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The Weakest Link

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:38:35 -0700

by John Bucher

When the elite of the digital security world gathered at Vancouver’s CanSecWest conference earlier this year, the focal point was the geek equivalent of a bench-press competition: a computer hack-off called Pwn2Own.

BCBusiness fall fashion shoot

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:07:11 -0700

Hot for Teaching

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:08:53 -0700

by John Bucher

At BCB we’re packing our suitcases and jumping on the, gulp, "webinar" bandwagon.

The neighbourhood of William Vince

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:40:16 -0700

The brains and beauty of Web 2.0

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:37:22 -0700

by John Bucher

The Webby Awards – which each year recognize websites that embody excellence on the Internet – just celebrated their 12th annual edition. They are the Internet world’s version of the Academy Awards – except shorter (Webby Award winners are allowed only five words for their acceptance speeches) and somewhat less self-important (in 2005 Al Gore brought the house down with his five-worder for Lifetime Achievement: “Please don’t recount this vote”).

How to kill a pine tree

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:39:20 -0700

Goodbye workdays

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:20:34 -0700

by John Bucher

In 1543, two Portuguese adventurers carrying primitive rifles arrived in Japan aboard a Chinese cargo ship. The weapon was new to the Japanese—they began manufacturing firearms and within 40 years had more and better guns than any other country. After a few decades, however, guns disappeared from Japan entirely. Why? The Samurai didn’t care for change; they wanted to keep their swords.

There are a good number of people—your scribe included—who might be considered the samurai of the 21st century.

The lost frontier

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:29:17 -0700

by John Bucher