March 26th, 2009
Having grown up in Canada a dual Canadian-U.S. citizen I’ve always marveled at the similarities and differences between the two countries. Often Canada seems to be playing catch-up to U.S. innovations. Other times it appears to be ahead of the U.S., at least in societal matters, if not necessarily economic or technological issues. What intrigues…
March 7th, 2009
I’ve been meaning to blog this for several weeks (oops, “blog” is now a verb!). I recall clearly that in the early days of the Web that Martin Nisenholtz at The New York Times supervised the creation of a series of engaging graphics that struck me as emblematic of what online newspapers versions could do…
December 23rd, 2008
I’ve tried to remain as dispassionate as possible regarding the ongoing screeches over the death of the newspaper. I’m not in denial: I know the situation is serious. When folks like Mr. Zell bankrupt a communications empire, I do not necessarily regard this as a harbinger of things to come. But when the The Detroit…