10 years ago today I was a month into the first academic year in which I was not a student since I was a kid. I knew that journalism was not my calling – despite successfully completing my degree in the field – but I had no idea what was. I cobbled together a living… Continue reading Five years
Category: Thinkin’
Defining strategy
It’s something of a recurring joke in my family that I have a knack for picking hard-to-explain jobs as part of a hard-to-explain career. I had an email exchange with my parents today in which I tried to sum it up in a metaphor they could use to explain it to their retiree friends in… Continue reading Defining strategy
WEM@#SoCapOTT (WTF?)
TREMBLE BEFORE MY ABUSE OF ACRONYMS! Ok, that’s done. So yea, last year I was thrilled to a) help recruit speakers for; b) speak at; and c) serve as emcee at the first ever Social Capital Conference in Ottawa. I thought it was a pretty great event and, evidently, others did too cause this year… Continue reading WEM@#SoCapOTT (WTF?)
Well that is just unfortunate placement
The ability for companies like Google to extrapolate keywords from articles and emails and serve up relevant advertising is a big part of what drives their business. The algorithms or whatever black magic powers them is pretty good too. Sometimes too good. ——– ——– Screen grab of a Mashable article (as it appears in my… Continue reading Well that is just unfortunate placement
Everyone’s welcome in my dressing room
I first caught wind of this in my Twitter feed on the weekend and I’m so happy to see that it’s starting to spread and grow. As most of you probably know, minor hockey has been a huge part of my life, both as a player when I was a kid and as a coach… Continue reading Everyone’s welcome in my dressing room
And now for something completely different
My wife is awesome. Seriously. She’s easily my favourite person on the planet over the age of two. Her birthday is this weekend and I want her to feel special. And since I know a lot of you are rather fond of her yourselves, I figured you might like the opportunity to mark such an… Continue reading And now for something completely different
“The internet sucks,” he announced, leaving the table
So this happened today. A couple of months ago I wrote a post inspired by a piece in Slate all about literal titles and how they may or may not destroy narratives. We got around to talking about the Slate article and my interpretation of it during a team meeting at work today. It was… Continue reading “The internet sucks,” he announced, leaving the table
Transactions vs. experiences: End of storytelling on the web?
My maternal grandfather is an exceptional storyteller. He has a quiet demeanor about him (or it least it seems that way at first blush as he’s usually surrounded my mom and her siblings – a group that’s never been accused of being subtle when they’re together) but he has a way of spinning the most… Continue reading Transactions vs. experiences: End of storytelling on the web?
On blogging, silence and finding my place
I sometimes ask myself why I’m not blogging more. The answers are many, of course. I have a 15 month old daughter at home that saps my attention and energy. I’m also deeply engaged in a project at work (and have been since January) that is exciting, daunting, inspiring and monotonous all at the same… Continue reading On blogging, silence and finding my place
I am afraid of the internet
The brilliant Ed Lee shared an even more brilliant Ignite presentation on his blog this morning – a presentation all about how social media could theoretically (except it’s not so theoretical, really) go very bad, very quickly. I encourage you to watch the clip, it’s a fast-moving five minutes. The nutshell version, though, is it… Continue reading I am afraid of the internet