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.

There are days when a writer simply doesn’t want to pick up her pen, strike a key or say a word that will wind up forming something much longer. There are days when the drudgery of the day keeps the muse at bay. There are days when you can attempt to beat resistance, but you

The web is a stunty place. Really stunty. Heck, by using a word like “stunty” that doesn’t even exist, I’m doing a little bit of stunty right here and now. Folks trying to grab your attention with stunts that grab you so that you stick around for the rest of the show — their show

A saga is defined as “a long, detailed account” by Merriam-Webster. I’d describe the drama at TechCrunch over the past few weeks as a saga. The Star Wars saga is an example of a saga that I enjoyed, until its legacy was tarnished by: Going to the well too many times; Making changes that diluted