Mike Vardy

Today marks the birthday of a guy I’ve known for over 30 years. And considering my age, that’s pretty much most of my life. I call him “The Richard” in the title here only because whenever I hear the name, he’s the only person that comes to mind. While he’s lived far away from where […]

On Enough this week, Patrick Rhone said this about Scrivener: “This is an operating system for writers.” Now I know that’s why I use it. So insightful, that Mr. Rhone.

In order for me to get closer to being like Swift, I need to get further away from being, like, swift.

Not surprisingly, the Steve Jobs biography is shipping earlier now. While I imagine that the amount of digital copies purchased will be incredible, I’ll be getting an old-fashioned version. Why? Because I want to see it every day, even if I don’t read it every day.

Tonight I was scheduled to give a talk at Pecha Kucha Victoria. But, alas, I will not be there. Instead, I’ve asked Mike Vardy from Eventualism to fill in. I’ve got some stuff that needs doing sooner rather than later (or “eventualler”, as he’d put it), so he has graciously offered to step in and

Today, Ben Brooks over at The Brooks Review pointed out that anyone who wants to sign up for Spotify from now on can only do so via their Facebook account. Thankfully, I’m in Canada and can’t legitimately use Spotify.1 Further thankfully, I’m an Rdio guy.2 With Facebook moving its “furniture” around on a regular basis —

I talked about this song here. Only fitting I show it to you here.1 1. Possibly after any obligatory YouTube advertisement, of course.