Yearly Archives: 2024

Covid-19 in 2024

Posted on 2024-02-29 by CKirkby

I still wear a mask when I go to the mall or take the bus. Continue reading →

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Upcoming: profile(s?)

Posted on 2024-02-28 by CKirkby

I’m working on a profile of a friend who is doing some cool shit that I think more people should learn about. Continue reading →

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Bragging about times when I Did Good / Gave Heck

Posted on 2024-02-26 by CKirkby

Today I am reminiscing on some minor successes as I think about what I want to do with my time, which is finite. Continue reading →

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“Mischief”

Posted on 2024-02-26 by CKirkby

Good article from Emily Leedham at PressProgress: “Ottawa Police Using ‘Intimidation Tactics’ Against Striking Workers, Canada’s Biggest Federal Public Sector Union Says” (15 Feb 2024). Continue reading →

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Proposed norm: commute time = work time

Posted on 2024-02-22 by CKirkby

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about norms in the employer-employee relationship. Continue reading →

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Coming soon?

Posted on 2024-02-21 by CKirkby

One current area of interest is the gap (/gulf) between what would be useful for users and what providers provide. Continue reading →

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Complaining about journalism, which is not the path I chose

Posted on 2024-02-19 by CKirkby

I’m having a lot of trouble “consuming” the news lately. It’s all so status quo all the time, when we quite clearly need non-status quo action. I want journalists to ask things like: “Okay, but what do 95% of subject … Continue reading →

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Chatbot as agent

Posted on 2024-02-17 by CKirkby

A sensible decision from the Civil Resolution Tribunal in British Columbia, holding Air Canada responsible for the “misleading words” of its “customer service” chatbot. Continue reading →

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Gray bar

Posted on 2024-02-17 by CKirkby

Apparently the basic paid plan with WordPress doesn’t include colours. That feels very budget airline to me, but I’m still not used to software as a subscription service.

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Test

Posted on 2024-02-17 by CKirkby

This is only a test.

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