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Marty Douglas: Learning to deal with big data

Marty Douglas: Learning to deal with big data

What better way to celebrate Canada Day than by setting your hair on fire over another perceived threat? By the way, setting your hair on fire, while not recommended, is one of the few demonstrations available to Canadians without a permit and, if it goes badly, it’s...
Real estate and divorce

Real estate and divorce

In 1987 I was fortunate enough to attend the FIABCI World Conference in Copenhagen.  Just in case your real estate acronyms are out-of-date like your FINTRAC manual, FIABCI stands for six words in French I can never remember but which, in English, translate to...
Thanks for the journey, Brian: Remembering Brian Collie

Thanks for the journey, Brian: Remembering Brian Collie

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming – Wow! What a ride!” – Hunter S....
Marty Douglas: Apathy and annual general meetings

Marty Douglas: Apathy and annual general meetings

I’m in Las Vegas. Sin City. Overlooking the vast rooftops of the Mandalay Bay Resort. The pools aren’t open yet – they’re waiting for Spring Break. Having just emcee’d the Banff Western Connection, I’m adjusting to the leisure of a regular attendee at my brand’s...