August 2004
Corporations: Separating Consumption From Production
Posted by on Friday, August 27, 2004 in - 4 comments
Those within large corporations have eagerly been spreading their operations around the globe to generate better profits from cheaper labour and decreasing shipping costs . A nice side effect for them has been the separation of the consumer from the production. • When a consumer is …
Twelve Months Of Mountains
Posted by on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 in - leave a comment
For the mountain lovers out there here’s what I’ve climbed in the last twelve months: • Mt Myra (approx 8,000 ft)– Strathcona National Park, BC • Chipmunk Peak (approx 8,500 ft) Pemberton, BC • Mt. Merlot (approx 8,500 ft) Pemberton, BC • Mount Washington (6,288 ft) , NH - three times this …
Twelve Months Of Travel
Posted by on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 in - 14 comments
It’s been a few weeks short of a year since I packed my bags and headed out to British Columbia for my Outward Bound Adventure. As I thought about that trip it dawned on me “Holy moly. I’ve traveled a lot this year”. Here’s a list of where my body has gone in the past twelve months. The length of …
Posted by on Friday, August 20, 2004
Corporations: Scaled For Humane Failure
Posted by on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 in - 4 comments
Peter pointed out earlier some inconsistencies in my posts about corporations. On one hand I said that corporations can’t care about anything. On the other I said that corporations consist of the people in them. What Peter was getting at, I think, is that if a corporation is full of people and …
Rap Songs I'm Embarrassed to Know Word For Word
Posted by on Friday, August 13, 2004 in - 8 comments
Turtle Power – Partnerz in Kryme • Shoop – Salt N Pepa
Posted by on Thursday, August 12, 2004
Five Years Of Bliss
Posted by on Wednesday, August 11, 2004 in - 7 comments
Five years ago today silverorange officially incorporated. Not many small businesses last, let alone thrive, for this long. We are extremely lucky. A sincere thank you to all who have helped us get here. We're still having fun.
Wow. Waterspouts on PEI
Posted by on Monday, August 9, 2004
Corporations: Distant Ownership & Power
Posted by on Sunday, August 8, 2004 in - 1 comment
Corporations are structured like this(listed in order of power): Shareholders own the company. Shareholders appoint the board of directors. Board of Directors hire the executives. The Executives hire the staff. • Shareholders are the most powerful people within a corporation. Now, let's not get …
I want one.
Posted by on Friday, August 6, 2004
Mark hits the nail on the head about music
Posted by on Friday, August 6, 2004
Corporations: Are Not Beings
Posted by on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 in - 8 comments
I work in a very small corporation. We have ten people. Sometimes though I'd swear there were eleven. There is this weird thing that happens once you start a corporation, no matter how small. You eventually start saying things like “it's not good for the company” and “It's the company's direction …
Corporations: Let's Not Fool Ourselves
Posted by on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 in - 11 comments
If you've read The Corporation, or have seen its sister film, you know that corporations (mainly large publicly traded firms) are legally constructed to pathologically pursue profit. What most common folk do not realize is that profit is the only end a corporation realizes. Goodness, fairness …
