Author archive

‘My fundamentalism is better than your fundamentalism’    (2010.07.28)

If Nicole Sullivan thinks more women should work in technology, my question is: Why? (Minor updates)

‑lympic    (2010.07.27)

At the Olympic and Paralympic presser for London 2012, I was the only writer interested in the Paralympics. Spoiler alert: Brian and Robin McKeever are their secret weapon

‘Happiness is an option’    (2010.07.25)

Imagine Adam Greenfield happy again

‑ing    (2010.07.25)

How to ‘renew’ Toronto’s national newspaper    (2010.07.19)

What I told John Stackhouse of the Globe and Mail. In short: Why did you ever believe Mathew Ingram on the topic of comments? (Now with update after off-topic caterwauling from Carl Wilson)

Retraining readers of an industry organ    (2010.07.19)

A solicited proposal for a column on E-book production in Quill & Quire. Now, what do you think happened to it?

Another knock against Christopher Nolan    (2010.07.18)

The director of Inception refused to allow captioning and description to take place before the movie opened. Whassamatter – afraid of something?

Design book of the year    (2010.07.17)

100 Years of Menswear by Cally Blackman tells a gripping tale largely through pictures

Famous last words    (2010.07.16)

Tara Ariano finally got her green card. Was she ever Canadian?