Mike Vardy

Sunday Song: Alone Again

I heard this while watching Megamind with my daughter yesterday in the early morning hours. Ironic choice of tune based on what was going on in our house…but not so much based on what was going on in the movie. You know, I always thought it was someone else that sung this. Like a Bee […]

Evernote Essentials 2.0

A lot went into the initial edition of Evernote Essentials, and Brett Kelly has upped the content with Evernote Essentials 2.0. I have the first version of the book, and it has been a valuable resource in my quest to wrap my head around all that Evernote has to offer. This book has been a

Trailer for the Scariest Movie Ever

I’m not a fan of scary movies, but this one is different. Watching it is like looking into a messed-up crystal ball. The storyteller is a genius…let’s just hope he isn’t anything like Nostradamus. You’ve gotta see it. It is the scariest movie ever in my books, it’s right up there amongst the funniest and

The Journey to Markdown

I tweeted a month ago that I was going to take the leap and try my hand at Markdown, considering that I’ve heard nothing but praise for the language from the likes of: Merlin Mann David Sparks … and its co-creator, John Gruber Some of you know what Markdown is, some don’t. Here’s the Coles

Everything Must Go…Almost

And I thought that my whittling down of apps was pretty drastic. Chris Smith over at Stepcase Lifehack went full declutter on his apps — basically an “app diet” of sorts. Why’d he do it? How’d he do it? It’s all there — along with a bit of a “throwing of the gauntlet” to readers.

On Discipline

There are tons of people offering practical tips on the web to help you improve your discipline. But according to a recent article from WIRED, you may already have what you need inside of you. Or at least temporarily inside of you. Apparently urine may be an ingredient in improving your discipline: Holding it when

The Smurfiest Cat

I took the night off to reflect on 17 years of hanging with this fella. So long, Azrael. You were a really smurfy cat.

On Public Speaking

As my date at Freelance Camp Vancouver approaches, I found that Brett Kelly’s post on his experience delivering his presentation at the Evernote Trunk Conference particularly timely. “…I’m not so naïve as to think that I could prance on up to the microphone and completely nail it on the first try. But, I really do

Dyscultured: Cup Sizing, TouchPad Rising and Star Wars Bastardizing

Fellow Canadians take note: Tim Horton’s is mixing up its cop sizes. (Alas, not Trente.) On the 149th episode of Dyscultured, we make the most of what might be considered a slow-ish news week. Dyscultured #149: So Long, Small One What’s on the agenda this week? Well, the rest of the world needs to concern