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Steve Jobs at Apple vs. Edwin Land at Polaroid    (2011.11.07)

Edwin Land of Polaroid did almost everything Steve Jobs did – invented new technologies, built factories to manufacture them, imposed absolute secrecy, stirred audiences with spectacle, trained customers to want the next step in the evolution of technology – but did it 30 years earlier

Patients dying of AIDS soon to live in glass house    (2011.11.07)

Casey House is about to expand its heritage building with an assemblage of see-through glass cuboids. What could possibly go wrong for its clientele, people dying of AIDS?

Copyright revision masquerading as defence of writers    (2011.11.04)

The Writers’ Union of Canada launches its own bill of rights for writers (“for the digital age”)

Women, who are equal to men, write better TV, women say    (2011.10.23)

Did you know that women, who are equal to men, get the short end of the stick when it comes to writing American television?

What exactly is Scott Schuman’s business?    (2011.10.20)

Why didn’t Imran Ahmed ask Scott Schuman anything remotely factual or pointed about the “business” of Schuman’s Weblog, the Sartorialist?

David Crystal’s hundred words    (2011.10.20)

David Crystal tells the story of English in 100 words, here presented in a form you can actually read

‘Weekend’ update    (2011.10.16)

Let’s catch up with the most acclaimed homosexualist film since Parting Glances, Weekend, written and directed by the graceless Andrew Haigh

Defamation law for bloggers: Don’t be in a rush    (2011.10.11)

A recent court case seriously lowers the bar on how much effort a journalist has to put into contacting a source for comment to avoid a defamation ruling

Katrina Onstad, half-right once again    (2011.10.11)

Katrina Onstad gets it right about Ikea’s Manland, then goes off on a tangent about women CEOs and MPs