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Bartering professionals: lots to learn
As a small business owner I provide products and services to clients, both personal and corporate.
In one such relationship with another small business owner, we already have agreed to refer clients to each other, as our businesses are complimentary, and not in competition with each other. This seemed like a relationship primed and ready for suggesting a barter exchange, so I took the first step.
At our most recent engagement, I provided his company with my…
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Added by Paul Yip on May 12, 2010 at 5:15am — No Comments
Evoke: Taking it to the next level
Okay, Evoke, you want to take it to the next level? Here's how:
If it ain't broke: The graphic novel is great, the powers, the missions and
quests, the official World Bank recognition, all obviously struck a chord with
people, so please continue them.
Build on Collaboration: Award points for bringing new…
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Added by Paul Yip on May 12, 2010 at 3:57am — No Comments
A message to the future, Lessons of the past
The year is 2062, if my math is correct.
The world has undergone much change since embarking on the Evoke project so many, many years ago.
Information Communications Technology combined with the explosion of multinational mega-corporations have pressured several national unifications following the European model, and now the United Nations is considering an unprecedented One People motion, which would make patriotism and national identity obsolete in favour of a truly global…
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Added by Paul Yip on May 12, 2010 at 2:51am — No Comments
A message to the future, Lessons of the past
The year is 2062, if my math is correct.
The world has undergone much change since embarking on the Evoke project so many, many years ago.
Information Communications Technology combined with the explosion of multinational mega-corporations have pressured several national unifications following the European model, and now the United Nations is considering an unprecedented One People motion, which would make patriotism and national identity obsolete in favour of a truly global…
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Added by Paul Yip on May 12, 2010 at 2:48am — No Comments
Pandemic Reporting: Misdirected
As someone who lived first-hand through the effected H1N1 pandemic (like so many others), I was quite surprised to find this bit of knowledge from the section entitled "Covering Risk". (http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/Microsites/NiemanGuideToCoveringPandemicFlu/CrisisCommunication/CoveringRisk.aspx)
Throughout all the hype and sensational reporting,…
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Added by Paul Yip on May 11, 2010 at 4:09am — No Comments
Gender Equity and ICT: A perfect match
The article I read (http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=30407&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html) discussed a UNESCO initiative being discussed in a forum in Geneva today: The issue of gender equity as it pertains to the role of ICT worldwide.
Through my career, I've always seen ICT as "the great equalizer", although in the field of education this…
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Added by Paul Yip on May 11, 2010 at 2:50am — No Comments
World Water Day: Get it Right, Please
I have read several other suggestions for the future celebration of World Water Day, and am sad to say that I'm somewhat disappointed.
With the entire point of the day being to bring awareness to those people in parts of the world _without_ adequate clean water or plumbing, I was astonished to read so many posts describing lavish activities all centred around using water in essentially wasteful, frivolous ways, basically for entertainment purposes. This would send exactly the opposite…
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Added by Paul Yip on May 11, 2010 at 2:27am — No Comments
Ushahidi at work in modern suburbia
Almost as opposite as possible from the origins of Ushahidi is my current suburb in Ontario: Middle-class, very ethnically diverse neighbourhood, likely close to 100% high-speed internet, 2-car families, etc...
All the same, with the relatively recent pandemic of H1N1, there was definitely a need for Ushahidi. In its absence, the citizenry had to rely on "traditional" means of communication: Local and national news on TV, radio, and newspapers, none of which have any hope…
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Added by Paul Yip on May 11, 2010 at 2:07am — No Comments
Water for People: Doing it right
I was impressed with the approach taken by the Water for People organization, as described on their website.
Their solutions include all the aspects that I consider essential: they use local resources, personnel, locally sustainable technology, help to build local infrastructure, and involve local businesses and governments. Without any one of these aspects, no overseas aid solution can truly be sustainable, and worse, can actually harm the local infrastructures through unfair or temporary…
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Happy Birthday to me
How quickly it seems another birthday has come, it seems like just the other day I was petitioning my local politicians to change zoning bylaws to allow for my startup company's expansion.
You wouldn't be able to tell by looking around, all the change that's happened: We still use the old CF lights, still run our high-efficiency washers, recharge our bio-molecular laptops, and capitalize on geo-thermal heat exchangers for climate control.
It's only on the quiet, windless nights…
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Added by Paul Yip on April 24, 2010 at 3:29am — No Comments
Power to the people
I recently discovered this Power Player, and would like to inform you of the work being done:
Lalith Seneviratne has created a biomass generator that uses a native wood plant to produce electricity in rural…
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Added by Paul Yip on April 24, 2010 at 3:06am — No Comments
Dinner of the future...
It's a special occasion alright, my birthday!
The meal is fantastic: a chicken and rice casserole, with veggies and potatoes. Doesn't sound special? Everything in the meal was grown within my own neighbourhood.
That's right.
It's even cooked in a sustainable way, since now I'm 100% drawing from green energy instead of the standard grid, and even that's reduced thanks to solar panels and my 2 windmills on the roof.
New laws have allowed for…
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Added by Paul Yip on April 23, 2010 at 9:37pm — No Comments
Food security: Problems and solutions
http://static.ning.com/socialnetworkmain/widgets/index/logo.gif); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">It's hard to imagine such a thing as a food shortage here in the suburbia of Markham, Ontario, a good sized city just above…
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Added by Paul Yip on April 23, 2010 at 9:17pm — No Comments
Shadowing a hero
Added by Paul Yip on April 20, 2010 at 3:42pm — No Comments
Toolbox for changing the world
Although there are many very useful concepts included in the "33 secrets" entry, I believe the most useful would be "innovate on existing platforms", and "what you have is more important than what you lack".
I know this seems like cheating since I've chosen two instead of one, but to me these seem like two facets of the same advice, with the idea of making the best of what you have, or playing the ball from where it lies, to use a western middle-class…
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Fourth of July on the Lake
This past weekend was the annual celebration at the lake house in Connecticut. It is amazing that the lake is still so clear and beautiful after all these years. The watershed association has done a wonderful job protecting these waters from the damaging effects of development.The wood grill was finally ready to cook on, so we didn't miss the propane tank fueled grill anymore. The food actually tasted fresher than in the past and was easy to keep fueled.Dad was very proud of the solar hybrid…See More
Stinging Nettle
In this blog post I will focus on a plant that is abundant in our nature, and which is immensely nutritious. It's of course the Stinging Nettle. Let's start with the chemical constituents of this plant:37 % Non-Nitrogen-Extracts19 - 29 % Ash9 - 21 % Fiber4 % Fat22 % ProteinOnce the leaves are drid, their protein content can reach an astounding 40 %, which is much higher than beef, which even under the best of circ**stances can never exceed 31 % protein. In addition the Stinging Nettle consists…See More
The meal
It is 7'oclock, I was late home from work due to an assignment that i wanted to get ahead on. By the time I get home I am feeling extremley tired and I cannot be bothered to make a proper meal. I walk to the fridge and open it to see what there is for me to eat. All of the out of date foodstuffs have been automaticaly thrown away by the fridge, they will be recycled tomorrow as animal feed or something. I see i have organic local eggs and some local cheese. Foods are vacc** sealded for easy…See More
Future
FutureToday is 2020/1/1. It is just like yesterday. The war is still continuing. It has started since 2010. In 2010, that year was a horrible year. Almost every energy ran out. Every country’s governments were crushed down at the same time. There were riots everywhere. All of the big company’s bosses were killed xdeadx in the riots. Troops fought each other everywhere. Food was bought up xawayx at once. There were no more food supplies in any shops. The economy was all crushed down. All the…See More
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