http://blog.jurgen.ca The insides of my head, now in convenient blog format. posterous.com Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:52:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jurgendotca/~3/jSYr7--0NSk/readme-now-about-the-nbn http://blog.jurgen.ca/readme-now-about-the-nbn <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote">Viewing 'internet subscriptions' as the business case for the NBN is like viewing the Sydney Harbour Bridge as a business entity which derives profit through charging tolls: worst business case ever. But when viewed (correctly) as an infrastructure we see how it opened up Sydney's North Shore and led to the development of several CBDs which have generated <strong>trillions </strong>of dollars for Australia's economy. It's also proved so globally noteworthy that it's generated a fortune in marketing Australia to tourists. What are the exact figures in all this? How can we tell? All I know is that they're huge and dwarf the cost of the original build.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2012/02/21/3435975.htm">abc.net.au</a></div> <p>This is by far the best, most balanced, most accessible, and most thorough article about the NBN I've ever read. It should be required reading for everyone in Australia. </p><p>As I've been saying for years: The NBN is not about fast Internet for all. The NBN is about replacing our ageing copper infrastructure (which has done a really good job for about 100 years) with an infrastructure made of glass, which should last (at least) another 100 years. </p><p>The DSL family of technologies is pushing what's possible over copper wires to an extreme that is one step away from voodoo. I'm frankly amazed that it works as well as it does. Copper's done. Finished. It's served us well, but it's time to move on, and glass is the future. </p><p>Putting aside the Sydney-centric-ness of it all (which will annoy more sensitive Melbnians, and I apologise) the analogy (above) to the Sydney Harbour Bridge is very apt. It's not about the direct benefits, it's about the huge indirect benefits. Quoting again from the article: "The entire NBN will be paid for by the cost SAVINGS to the health service". </p><p>Sure, it may end up being cheaper to wait 10 years for the technology to become more widespread, but thanks to the mining boom, we have the money now. Invest the money in infrastructure now, while we have it, and reap the gains for decades. </p><p>Follow the link. Read the article.</p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/readme-now-about-the-nbn">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/readme-now-about-the-nbn#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jurgendotca/~4/jSYr7--0NSk" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/12217/Photo_59.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10GPfltvzTX Jurgen Schaub Jurgen Jurgen Schaub http://blog.jurgen.ca/readme-now-about-the-nbn Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:32:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jurgendotca/~3/NTtbFG0yUaM/only-the-swiss http://blog.jurgen.ca/only-the-swiss <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_short_quote">The US and Russia may be working on Mars missions, but the galactic ambitions of the Swiss are far more modest: they want to tidy up the Earth's atmosphere.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/16/swiss_junk_grabber_satellite/">theregister.co.uk</a></div> <p>I can see the scene. A couple of Swiss scientists, laying on the hide of a hill on a warm summer's evening, looking up at the stars, contemplating the beauty and entropy of it all. </p><p>"It's very messy up there." <br />"Yes." <br />"We should clean it up." <br />"Good idea."</p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/only-the-swiss">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/only-the-swiss#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jurgendotca/~4/NTtbFG0yUaM" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/12217/Photo_59.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10GPfltvzTX Jurgen Schaub Jurgen Jurgen Schaub http://blog.jurgen.ca/only-the-swiss Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:08:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jurgendotca/~3/wkxCjxJpPBc/driving-in-europe http://blog.jurgen.ca/driving-in-europe <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote">Andorrans live in a landlocked principality about the size of a shoebox hoisted into the Pyrenees between France and Spain. Within Andorra's borders, the roads twist and turn as if someone has flung spaghetti on the map. A straight road causes them tremendous excitement, which forces their foot to the floor. Thanks to the fact that they pay no income tax and only nominal property tax and GST, Andorrans are also incredibly wealthy, which allows them to treat speeding fines with disdain.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/travel/activity/drives/time-to-hit-the-road-jacques-20120203-1qwex.html">theage.com.au</a></div> <p>Amusing little article about driving in Europe. I've never driven there, although I've been over several times. It's always trains and public transport (or walking - I did a lot of walking). Next time I go, I think I'd like to try an Autobahn. Or perhaps driving in Andorra.</p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/driving-in-europe">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/driving-in-europe#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jurgendotca/~4/wkxCjxJpPBc" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/12217/Photo_59.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10GPfltvzTX Jurgen Schaub Jurgen Jurgen Schaub http://blog.jurgen.ca/driving-in-europe Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:58:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jurgendotca/~3/sV8-6P2XLLI/australia-could-use-elephants-to-control-inva http://blog.jurgen.ca/australia-could-use-elephants-to-control-inva <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_short_quote">Elephants and maybe rhinoceroses could be introduced to Australia to chomp on an invasive African grass that also causes wildfires, according to an idea reported in a scientific journal on Wednesday.</blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.canada.com/news/Australia+could+elephants+control+invasive+grass/6084289/story.html">canada.com</a></div> <p>Oh no no no. Remember what happened last time we had the brilliant idea to import a non-native animal to take care of an invasive plant? Cane toads! Now we have a plague of cane toads in Far North Queensland. Imagine: A plague of elephants. The mind boggles.</p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/australia-could-use-elephants-to-control-inva">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/australia-could-use-elephants-to-control-inva#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jurgendotca/~4/sV8-6P2XLLI" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/12217/Photo_59.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10GPfltvzTX Jurgen Schaub Jurgen Jurgen Schaub http://blog.jurgen.ca/australia-could-use-elephants-to-control-inva Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:52:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jurgendotca/~3/jSC0yP-97Es/this-is-melbournewow http://blog.jurgen.ca/this-is-melbournewow <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/14757932?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://vimeo.com/14757932">vimeo.com</a></div> <p>Thinking of visiting Melbourne? Check out this informative tourist video! </p><p>(Thanks to @snarkle for the original link.)</p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/this-is-melbournewow">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/this-is-melbournewow#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jurgendotca/~4/jSC0yP-97Es" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/12217/Photo_59.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10GPfltvzTX Jurgen Schaub Jurgen Jurgen Schaub http://blog.jurgen.ca/this-is-melbournewow Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:00:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jurgendotca/~3/7PhnYxIaHjw/the-age-throws-metro-a-bone http://blog.jurgen.ca/the-age-throws-metro-a-bone <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><p>METRO is counting on cruising through the rest of summer without any heat-related train cancellations after fixing the airconditioning on half its fleet.</p> <p>The state government has spent $18.7 million retrofitting its ageing fleet of Comeng trains so that they continue to run in temperatures up to 45 degrees. Previously the airconditioning units on these trains failed at 36 degrees, which has caused mass cancellations on hot days. Metro contributed $1.2 million to the upgrade of all 93 Comeng trains, which was completed in November and follows previous works on the train tracks to stop them buckling in the heat.</p></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/metro-on-track-to-beat-the-heat-20120105-1pmwi.html">theage.com.au</a></div> <p>In this article, headlined "Metro on track to beat the heat", the first two paragraphs are odd. If not contradictory, they're certainly misleading. In the first paragraph, it's Metro that has fixed the air conditioning in their trains. But read on! It's actually the state government who paid the lion's share of the bill ($18.7m vs Metro's $1.2m). The trackwork was also mentioned, and that was paid for by the government too. </p><p>So, when your train carriage is still nice and cool on a 40-degree day, don't thank Metro; thank the state government. Well, mathematically, I suppose you can thank Metro for 6% of the cooling - which is about one row of seats. </p><p>But more importantly, I find the timing of the publication of this article decidedly odd. It's not announcing anything - the aircon upgrade finished up in November - and there's nothing really newsworthy in the article itself. The newsworthy aspect, I think, is the fact that this fluff article with its misleading positive spin to Metro, appears the day after The Age ran a fairly negative news article about Metro. Coincidence?</p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/the-age-throws-metro-a-bone">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/the-age-throws-metro-a-bone#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jurgendotca/~4/7PhnYxIaHjw" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/12217/Photo_59.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10GPfltvzTX Jurgen Schaub Jurgen Jurgen Schaub http://blog.jurgen.ca/the-age-throws-metro-a-bone Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:47:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jurgendotca/~3/ev2tIwpgN7Q/more-on-the-metrotrains-twitter-insanity http://blog.jurgen.ca/more-on-the-metrotrains-twitter-insanity <p> <p>They're now <a href="https://twitter.com/metrotrains/status/154656587582148608" target="_blank">deleting old tweets</a>. What? Why? Then it hit me. The reason behind all these boneheaded shenanigans.</p> <p>Someone in the Metro Trains PR department (or perhaps the CEO) decided to look at the @metrotrains Twitter account, probably because they went to a seminar on how important social media is. They were horrified to see pages and pages of mostly-negative news. "Service cancelled", "service delayed", "police action", "ghost of Harold Holt scaring people at Malvern Station" (okay I made up the last one).</p> <p>So their knee jerked, and they decided to get rid of all the negative and replace with positive. A perfectly logical reaction if you're in PR and a) Think that Twitter is all about following celebrities, and b) Have no idea what your followers are actually following you for. So they're only posting <a href="https://twitter.com/metrotrains/status/154674978757947392" target="_blank">vague, useless</a> service congestion tweets and&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/metrotrains/status/154672191319982080" target="_blank">PR doublespeak</a>. What's more, they're deleting all the old, useful "negative" tweets, so that when people look at the web page, it'll look all happy and positive. Useless for the train-riding public, but the CEO will love it. And if the CEO loves it, so will the PR department.</p> <p>Here's what I'd do if I ran the place:</p> <ol> <li>Keep the useful "negative" tweets about service disruptions and changes, because that's the reason people are following the company.</li> <li>Add some PR fluff: human interest stories, advocacy stuff, safety reminders, contests, other fun things. That will please the CEO.</li> <li>Actually engage with the people who are talking about Metro Trains on Twitter. Telstra's Twitter account is actually doing a really good job with this. They're frequently proactive with responding to complaints, even if it's obvious that the person is just having a whinge. (Yes, I know, I'm saying nice things about Telstra's customer service. But really; credit where credit is due. They're doing a very good job). Engaging with customers well creates happy customers, which tell other people about their experiences. It's a slow process, but it works. Just look at Telstra.</li> </ol> <p>For a company that needs all the goodwill it can get, it's really sad and somewhat baffling to see Metro Trains throw so much of it away.</p> <p><em>This entry is a followup of sorts to <a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/metro-trains-not-tweeting-service-disruptions">my previous one</a>&nbsp;on the same topic.</em></p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/more-on-the-metrotrains-twitter-insanity">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/more-on-the-metrotrains-twitter-insanity#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jurgendotca/~4/ev2tIwpgN7Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/12217/Photo_59.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10GPfltvzTX Jurgen Schaub Jurgen Jurgen Schaub http://blog.jurgen.ca/more-on-the-metrotrains-twitter-insanity Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:00:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jurgendotca/~3/Zqpyi-0BuoQ/metro-trains-not-tweeting-service-disruptions http://blog.jurgen.ca/metro-trains-not-tweeting-service-disruptions <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_short_quote">''Sadly, now they appear to be turning their Twitter feed into a propaganda arm of their publicity department, rather than providing the vital information the travelling public need,'' [said Daniel Bowen of the Public Transport Users Association].</blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/travellers-train-anger-on-tweets-20120104-1pl88.html">theage.com.au</a></div> <p>Imagine you're in charge of one of Melbourne's most hated companies. Rightly or wrongly, you're copping abuse all the time about all kinds of different things. </p><p>Some bright spark in the operations area decides to start a Twitter account. It provides timely updates about service difficulties, changed timetables and extra services for special events. In other words, all the things that a traveller would find useful. In fact, over ten thousand people find it to be useful, and rather liked the service. It was the one bright spot in an otherwise bleak and uncommunicative organisation. </p><p>So - here you are, running this organisation. What do you do? Of course! Stop issuing useful service updates through the Twitter feed and hand it over to the PR department; Metro's land of fluff and uselessness. </p><p>Great idea. People are going to love it.</p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/metro-trains-not-tweeting-service-disruptions">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/metro-trains-not-tweeting-service-disruptions#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jurgendotca/~4/Zqpyi-0BuoQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/12217/Photo_59.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10GPfltvzTX Jurgen Schaub Jurgen Jurgen Schaub http://blog.jurgen.ca/metro-trains-not-tweeting-service-disruptions Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:59:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jurgendotca/~3/XGdbukiez-g/open-your-shutter-for-a-year-and-dream http://blog.jurgen.ca/open-your-shutter-for-a-year-and-dream <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jurgen/bmqIIInuznaBlFthqFAfIoxBbjGcsoxtekArBxrDGpefkslleibzAitCzgeb/media_httpmediathesta_lyplz.jpeg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Media_httpmediathesta_lyplz" height="283" src="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jurgen/bmqIIInuznaBlFthqFAfIoxBbjGcsoxtekArBxrDGpefkslleibzAitCzgeb/media_httpmediathesta_lyplz.jpeg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1109339--photographer-michael-chrisman-s-year-long-exposure-of-toronto-s-skyline-produces-dreamy-image-of-city?bn=1">thestar.com</a></div> <p>Toronto never looked so good.</p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/open-your-shutter-for-a-year-and-dream">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/open-your-shutter-for-a-year-and-dream#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jurgendotca/~4/XGdbukiez-g" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/12217/Photo_59.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10GPfltvzTX Jurgen Schaub Jurgen Jurgen Schaub http://blog.jurgen.ca/open-your-shutter-for-a-year-and-dream Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:56:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jurgendotca/~3/3jT6s6Ankp0/the-commodore-64-is-30 http://blog.jurgen.ca/the-commodore-64-is-30 <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jurgen/bClagwlbFfIiwiqJvBtrAwinDiiyEdjqufprFDhuwafJjJqHFFmfwByCisDE/media_httpregmediacou_dorJp.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Media_httpregmediacou_dorjp" height="247" src="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jurgen/bClagwlbFfIiwiqJvBtrAwinDiiyEdjqufprFDhuwafJjJqHFFmfwByCisDE/media_httpregmediacou_dorJp.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.reghardware.com/2012/01/02/commodore_64_30_birthday/">reghardware.com</a></div> <p>I feel old.</p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/the-commodore-64-is-30">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/the-commodore-64-is-30#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jurgendotca/~4/3jT6s6Ankp0" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/12217/Photo_59.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10GPfltvzTX Jurgen Schaub Jurgen Jurgen Schaub http://blog.jurgen.ca/the-commodore-64-is-30 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:57:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jurgendotca/~3/pFyX5aA4z_M/appichar-launches-cloud-platform-for-nfps http://blog.jurgen.ca/appichar-launches-cloud-platform-for-nfps <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote">Disruptive technologies are generally great for everyone apart from the old-fashioned companies who would really rather cling onto the old way of doing things. They're making good money out of charities and fundraisers and would like to keep the flow coming. A measure of our success will be if they have to change or they just become irrelevant," said Ryder.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/29/appichar_heads_to_the_cloud/">theregister.co.uk</a></div> <p>Gee, I wonder who they're talking about with that quote…</p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/appichar-launches-cloud-platform-for-nfps">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/appichar-launches-cloud-platform-for-nfps#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jurgendotca/~4/pFyX5aA4z_M" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/12217/Photo_59.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10GPfltvzTX Jurgen Schaub Jurgen Jurgen Schaub http://blog.jurgen.ca/appichar-launches-cloud-platform-for-nfps Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:07:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jurgendotca/~3/Cs5YQi22V7E/dearest-creature-in-creation-study-english-pr http://blog.jurgen.ca/dearest-creature-in-creation-study-english-pr <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote">If you can correctly pronounce every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world. After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://crimsun.tumblr.com/post/2999167799">crimsun.tumblr.com</a></div> <p>It's a well-put-together (if slightly long) exposé of the idiosyncratic nature of English. Fun to read. </p><p>Ta for the link, Mig.</p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/dearest-creature-in-creation-study-english-pr">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/dearest-creature-in-creation-study-english-pr#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jurgendotca/~4/Cs5YQi22V7E" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/12217/Photo_59.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10GPfltvzTX Jurgen Schaub Jurgen Jurgen Schaub http://blog.jurgen.ca/dearest-creature-in-creation-study-english-pr Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:57:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jurgendotca/~3/A4GfZAvklYI/it-aint-no-tweetie http://blog.jurgen.ca/it-aint-no-tweetie <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_short_quote">So, bottom line, I don’t care for the new Twitter app much at all.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://daringfireball.net/2011/12/new_twitter">daringfireball.net</a></div> <p>Again, Gruber saves me the trouble of writing something for myself. The most important point he makes is the fear that since Twitter is seeming to push different features of Twitter than the ones that are important to me, they're moving to change the service into something that isn't important to me. That's somewhat worrying.</p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/it-aint-no-tweetie">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/it-aint-no-tweetie#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jurgendotca/~4/A4GfZAvklYI" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/12217/Photo_59.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10GPfltvzTX Jurgen Schaub Jurgen Jurgen Schaub http://blog.jurgen.ca/it-aint-no-tweetie Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:49:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jurgendotca/~3/2wQ2DaMf08s/what-nuns-can-teach-brands-about-social-media http://blog.jurgen.ca/what-nuns-can-teach-brands-about-social-media <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_short_quote">I found it a refreshing change to deal with professionals whose mission had less to do with profit and loss, but rather life and death.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://adage.com/article/digitalnext/nuns-teach-brands-social-media/148790/">adage.com</a></div> <p>I agree with his sentiment - I have to keep reminding myself in $DAYJOB that, while money is important, we have different goals. It's nice. </p><p>Anyway - he's got some good points here about social media and nuns. Useful if you are (like me) working through a social-media-policy process.</p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/what-nuns-can-teach-brands-about-social-media">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/what-nuns-can-teach-brands-about-social-media#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jurgendotca/~4/2wQ2DaMf08s" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/12217/Photo_59.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10GPfltvzTX Jurgen Schaub Jurgen Jurgen Schaub http://blog.jurgen.ca/what-nuns-can-teach-brands-about-social-media Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:22:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jurgendotca/~3/028Tp-JKEcE/hp-apple-sitting-in-a-tree http://blog.jurgen.ca/hp-apple-sitting-in-a-tree <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><strong>HP's new chief executive Meg Whitman told journalists Apple was doing "a great job" and that her company's once much smaller rival could likely pass HP to become the world's leading PC maker next year.</strong></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/30/hp_ceo_apple_likely_to_take_away_pc_leadership_position_next_year.html">appleinsider.com</a></div> <p>Meg's been saying nice things about Apple for a little while now. The companies have always been somewhat friendly - HP was the only company that Apple licensed the iPod to, if you remember that. </p><p>I wonder if something more interesting is happening there.</p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/hp-apple-sitting-in-a-tree">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/hp-apple-sitting-in-a-tree#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jurgendotca/~4/028Tp-JKEcE" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/12217/Photo_59.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10GPfltvzTX Jurgen Schaub Jurgen Jurgen Schaub http://blog.jurgen.ca/hp-apple-sitting-in-a-tree Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:25:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jurgendotca/~3/VCjORpNmC-w/ten-years http://blog.jurgen.ca/ten-years <p> Ten years ago today, I got off an aeroplane in Sydney, intending to travel around Australia for a year, then return to Vancouver. Funny how things work out. </p> <p><a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/ten-years">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/ten-years#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jurgendotca/~4/VCjORpNmC-w" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/12217/Photo_59.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10GPfltvzTX Jurgen Schaub Jurgen Jurgen Schaub http://blog.jurgen.ca/ten-years Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:40:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jurgendotca/~3/um-RBNAnt7M/its-time http://blog.jurgen.ca/its-time <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <iframe allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_TBd-UCwVAY?wmode=transparent" frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TBd-UCwVAY">youtube.com</a></div> <p>It's so time.</p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/its-time">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/its-time#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jurgendotca/~4/um-RBNAnt7M" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/12217/Photo_59.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10GPfltvzTX Jurgen Schaub Jurgen Jurgen Schaub http://blog.jurgen.ca/its-time Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:17:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jurgendotca/~3/BYZ49osx83M/apples-15-inch-macbook-air-set-to-begin-shipp http://blog.jurgen.ca/apples-15-inch-macbook-air-set-to-begin-shipp <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote">Like existing MacBook Airs, the 15-inch notebook will not feature an optical drive. That suggests the machine will join the Air family, but in Apple’s mission to eliminate optical media, it’s also possible the MacBook Pro will lose its SuperDrive in favor of a 0.8-inch-thin form factor.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.cultofmac.com/129857/apples-15-inch-macbook-air-set-to-begin-shipping-in-march-rumor/">cultofmac.com</a></div> <p>Mine.</p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/apples-15-inch-macbook-air-set-to-begin-shipp">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/apples-15-inch-macbook-air-set-to-begin-shipp#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jurgendotca/~4/BYZ49osx83M" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/12217/Photo_59.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10GPfltvzTX Jurgen Schaub Jurgen Jurgen Schaub http://blog.jurgen.ca/apples-15-inch-macbook-air-set-to-begin-shipp Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:47:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jurgendotca/~3/2lt1AdsUR2Y/some-thoughts-on-our-business http://blog.jurgen.ca/some-thoughts-on-our-business <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_short_quote">So, let’s go back to the drawing board and get back to basics. And, as we do, let’s not be afraid to admit to others and to ourselves, up front and with passion… that we love what we do.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/11/some-thoughts-on-our-business.html">lettersofnote.com</a></div> <p>I'd heard of this very long memo before, but I'd never read it until today. In it, Jeffrey Katzenberg (who was then head of film for Disney) talks about reinventing the studio, to bring it back to its roots, back to what made it great. He talks about the success paradox and the early warning signs of trouble. </p><p>It's an excellent read, and while it's Hollywood-focussed, the lessons can really be applied to anything. Nice Walt Disney quote partway through, too.</p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/some-thoughts-on-our-business">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/some-thoughts-on-our-business#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jurgendotca/~4/2lt1AdsUR2Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/12217/Photo_59.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10GPfltvzTX Jurgen Schaub Jurgen Jurgen Schaub http://blog.jurgen.ca/some-thoughts-on-our-business Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:51:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jurgendotca/~3/cFnZxtIuEFY/police-surround-city-square-protesters-refuse http://blog.jurgen.ca/police-surround-city-square-protesters-refuse <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_short_quote">Occupy Melbourne protesters say arrests will be made this morning after they were handed a council order to leave City Square by 9am today, a demand they have vowed to ignore.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/police-surround-city-square-as-protesters-defy-eviction-order-20111021-1mb07.html">theage.com.au</a></div> <p>Oh FFS people. <a href="http://elomis.tumblr.com/post/11515605531/dont-occupy-sydney">Go do something useful</a>. This is not the USA. We've got it pretty good here.</p> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/police-surround-city-square-protesters-refuse">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.jurgen.ca/police-surround-city-square-protesters-refuse#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jurgendotca/~4/cFnZxtIuEFY" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/12217/Photo_59.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10GPfltvzTX Jurgen Schaub Jurgen Jurgen Schaub http://blog.jurgen.ca/police-surround-city-square-protesters-refuse