Last week the Canadian Competition Bureau released the report Your Data, Your Control: How data portability can unlock competition and empower consumers. The surprisingly readable report centers around an experiment exploring data portability in the insurance sector, calculating that “introducing data portability could save Canadians “between $1.10 billion and $3.83 billion in both time and money on their annual costs.” I decided to read the report to understand how the Canadian federal government thinks about data portability in general, with an eye towards other digital spaces like social media, cloud, AI, and the types of stuff I am interested in.
Played my first game of MOTHERSHIP tonight. Lots of fun! 👽🚀 #ttrpg
Had a lovely compliment this morning in a meeting: “You are a Zipper, always bringing communities together!” 🥹
My wife remarked, “Are you sure he wasn’t just telling you to shut up?” 😏🤐 🤣
Stay grounded out there! 😘
Church bells in the evening in Vancouver ⛪️🔔
At The Permanent for a little Internet Archive Canada thing 🥂
Watched The Sound of Music with the kids tonight 🎶 🦌🌞🤳🏃♂️➡️🪡⬅️🫖
What a weekend. After seeing the sunset on the beach we had Indian-Chinese food for dinner, then the next day my wife baked roht at her Afghan cooking class, after which we popped over to the farmer’s market to shop for nuts at the Armenian dealer. Surrey is great!
What a talk from Ajahn Nisabho 🙏 🪷
The Buddha said “I praise the killing of one thing: anger.”
Who do I know that lives in the Fraser Lowland? A friend has started a fellowship program to support projects focusing on localism there. If you know anyone please tag me and share them this: fraserlowland.org
Clear Mountain Monastery found land just outside of #Seattle! 🪷 They have a beautiful vision and raised 99% of the funds. I really love this community and have made a small contribution. If you are interested in having authentic #Buddhism nearby learn more: www.friendsofclearmountain.org 🙏
Good first ep in @themaybe.org’s new series on Digital Public Infrastructure with a wild story about how Walmart and Google ended up owning the digital pay rails in India 🫨
Wife brought back a nice Ebisu omamori for from Osaka for my home office. Keep the house safe, business successful, and also a bag to hold happiness 💰🧧
