Food Delivery Apps and the Hamilton Farmers Market
Third-Party Apps are the business model as the Market makes limited open hours its new normal.…
On Facts and Frictions - the new Canadian Journalism Journal
F&F can benefit from looking at the British Review of Journalism, but be wise to avoid becoming navel-gazing like the BJR.…
Cafes as Workspaces during the Not Quite Post-COVID Time
who is working at these laptops, why, what it means for the revenue of these cafes, if it is impacting the "regulars" who frequent these places, and how long the present trend may hold.…
The December 2019 Flu Debate
I did not have COVID, here's why I know that.…
Multi-Ball VIII - November 13, 2021
Propublica looks into St. Jude's Children's Hospital and finds it is not living up to the mission of its fundraising statements [https://www.propublica.org/article/st-jude-hoards-billions-while-many-of-its-families-drain-their-savings] . Equally concerning is that St. Jude's is fundraising in regions of the United States where they do not treat children, taking funds which…
Multi-Ball VII - November 06, 2021
Readings and thoughts on a Saturday morning. New York Times Adds 455,000 Subscriptions in Third Quarter [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/business/media/new-york-times-3q-earnings.html] - I have a subscription to the NYT. No other publication covers such a breadth of topics at such high quality. I…
Chattanooga Times Moving to Digital Format, Buying Subscribers iPads
A local newspaper in Tennessee is following its sister paper in going fully digital by ending its daily print edition [https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2021/sep/11/times-free-press-turns-ipads-its-digital-future/553984/] in favour of digital editions while retaining the Sunday print edition. A couple of key points from the…
Link: A Columnists on Columns
The Guardian's Hadley Freeman is ending her time as a columnist and takes time in her final column to discuss her career and being a columnist [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/18/opinion-writing-has-changed-a-lot-since-i-started-out-its-time-for-something-new] . A couple things stand out for me: * "Here’s a funny thing: I can’t…