Haida art occupies a privileged place in Northwest Coast art. Because the revival of the art is associated closely with Bill Reid, who began with the Haida tradition, to many people, all Northwest Coast art is Haida, and Tsimshian, Nisga’a, Kwaguilth, Nu-chu-nualth, Salish and the others are not even names. Still, no one can deny [...]
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Review: Haida Masterworks
Posted in April White, British Columbia, Bruce Byfield, Christian White, Darrell White, Derek White, Don Yeoman, Ernest Swanson, First Nations art, Gerry Marks, Gwaai Edenshaw, Isobel Rorick, Jesse Brillion, Kyran Yeoman, Northwest Coast Art, Personal, Reg Davidson, Rick Adkins, Robin Rorick, aboriginal art, art, art appreciation, tagged aborginal art, April White, art, art appreciation, British Columbia, Bruce Byfield, Christian White, Coastal Peoples Gallery, Darrell White, Derek White, Don Yeoman, Ernest Swanson, First Nations art, Gerry Marks, Gwaai Edenshaw, indian art, Isobel Rorick, Jesse Brillion, Kyran Yeoman, Northwest Coast Art, Personal, Reg Davidson, Rich Adkins, Robin Rorick, Uncategorized, Vancouver on September 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Answering two anti-feminist articles
Posted in Bruce Byfield, Free Software, open source, sexism, tagged Bruce Byfield, Personal, Uncategorized, Free Software, open source, sexism on September 19, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Life has been interesting since I wrote a piece called ”Sexism: Open Source Software’s Dirty Little Secret” for Datamation a couple of weeks ago. I won’t go into details, but, since then, replies pros and cons have occupied a disproportionate amount of my time. The supportive replies are gratifying, if embarrassing, but what really disheartens [...]
The keyboard or the pen
Posted in Bruce Byfield, Personal, writing, tagged Bruce Byfield, Personal, Uncategorized, writing on September 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When did I stop writing with a pen? To my chagrin, I realize that I am unable to tell more closely than the nearest five years. But I wonder what the transition to the keyboard has done to my writing.
These days, I compose almost everything at the keyboard. The exceptions are paragraphs that arrive ready-formed [...]
Buying appliances
Posted in British Columbia, Bruce Byfield, Future Shop, Home Depot, Personal, Sears, Trail Appliances, Vancouver, consumerism, humor, tagged Bruce Byfield, Personal, Uncategorized, humor, consumerism, British Columbia, Vancouver, appliances, Sears, Future Shop, Home Depot, Trail Appliances on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our washing machine started leaking this week, like a puppy relieving itself in a corner, so we’ve been spending our spare time looking for a new washer/dryer combo.. It’s a good thing that appliances last over a decade, because it will take at least that long to ease the horror from my mind. Part of [...]
The last swims of the season
Posted in Bruce Byfield, Personal, exercise, swimming, swimming pool, workouts, tagged Bruce Byfield, exercise, Personal, Uncategorized, swimming, workouts, swimming pool on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With Labour Day approaching, I’m coming to the end of my daily swims. At some point in the next three weeks, the strata council of my townhouse complex will decide to close the pool. The gate will be locked, my daily swims will be over until next May. Meanwhile because the council never announces [...]
What job skills do English majors have?
Posted in Bruce Byfield, English majors, Personal, careers, corporate communications, corporatelife, education, employment, reading, writing, tagged Bruce Byfield, Personal, Uncategorized, corporatelife, writing, employment, reading, English majors, communications, education on September 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What skills do English graduates bring to the job market? More than you might think – and far more than all the jokes about their unemployability would have you believe. In fact, many of the skills developed by English markets while reading novels and poems make them ideal for senior positions.
To start with, English majors [...]
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