Let's do it again
Thirty years ago, the Mosaic Browser was released. At the time, I was deep in the BBS- and gopher-land as a teenager. But it was absolutely love at first...
For Darren
(adapted from a short speech given in-person). The worlds of "Vancouver Tech" and "Vancouver Progressives" are pretty small. And the intersection in...
Post-Burnout, Self-Identity
I'm not sure if I've been particularly explicit, but around when we sold Pencilneck, I was really suffering from burnout. At the time, I fully intended to...
I'm Leaving Vancouver
I arrived in Vancouver in late summer of 1995, to come to university. I knew, almost the moment I got off the plane, that this would be home from now on....
Peaceful Games in Turbulent Times
For much of my life, I've used video games as a sort of "social separation mental health strategy" - when the world gets to be too much, I play video...
The Four Jedi (software architects) You Meet in Heaven
*with apologies to Mitch Albom, of course. We recently got Disney+, and I finished watching The Mandalorian, and then, casting about for what else there...
Developer Levels: evaluating professional growth
This is one of those things that my instinct with developer levels is "I know an [X] developer when I see one" - but if you're a developer reporting to...
Managing through aphorisms
They're clichés, sure, but are for a reason. And in a sound-byte driven world, having a punchy phrase to summarize what is often full of nuance is useful....
A year (or so) in
If you recall, when last we left our intrepid hero, he'd started a job at TELUS Digital. It's now been shortly over a year, so let's check in, shall we?...
3 years with an e-bike
A little over 3 years ago, I tore my ACL. It wasn't awesome. I was in constant pain, and worst of all, I couldn't ride my bike - my primary means of commuting. I decided that an electric bike would help keep me moving and active.