Pimping For Some Friends

June 16th, 2008, 3 Comments »

I’m on the slow road to wellness (go away, neon phlegm, you’re needed elsewhere!). In the meantime, I wanted to mention a few good-cause projects that friends and colleagues are working on:

  • Gillian is once again running for our packages. She’s participating in the Underwear Affair (caution, cheesy music ahead), a run- and walkathon for below-the-belt cancers. Think about your privates and make a donation.
  • Kris has contributed some prints to the Art of Giving art exhibition and silent auction at the Orb gallery. It’s not a fundraising event per se (the event name seems a tad misleading), but 20% of the proceeds go to charity.
  • Joe has assembled a wiki that is “a collection of case studies/examples of nonprofits & social change makers using popular social networks for social change.” A very useful resource if you’re in that space. The wiki is part of Joe’s preparation for the talk he’s giving in Vancouver tomorrow night.

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Joe Has a Malkovich Moment

April 26th, 2008, No Comments »

Conor snapped this photo of Joe (and Twittered about it) at Web 2.0 Expo. I think the resemblance is eerie:

Someone should notify the folks at Verizon.

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Why People Don’t Signal

July 23rd, 2007, 6 Comments »

Joe assembled an amusing list of reasons why drivers don’t use their signals (in the British Isles they call it ‘indicating’):

  1. I’m performing an illegal manoeuvre and the Garda [Ed: police] might notice
  2. I’m only changing lanes
  3. I’ve passed my test
  4. I’m on my second provisional license
  5. I’ve stolen this car
  6. I’m driving a white van/taxi/mercedes/BMW
  7. It should be obvious from my road position what I’m planning to do
  8. I’m running this red light (see reason 1)
  9. Using my indicators runs down the battery
  10. I used my indicators yesterday

Do people signal more consistently in North America? I think so, but I’m not really sure. I’ve barely driven in Europe, and I rarely drive back home, so I have only vague impressions. Someone ought to do a study.

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