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1. 25 ideas that are changing the world

Author

Agrell, Siri, Archer, Bert, Balkissoon, Denise, Bigge, Ryan, Brewster, Ariel, Liss, Sarah, McBride, Jason, Scott, Alec, Shea, Courtney, Sufrin, Jon, and Verge, Stephanie

Subjects
Inventions -- Appreciation, Automobiles -- Equipment and supplies, Social networks -- Innovations, Internet -- Innovations, Internet, General interest, Home and garden, Travel, recreation and leisure
Abstract

A good measure of a happening city is its contribution to the world of ideas. A confluence of factors has recently made Toronto an innovation generator: a critical mass of [...]

Published
2009

2. Uneavesdroppable Phone Conversation, The

Author

Bigge, Ryan

Subjects
Electronic employee monitoring -- Control -- Safety and security measures, Telephone -- Safety and security measures -- Innovations, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Control, Innovations, Safety and security measures
Abstract

Sick of your colleagues listening in on your phone conversations? The traditional method of preventing eavesdropping in the workplace is to build dampers and baffles into cubicle walls. But now [...]

Published
2005

3. Virtopsy

Author

Bigge, Ryan

Subjects
Autopsy -- Research -- Technology application, Forensic scientists -- Research -- Technology application, Virtual reality -- Technology application -- Research, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Virtual reality technology, Technology application, Research
Abstract

A traditional autopsy begins with a deep Y-shaped incision in the chest. Next, the skin is peeled back to expose the rib cage, which must be sawed open with a [...]

Published
2004

4. The Thermoacoustic Freezer

Author

Bigge, Ryan

Subjects
Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. -- Equipment and supplies, Dairy industry -- Equipment and supplies -- Product information, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Product information, Equipment and supplies
Abstract

This April, a fire-hydrant-size apparatus called a thermoacoustic freezer made its debut at a Ben & Jerry's in Manhattan. The event was a relatively quiet affair, which was no small [...]

Published
2004

5. Debunking Photoshop Fakery

Author

Bigge, Ryan

Subjects
Scanning software -- Innovations, College teachers -- Innovations, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Image scanning software, Innovations
Abstract

Our faith in photography has been forever compromised by computer programs like Photoshop that doctor images with a relatively high degree of ease and verisimilitude. When you come across a [...]

Published
2004

9. THE EMBA

Author

Bigge, Ryan, Brearton, Steve, Doherty, Mike, Hunt, Ken, Jermyn, Diane, Kiladze, Tim, Marlow, Iain, Pitts, Gordon, and Brunet, Julien Russell

Subjects
Education -- Finance, Executives -- Education -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Business schools -- Management -- Officials and employees, Master of business administration degree, Employee development, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, York University -- Management -- Officials and employees
Abstract

Byline: Ryan Bigge, Steve Brearton, Mike Doherty, Ken Hunt, Diane Jermyn, Tim Kiladze, Iain Marlow, Gordon Pitts and Julien Russell Brunet Boss, can you spare a hundred grand? In these [...]

Published
2011

10. PlayBook vs. iPad 2

Author

Bigge, Ryan

Subjects
Consumer electronics industry -- Product information -- Statistics -- Industry forecasts -- Forecasts and trends -- Comparative analysis -- Public opinion, Tablet computers -- Comparative analysis -- Forecasts and trends -- Public opinion -- Product information, Consumer electronics industry, Tablet computer, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, RIM Playbook (Tablet computer) -- Evaluation, Apple iPad (Tablet computer) -- Evaluation -- Product information -- Comparative analysis -- Public opinion
Abstract

Byline: Ryan Bigge 04.11 / BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE Apps Apple's iTunes Store boasts 400,000 apps and counting. BlackBerry App World, on the other hand, has a mere 15,000 - though the [...]

Published
2011

11. The future looks bright...er, bleak...er, bleary

Author

Bigge, Ryan

Subjects
Canada -- Economic aspects, Economic indicators -- Statistics -- Forecasts and trends, Economic forecasting -- Statistics, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Ryan Bigge 01.11 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE short-term / how long / long-term bullish / outlook / bearish Julian Jessop Capital Economics 'Gold will rise to at least $1,600 an ounce [...]

Published
2010

12. What you can learn from... GoodFellas

Author

Bigge, Ryan

Subjects
GoodFellas (Motion picture), Office workers, Characters and characteristics in motion pictures -- Quotations, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Ryan Bigge CORPORATE SURVIVAL GUIDE The much-loved mobster film GoodFellas recently celebrated its 20th (effing!) anniversary. Offering an Oscar-winning performance courtesy of a deranged Joe Pesci and packed with [...]

Published
2010

13. Revenge of superfreakonomics (now in 3-D!)

Author

Bigge, Ryan

Subjects
Motion pictures -- Production and direction, Best sellers, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Ryan Bigge 11.10 / BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE / CULTURE Reading-allergic executives will rejoice to learn that Hollywood is now adapting bestselling business books into movies. October saw the debut of [...]

Published
2010

14. Your word is ... peekaboo

Author

Bigge, Ryan

Subjects
Spelling games -- Humor and anecdotes -- Laws, regulations and rules, Comedians -- Works, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: RYAN BIGGE; Special to The Globe and Mail TRENDS Peter, a trim young soldier complete with dog tags, is onstage at Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, pondering the [...]

Published
2010

15. Ticket to ride

Author

Bigge, Ryan and Noik-Bent, Sherry

Subjects
Price gouging -- Management, Ticket brokers -- Management -- Prices and rates, Company business management, Company pricing policy, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: RYAN BIGGE; SHERRY NOIK-BENT Four years ago, Kendal Harazny turned his passion for hawking sports and concert tickets into a full-time job through his Edmonton-based TicketGold. Want seats for [...]

Published
2007

16. But seriously, folks

Author

Bigge, Ryan

Subjects
Don't Get Too Comfortable (Book) -- Rakoff, David, Books -- Book reviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: RYAN BIGGE Don't Get Too Comfortable By David Rakoff Doubleday Canada, 222 pages, $29.95 'Alejandra looks like a Victorian lampshade,' David Rakoff writes, describing a Latin American Playboy playmate [...]

Published
2005

17. Shop talk: Already the stores are full of Christmas offerings, but as RYAN BIGGE writes, not everyone loves to shop till they drop

Author

Bigge, Ryan

Subjects
Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, Subliminal Seduction (Book), The Space Merchants (Book) -- Book reviews, The Hidden Persuaders (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: RYAN BIGGE 'We used to build civilizations. Now we build shopping malls.' -- Bill Bryson, Neither Here Nor There. Yesterday was Buy Nothing Day, a moratorium on capitalism sponsored [...]

Published
2003

18. They roar, but don't rant

Author

BIGGE, RYAN

Subjects
Victory Meat: New Fiction from Atlantic Canada (Book), Books -- Book reviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Victory Meat: New Fiction from Atlantic Canada Edited by Lynn Coady Anchor Canada, 200 pages, $21 Anne of Green Gables is in the gutter outside Trapper John's, drunk on screech, [...]

Published
2003

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