Jonathan Brun

Why are so many huge buses half-full.
http://www.eem.ca/index.php/blog/68-half-full-or-half-empty-bus

Here are some screen-shots of some English and French newspapers/news sites. In general, the English sites are less cluttered and easier to read. Despite the excellent content on sites like Courrier International, I have a difficult time finding and enjoying the content.
Note 1: Placing a banner on the top part of the screen eats [...]

Great letter, here are some of my favorite quotes:
A footnote: We paid the IRS tax of $1.2 billion on our PetroChina gain. This sum paid all costs of the U.S. government – defense, social security, you name it – for about four hours.…The best anecdote I’ve heard during the current presidential campaign came from [...]

Just read a solid essay on how to write essays. It dispels a lot of the usual standard crap we were taught in high school (intro, development (3 points), repeat intro in the form of a conclusion) and outlines where essays came from and what they are really for: exploring an idea, not making an [...]

Video of JFK Above Found Here
The Great goal of landing a man on the moon and returning him home safely was born out of fear, but gave America its wings to overcome the Soviet Union.
Great article in the NY Times
Since Apollo 11, the missions to space have been of ever decreasing glory. Though notable in [...]

A very interesting way of presenting the history of oil. 45 minutes long, but worth it.

Steve Jobs is the stereotypical executive who predicts greatness for his company. The difference remains that he continuously delivers. His combination of competence and confidence is rarer than most people realize. To have a strong confidence in one’s own abilities is essential to success. Competence in your field is equally essential.
It is of course [...]

Just read this book. Amazing. I cried. It is the way of the future.
Micro-Finance empowers the very poor with small loans to help them overcome their cycle of just having enough money to feed themselves, and not enough to save and invest in their activities or children.
The website www.kiva.org has just got a ton of [...]

Pretty good interview outlining the project, benefits and pitfalls. Ihave one or two of these bags and they are indeed very practical formany things, not just groceries. It’s all about branding without thelogo. This project has helped brand Loblaw’s as the green grocer inCanada, interesting to see how they fare in the future. They seem [...]

Is regular society a form of knowledge sharing? The difference between general society and open-source is the ease with which you can obtain information.
If we break down Leadbeater’s assertions on the essential components of successful open-source software we can draw the following parallels:

Ease of access to information = schools, universities, libraries…
Central network to create [...]