Multi-Ball VI – January 29, 2020
Multi-ball is what I’m entitling posts with many short thoughts and links. Yes, I’m using a pinball term. Photo: Flowers in my office at Massey College. Preparing for Exams Public transit scheduling is complicated, or at the least learning the equations of transportation engineering requires a lot of…
Multi-Ball V – January 28, 2020
Multi-ball is what I’m entitling posts with many short thoughts and links. Yes, I’m using a pinball term. Photo: Buses at Union Station Sunday morning as I left Toronto. You Can GO Home for The Day ‘We haven’t seen you in awhile’, the barista at Durand Coffee says…
Joey's Not-So-Daily Links
In no particular order. Labour Arbitrator overturns demotion of fire fighters who lost licenses due to impaired driving | 2017 CanLII 12120 (ON LA) – In a Labour Arbitration ruling which is well written and alive to the relevant issues of law, a Labour Arbitrator has ruled the…
Joey's Not-So-Daily Linkblog for March 5, 2017
In no particular order: Uber Drives Into Big Trouble | NPR On Point – a great discussion of the reputation crisis facing Uber during the past few weeks with informed guests and good callers to the show. Sifting through the spin | The McMaster Silhouette – after McMaster…
Joey's Not-So-Daily List of Readings for February 17, 2017
My not so-daily sharing of links from across the WWW In no particular order: OMB Reform: Contested development | Toronto Star – the first of a three-part series by The Toronto Star about the Ontario Municipal Board. Idea: An Indivisible guide for journalism | Dave Winer – Dave…
Joey's Daily Readings for February 12, 2017
My Daily* sharing of links from across the WWW. The power of the press can’t hold populism down, Peter Preston, The Guardian – he’s right, the world is happening despite mainstream media positions. The media wants to defend their sources in government, and people want to replace failed…
Joey's Daily Reading List for February 7, 2017
My not-so-daily list of readings from across the WWW. In no particular order: Fake news is a red herring – a great read from Ethan Zuckerman, director of the Center for Civic Media at MIT, published by Deutsche Welle.…
Joey's Daily* Reading List for January 28, 2017
My increasingly not daily list of readings from across the WWW In no particular order: Rose: Thoughts about the demise of electoral reform – or, we should have seen it coming – Queen prof Jonathan Rose on electoral reform. Using Machine Learning to predict parking difficulty – an…
Joey's Daily Reading List for January 30, 2017
My daily sharing of readings from across the WWW In no particular order. What Yates Should Have Done and Quick Thoughts On Sally Yates’ Unpersuasive Statement: Two posts which make good arguments that former Acting Attorney General of the United States Sally Yates mishandled her response to the…
Joey's Daily* Reading List for January 28, 2017
My Not-So-Daily List of Reads from Across the WWW I need to do better staying up on my readings and writing. I’ve been watching tonight’s events in the ongoing and growing constitutional crisis in the American Republic. You can find me retweet about the crisis over on my…