hallmark and Kraft. How soon will Rogers respond with My Home Depot House and the Indigo Literary Hour? «
YULWiFiWiki
Bienvenue sur YULWiFiWiki, un paquet de lettre qui représente tout simplement un petit site utilisant la technologie (le concept) Wiki pour présenter des informations concernant la disponibilité de connexions internet par WiFi à Montréal.
[via I never knew]
Relevance ?
I’m still amazed at people and how they react to simple blog entry like this one . Why the comment about stuffing Mr Seek in a jar ? The picture is not from him … so please read what is posted before making such comments. That said, we seem to have the same problem with popular serach words such as Phénomia and Star Academie which attract random comments from lost fans.
Why is that ? Do people just forget to read or is it just to simple to post a comment ? Should there be a barrier (like a free registration) that ensure that a minimum of tough goes into posting each comment ? I know some people will argue that digital publication is the greatest thing since sliced bread for freedom of speech, and therefore we should not restrict posting an entry, but what is the use of speech if no ones reads you ?
Having an easy way to publish your comment is great if you have a way to distinguish what is relevant and what is not. But if you do not, you will eventually get lost in a sea of irrelevant comments. Any reader of site like /. have noticed this problem. Slashdot adress this problem with moderators who rank all the entries, but this information is not processed by global search engines.
Although there are still a lot of good and insightfull comments to be found on blogs, I worry that we may soon be unable to search trough the sheer volume of stupidty or irrelevant comments that gets published. What we would need is an intelligent comment search engine. Google should develop that as a extension to their services. Hell, I’m certain some people would even pay for such a service if it effectively cuts down search time.
Why not draft a RFC that would provide a technical way for seach engines to appreciate the relevance of each posting ? This would require some work from the administrators of each blog and contributive web site, but the community would benefit greatly from this. Since I’m not the technical expert here, I will leave this issues to others.
Well these where my random thoughs on this sunday morning. Hope this entry attract relevant comments !
Global Rich List
Global rich list: the site tells you where your revenue ranks on a global scale.
[via Wired]
Flash mob in Montreal
Cyberpresse reports that a bunch of people threw rubber ducks in the fountain in front of Place des Arts while chanting « coin coin ». This was Montreal’s first flash mob.
It seems to be quite the rage this week-end, even the BBC says so. Might be the heat, or just the desire to cling onto the vacations.
Personally, I don’t get it. I’m not saying i wouldn’t participate ever, but I wouldn’t get out of my way to participate. Unless it’s totally absurd or original, or perhaps even meaningful or artsy.
I do get a feeling that this stuff is either about using all those telecom technologies that surround us in a personal, self indulging way, or about expressing free will in a very unproductive way.
Not that any of this is bad of course, it’s kinda fun and new and different. It means people have nothing too important to worry about. Which is good. I guess.
Keep yourself informed of the upcoming flash mob events in Montreal or just get a feeling of the flash mob scene.
Visiting Quebec
Maciej Ceglowski visited Québec and has a few nice things to say. I shouldnt but I sometimes need people to remind me how f**king big our country and province are. My favorite part:
And just like that, Canada has secretly trained you to be an Ugly American. When you finally do visit a real foreign contry, you’ll find yourself acting like a complete fool, yelling in English and waving fistfuls of dollars at some uncomprehending store clerk, while some doe-eyed backpacker with a maple leaf patch snickers at you and picks up all the hot local chicks.
He also compares Chicoutimi to a French-Canadian Chongqing, it’s funny, but seriously, comparing the Saguenay with the Yangtze is odd.
Which made me think that I quickly learned 我ä¸æ˜¯ç¾Žå›½äºº, æˆ‘æ˜¯åŠ æ‹¿å¤§äºº myself.
[update: yeah… You kinda have to use unicode to see the caracters there…. Is there a way to encore them differently? Or inform a browser that I’m using that encoding? Modified MT config to use Unicode when publishing pages. I’m curious of the consequences, but it works so far for me. My RSS 2 feed does not display properly in NetNewsWire though. Fixed. Referring to myself as a country: fixed.]
Seat Guru
ILAW
Morning session: my first Hydra experience with Aaron Swartz.
Donna Wentworth has another write up.
So does Frank Fields, along with a sneak peek at a walk with Lessig.
How to blog a conference without getting tired
Let’s see the blogging machines in action.
Donna all set and ready on the new Berkman blog starting here.
J.D. Lassica will probably join in, since wireless is working.
A few other bloggers in the room. I’ll point to them as they blog.
I’ll stop now and listen to Lessig.