The Bone Clocks
I'm a big fan of David Mitchell - I devoured Cloud Atlas - although, perhaps oddly, I've not read The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet, which I suppose...
The restaurant-drink conundrum
I'm working on myself. My fitness, my health, my size. I'm running, I'm cycling & walking more. I'm watching what I eat. Part of this, and a hard one...
Cycling the Kettle Valley Rail Trail
In mid-August, we strapped the bikes on the back of the car, the kids in their seats and drove out to Kelowna. There, we picked my parents up from the...
Jack White at Deer Lake
I finally saw Jack White last night! Fourth time's the charm (I failed 2 times during the White Stripes era, once since - a mixture of weather problems...
Thinking about Payments
I've been doing a lot of thinking about how awkward, broken and balkanized payments are of late - I went as far as to build a few prototypes of slightly...
I can't take a compliment
Tonight, Steve complimented me on twitter: You know who’s great? @Stv is and not just because his name rules. — Steve Fisher (@hellofisher) July 11, 2014...
Raising an Emotionally-aware child
Kellan is most definitely in the throws of The Terrible Threes. I don't know where this "terrible twos" business came from - because, for both my kids,...
Improving Untappd's rating system
I really like Untappd. It's a great app, has lots of uses, and, for me, adds to my beer-consumption experience. The team behind it has done a great job,...
Creating Focus
(n.b.: this was originally posted at Medium, due to a server issue here) I, perhaps like a lot of creatives, need to create “the right space” to get...
Rethinking "Workaholism"
Recently, Lauren wrote a really great piece on "The Balance Matrix" - a struggle many of us share, and something I've been working hard on my whole...