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RIM: A Company in Crisis

May 30th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Journal

It has been a bad year for RIM. Its market share has tumbled; its growth rate lags those of their major competitors; and its latest products have been panned by both reviewers and the market. All this is compounded by the sense that the company is simply playing catch-up while competitors like Google and Apple [...]

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A Lack of Vision

April 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Journal

Doug Ford’s musings on the future of Toronto’s lakeshore symbolize all that is wrong with the city. His desire to end City Hall’s involvement in Waterfront Toronto, to turn the land over to private developers and eschew a coherent vision over the future of the waterfront, and to build an outsize stadium on the greatest [...]

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Toronto the Bad

December 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Journal

On Wednesday, December 1, Rob Ford condemned Toronto to mediocrity. With his decision to cancel Transit City he decided what the Toronto of the future will look like: sprawling, car-choked and bland. Moreover, he has managed to do this through a campaign of misinformation and false promises. Transit City was the single greatest opportunity that [...]

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