Today I’ll be going to a local meetup that focuses on apps, organized by my good friend Dan Parks on a regular basis. The guy gives those that attend some printed packages on what he’s discussing to take home. He goes to a lot of trouble and puts in more effort than most would for […]
Today I noticed more discussion on various blogs regarding the closing off of comments to readers. I know several writers have done this – some very recently and some quite some time ago – and while I respect their thoughts on the matter, I also respectfully disagree with them. The great part about allowing comments
It’s like the folks at The Omni Group know they have so many of us over a barrel. A tremendously organized barrel. As someone who has dabbled on a ton of productivity-type apps, I just can’t seem to shake OmniFocus. And that’s not a bad thing, but it is a thing. It’s a thing in
UPDATE: The Only72 event for 2011 is now over. See you next year. For those of you who’ve been reading Vardy.me for some time, you know that I’m a big fan of the World Domination Summit — and those whom I’ve met as a result of going to said summit. That said, I’m not usually a
While I said I‘d not post so much in terms of imagery and videos here anymore, when it comes to holiday messages I think I’ll make an exception. As a result, this is now a post that contains over a thousand words. Happy Thanksgiving to my neighbours to the south.
Tonight I sat on a panel that discussed podcasting at my local Social Media Club chapter, and had a great time. Along with John Overall and Mike & Cheryl DeWolfe, we offered up tips, tricks, tools and some “how to” material for those in attendance. One of the takeaways for me: Podcasting sounds harder than
The following is the first chapter from my NaNoWriMo book, tentatively called Two-Timed Out. It’s the first work of fiction I’ve done in a long time1 , and it feels good to get it out of my head and into the world. This is the first 2,000 words; I’m sitting at just under 37,000 words
I had the opportunity to go to TEDxVictoria today. While I couldn’t stay for its entirety, what I was able to be part of was yet another tremendous TEDx experience. Held in the spacious Victoria Conference Centre, the event was a top-notch one that was organized by an equally top-notch team of committed volunteers (some
Here’s some of what was said during the opening moments of this week’s Talking is Dead podcast: Me: I just wanted a bit of a break from some of my stuff so I could figure out what “some of the stuff” I didn’t want to do anymore. And I figured it out, you know, and
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