Albums of the year - 2015
I used to do this regularly (see 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 & 2010), but apparently haven't done it in a while. I suspect that it is no coincidence...
Access to reading: architecture informs literacy
I’ve been thinking recently about the privilege of access — mine in particular. A fact about me that I constantly found surprising growing up is that,...
Gearing up, gearing down
Extroverting while introverted It took me a really long time — well into my twenties, maybe even early thirties, to learn to respect my need for downtime,...
Quick thoughts on Current Politics
While Harper was PM, it was politically useful for opponents to ascribe all policy to him; indeed, he cultivated that (“the Harper government”). It hid...
Design & Content Conference: A sort-of review
So let’s get this out of the way up front: I have a lot of bias regarding the Design & Content Conference: - My company was a sponsor of the...
Marvel Unlimited & digital media ownership: some thoughts
I've been buying comics weekly since I've had an allowance - about 30 years or so. 98% of them are Marvel comics - and in particular the X-men and the...
Additive vs Subtractive rights
I’ve been thinking a lot about individual rights and progressive policies lately. The rise of the Government-as-snooping-boogeyman with all the Snowden...
O Vancouver, City that I love
Vancouver has a hard, brittle beauty. Walk down any street in Vancouver. We are a city of nondescript streets, where very few blocks possess a beauty of...
Just-in-time disk
Just-in-time Disks, wherein I complain, yet again, about the state of cloud storage services, cross-device sync and ownership of generated content.