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End of stuff envy?
“Twice as many people (46% vs. 22%) said they personally would rather share things than own them.” If this shift is underway in the way this article claims, it’s truly disruptive for our economic...
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#bringbackourgirls – Arab Spring or Fleeting Clicktivism?
Akintunde Oyebode and Gerald Caplan face off in this debate. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/is-bringbackourgirls-dangerously-naive-or-helpful-to-nigeria/article18657169/ My assessment:...
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Empathy, trust and respect: Village Stay
Learning about and working within the development sector from a classroom, behind a computer screen, from watching the news or behind a desk in an air-conditioned office in a capital anywhere in the...
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She arrived!
Dear Friends, As the sun crept up into the beautiful clear sky over Toronto Saturday morning, our daughter Aliyah Davida Elena Rotman was born. George was crying, Sari was smiling and Ali snuggled up...
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Courage, emotion, intuition and love … and engineering!
University of Calgary Commencement Address – June 9, 2014 By George Roter on receipt of a Honorary Doctor of Laws Thank you President Cannon, Chancellor Dinning, Dean Rosehart for this tremendous...
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The sun rises on my last day working for Engineers Without Borders
I am overwhelmed with gratitude to have served this community and cause for the past 15 years. Every single day has been filled with hope, with people who refuse to accept the status quo, who channel...
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The Emmy’s were going so well until…
The Emmy’s were going so well until… This is appalling. It’s tasteless and I would find it very hard to agree that it’s satire or a harmless joke. Satire would have been Vergara reading the speech...
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Subtle messages to my daughter: What is exercise for?
I notice more of the world. That’s the best way I know to describe how my world has changed since last June when my daughter Aliyah was born. A big part of that are the subtle societal messages that I...
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Up next…Mozilla!
How could I possibly follow-up my incredible years spent with the very special Engineers Without Borders Canada? That was the central question hanging in the back of my mind, even as I promised myself...
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Introducing the Mozilla Participation Lab
I’m excited to introduce the Mozilla Participation Lab, an initiative across Mozilla to architect a strategy and new approaches to participation. As Mitchell articulated, people around Mozilla are...
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McMaster Engineering Convocation Address – June 2015
I gave this address at the McMaster University Engineering Convocation, on June 12, 2015. Thank you Chancellor Large. President Deane. Provost Wilkinson. Dean Puri. Honoured guests. Distinguished...
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Why Mozilla (for me)?
It’s official. I’m here at Mozilla for the indefinite future with a title of Head of Core Contributors, Participation. Basically, I’m responsible for enabling a team of volunteers and staff to grow the...
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Participation Team: Getting organized and focused
The Participation Team was created back in January of this year with an ambitious mandate to simultaneously a) get more impact, for Mozilla’s mission and its volunteers, from core contributor...
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Reinventing Mozilla on campus
Throughout history, University students, staff and professors have often shaped the leading edge of change and innovation. The history of the web is no different: the student-built Lynx browser was one...
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Refreshing the Participation Buffet
Have an impact on Mozilla’s mission. The answer has been consistent every time we’ve asked volunteer Mozillians what their primary motivation is for contributing to Mozilla. 3 years ago, last year,...
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To further our work here at Mozilla in searching for and acting on ideas beyond the traditional bounds of our organisation, we’re building our Open Innovation team. This blog post from earlier this...
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