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Nudity and yummy mummies

I mean, really, this is just the manifestation of some long-apparent destiny anyway, right? Honestly, hands up if you haven’t looked at me and thought “man, that guy is one yummy mummy.” Oh. Wow. That’s a lot of hands. Jerks. Anyway, with that self-indulgent bit of rambling out of the way, it is my incredible… Continue reading Nudity and yummy mummies

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Five years

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

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Airport Bingo – The gaming sensation that is sweeping the nation

Business traveller with lots of long layovers? Recreational traveller who cleared security too early? Fear not, road warriors, your salvation is at hand. Joe Boughner Enterprises is pleased to present Airport Bingo – the gaming sensation that’s sweeping the nation. Play alone or play with friends (actually, don’t play with friends, there’s only one card… Continue reading Airport Bingo – The gaming sensation that is sweeping the nation

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

The Mashable dilemma

I get that sites like Mashable get their revenue from ads. And I also get that ad revenue is contingent upon eyeballs. I get it. I really do. So when I see something blatantly linkbaity, I know why it’s there. But it leads to something of a credibility gap, doesn’t it?

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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?)