Weekly roundup March 25-31

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Digital talent and precariousness in government

Covenants, Easements & Wayleaves: Mind the Gap of London Infrastructure Knowledge (Part 3) London Reconnections

Weekly roundup March 18-24

I received my silver bar this week for working for 10 years with the same company (10 years was actually lats May, but as things go 10 months later is quite prompt). It was really nice to hear what people remembered about working with me so long ago.

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User centred design and the rule of law Richard Pope

Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization Nightingale ^ main site moved to https://nightingaledvs.com

Why Are (Most) Sofas So Bad? Dwell

Weekly roundup March 11-17

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Only dead Canadians will shock us out of our appalling complacency The Line

Flood risk mapping is a public good, so why the public resistance in Canada? Lessons from Nova Scotia The Conversation

The drone boat of ‘Shipwreck Alley’ The Verge

Weekly roundup March 4-10

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A unified theory of fucks A working library

How the Pentagon Learned to Use Targeted Ads to Find Its Targets—and Vladimir Putin Wired

My aunt Caroline Andrew built bridges between English and French Canada The Globe and Mail

Weekly roundup February 26 - March 3

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The friendship problem

Calling BS on government sticker shock National Post

ArriveCan and the contractor conundrum Federal Field Notes

There is no reason to fear a safer Avenue Road Toronto Star

Weekly roundup February 19-25

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Will there be enough EVs to meet Canada’s target, or do we need a Plan B? TVO

How Jeff Bezos Turned Narrative into Amazon’s Competitive Advantage slab

Invisible Ink: At the CIA’s Creative Writing Group The Paris Review

Weekly roundup February 12-18

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Legault should ‘celebrate French,’ not scold youth about English words, GND says Montreal Gazette

I was a stranger in Calgary, trapped in a bubble. Then I discovered the magic of a downtown library CBC

ArriveCAN should drive deeper reforms, not just contracting oversight Policy Options