We know from the documents leaked by Edward Snowden that the NSA has been collecting huge amounts of data on people. We also know that they’ve been introducing backdoors and other security holes into cryptographic standards that underly all sorts of software. (Over on the BCLA Information Policy Committee blog I wrote a post about…
A couple of days ago The Tyee reported that VPL’s Marketing and Communications Manager Jean Kavanagh’s sent a memo in November 2009 to staff outlining rules about branding and logos of non-Olympic sponsors. The quote that stuck in my head was Kavanagh’s advice to stick a little piece of tape to cover a non-sponsor logo:…
Over breakfast today I read an article in the Georgia Straight about Kimberly Baker‘s intent to challenge the changes Vancouver City council has approved to be in line with the federal Bill C-47, the federal Olympic and Paralympic Marks Act. According to a City of Vancouver administrative report, the amendments are necessary to allow the…
Living in Vancouver, it seems like it’s Olympics, Olympics, Olympics from now until forever. But an article in today’s Guardian newspaper has me thinking about a different Olympic games, and a different kind of Olympic Legacy. The article tells the story of an author whose invitation to read at the library in the London borough…
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