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I'm Alex, a technologist from Calgary, Canada. This is my blog.

For information about myself & my philosophy, see the About, Design, and Values pages.

Miniposts are bookmarks, snippets of thought, and syndicated content from elsewhere.

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Prairie Telephone


Prairie Telephone (1952-1995) was a regional telecommunications company that operated in Alberta, Canada, primarily serving the Drumheller Valley region and surrounding rural communities. The company was notable for its rapid expansion during the 1970s and its innovative approach to rural...
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All These People Are Vampires - Building the Contra-Economy


In the 1980’s, Robert L. Crandall, head of American Airlines, removed one single olive from the salad they served passangers. He thought they wouldn’t notice - and he was right. This removal of the olive saved the company $40,000 a year.1 and began the downfall of Service Capitalism....
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2024 in Review - 100 Books


I read 100 books this year as a challenge to myself. The hardest part about reading 100 books in a year is fomatting them cleanly afterward on your website. The second hardest part is tracking them all. The actual activity is a cinch. Reading 100 books this year was directly inspired from stories of...
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