Tag: blog
On Memory
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It’s been a while since I did a good old fashioned blog post. I’ve been doing a lot of hard-core thinking about big ideas the last couple of years, trying to figure out the best way to explore my thoughts on things that are really important to me but are hard to talk about in…
The iPhone and Battery Life
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Discussion about iPhone and iPad battery life has been swirling about the tech world of late. Specifically, the idea that many Apple products are made in service to an “ideal” battery life has come up in many of the circles I follow. Jason Snell wrote a very nice piece showing how Apple “solves” for battery…
2015: A Year in Preview (The Power of a Like)
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I fully intend to get around to writing some thoughts I had about the year that was 2014, but today is not the day for that. Today, I am going to share some of my feelings about the world’s entertainment landscape, discuss how the rise of the internet and the last 5-10 years of pop…
The Problem with Blackmail – Thought of the Day
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This Sony hack and media frenzy around the un-release of The Interview this Christmas Day has got me thinking. The hackers have now sent Sony a new message thanking them for cancelling the release of their movie “The Interview” and saying that they will keep all of Sony’s stolen intellectual property to themselves unless the…
Who has Two Thumbs and Loves Things Online?
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I’m going to start this post in an unexpected way: Taylor Swift isn’t the person posting things on her Twitter account, in at least 95% of cases. I know this because for the better part of a year, I have been patrolling the better part of 5 different Twitter accounts, 4 Facebook pages, 3 Google+…
Why Gay Matters
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It’s tiresome to hear again and again in the news about so and so coming out as gay or lesbian. There are three main ways to react to this news (spoiler alert: only one of these reactions is worth talking about): You don’t care if people are gay, straight, or anywhere in between. You’re happy…
An Open Letter to Canadian Internet Service Providers
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Dear Internet Service Providers (ISPs), I’m going to attempt to remain as calm as possible throughout this letter, but honestly we’ve all had enough of your ridiculous policies and price gouging. I’ve written and talked about this problem many times before, and 5+ years of crazy and punitive changes to your wireless and home internet…
Generation Why? (Part 3)
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In Part 1 and Part 2 of this story, I talk about my journey from post-secondary education to getting started with trying to make a career. This is Part 3. As I talked about earlier this week, I am a huge believer in the concept of basic income. This is the idea that everybody in a given…
Generation Why? (Part 2)
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In Part 1 of this story, I give a little bit of history of how I got to where I am today with a contracted job in the public service, knowing what I want out of university, and what I learned about finding an adult job. Yesterday, I spent some time reflecting on how I got…
Generation Why? (Part 1)
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The North American workforce is getting older. That shouldn’t come as a surprise to anybody, because the North American population as a whole is getting older. We are living longer lives, and our working years extend further and further into what has long been considered “old age”. As a relatively new member of the adult…