Jim Donnelly

Ottawa

It’s hard to know what to write when it’s your last kick at the can, but I’ll give it a try anyhow. For those of

Opinion: Why I don’t like Netflix – that much

Ottawa

So, I finally did it. After undergoing a couple months of hypnosis delivered via fancy, red-tinged advertisements dancing provocatively across the television screen, I signed

Opinion: Telecommuting backlash is misguided

Ottawa

There’s a fight brewing in the world of HR these days, and those bunny slippers you enjoy so much are positioned squarely within this conflict’s

Opinion: Whole lotta incubatin’ going on

Techopia

Scott Annan stands at attention at the front of Mercury Grove’s open-concept office space, holding up his hands for quiet. He’s perched on a milk

Opinion: How to make money from toxic sludge

Ottawa

I don’t know about you, but I’m getting pretty sick of seeing environmental mayhem every time I flick on my television set. Oil-encrusted birds padding

Opinion: The dangers of e-mail boo boos

Ottawa

The other week, much to my surprise, an e-mail arrived in my inbox that shouldn’t have. It was a note from a fairly prominent Ottawa

Opinion: Turning tweets into treasure

Techopia

When Dave Hale started managing the Facebook page of a popular local business a few years ago, even he admitted he wasn’t quite sure what

Opinion: Blood-sucking bed bugs and bureaucracy

Ottawa

We’d only been home a couple minutes when I realized my gaffe. Having just spent two weeks on a splendid Maritimes vacation, I’d hauled my

Opinion: Immigration decision shows fed ‘disconnect’

Techopia

It was a decision somewhat lost in the din of other federal government miscues this summer, such as Tony Clement’s recent and somewhat inexplicable long-form

Opinion: Sir Terry Matthews talks turkey

Ottawa

Say what you want about Sir Terry Matthews, arguably Ottawa’s best-known serial entrepreneur. Just don’t talk to him about life after business. “Well ,what do