It’s days like today that…
For those that are not in the GVA or have not heard what the weather is like here; we’ve had approximately 20cm of snow fall across the city over the past 48 hours. What doesn’t sound like much for...
View ArticleWii…. got one. And it’s sure wheee!
As I posted earlier, I’ve been following the Wii console for a while now. I was in the local BestBuy the day prior to the Wii release, and the salesperson seemed quite confident that they would not...
View ArticleColor of the bike shed
Color of the bikeshed I’ve experienced this so many times it’s something I come to expect when I work on any upcoming project. The bigger – and more abstract – problem related to this is quite simply...
View ArticleWhen you “come around”, don’t be afraid to admit it
<rant> You attain much more respect by admitting your mistakes than by ignorantly casting them aside. We've all known or worked with someone who "defends bad ideas". If you have defended a bad...
View ArticleCSS Practices
Cascading Style Sheets: they take patience and must be understood. Otherwise you can get destructive and counterproductive. Where is the example? .feature-list {} We’ve got a feature list that is used...
View Articlecorkd.com – down again, what’s wrong?
I’m noticing that corkd.com is a cool little service that I like to use. The problem is it seems to be down half of the time I try to access it. Last few times, the request would time out. This time it...
View ArticleBring on the gridlock! Bring on change!
Short term pain for long term gain. I tend to believe that in order for change to occur, there needs to be a (cheaper|better|more convenient) alternative to prompt a change in user|consumer habit....
View ArticleTelus, if you are listening… you suck!
That’s right. But you probably already knew that right? Now, while I have your attention let me explain. I have this here cell phone which I use on your network. I should probably mention that I...
View ArticleEmail is your biggest competitor
I mean, I get hundreds of email in my normal day at my current gig. And it’s ridiculous, as most can easily be replaced if we just used an issue tracker and wiki (which we have plenty of). Not only...
View ArticleYour Health: do you listen or do you ignore?
A lot has been going on lately, and we all have less and less time to think about ourselves. Less time to listen to our bodies and less time to do anything about it. I’ll tell you a story. Not long...
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