Thoughts on my Commuting Habits
After reading Chad Skelton's story in the Vancouver Sun today about transit-use by neighborhood in Vancouver, I have been thinking about my own commuting...
User Control over the Granularity of Location Services
I use a lot of location services on my phone: when I tweet, more often than not, I include my location. I love geo-tagging my photos, so I generally...
Creating a win
In my job, I do a mix of project work (larger bits, building sites, etc), tickets (service requests from clients) & management (running a company)....
Musical Nostalgia
It's happened. I'm officially old. I'm looking about the contemporary musical landscape, and most bands are coming up short against the bands of my youth....
To my Mum, on International Women's Day
My Mum, Dr. Rosemary Tannock, is one of my heroes. I don't...
Have Lunch with Me
I often waffle back-and-forth about the value of "soft" networking - where I'm not necessarily wanting something from the other person, or vice versa -...
iTunes AppStore & The Tyranny of Choice
When I'm looking to buy a new video game, I have 2 primary sources: The first is Video Game blogs (I generally read Joystiq & the IGN Xbox feeds), the...
Online News, Titles & Usability: The Globe & Mail Gets It
I spend a lot of time reading news online - far too much really. And why not? It's an easy way to get a wide view of current events. Generally, in any...
Simple pleasures in iTunes
It's a silly little thing, but one of favourite serendipitous experiences is when, while listening to iTunes DJ, iTunes plays a track that is a song-intro...
Why Can't I sleep?
as I tweeted in frustration late last night, I've been having troubles sleeping lately. This happens sometimes - bouts of insomnia - that usually...