Today in Vancouver, the FIFA events brought an undeniable energy to the city. Fans filled the streets celebrating, vendors were doing brisk business, and the atmosphere was electric. This got me thinking about the long-standing debate over whether hosting major sporting events is truly worthwhile. Critics often focus on the high costs, arguing they don’t
I was reading about a case today on how Google was found liable as a result of its AI summary feature that displays when users do a search nowadays where it apparently made inaccurate and damaging remarks about a business to the point where they got sued. Normally the platform would be shielded from this
Today, it got me thinking about perception, especially when it comes to business. There was a FIFA event here in Vancouver that had everyone buzzing, though a lot of people were skeptical about whether we wasted millions of dollars on it. Today, there was a fan festival at the PNE. When I first saw the
There was a lot of press recently for some reason about a former art teacher from China who has somehow ended up homeless in Richmond BC as something happened in the past few years. While I won’t get into the specifics, it does make me think of all those stories of people being highly regarded
As a local in Vancouver it’s interesting to hear all the people who are normally not very entrepreneurial all of a sudden coming up with ideas on how they can potentially create some kind of side hustle during the FIFA games that there will be a lot of tourists. Everything from making food to acting
I was wondering what all these crazy line ups were for around the transit station today and apparently it was due to a limited-edition soccer ball keychain where you can use it as your transit pass to scan through gates. The thing is, there wasn’t any official branding or anything on this keychain as it