I’m all for the pursuit of ambition. In fact, I’m a pretty ambitious person myself. I’ve got a lot of projects that I’ve taken on in the past, and still have few on the burners as I write this. But there is definitely a problem with having too much ambition. Just ask MacBeth.1 While ambition can […]

After speaking gigs and travel, I need to take some time to reconnect with the family and household. I spend time with my kids and take part in some much-delayed household improvement tasks. During that time, I also give myself the time — and permission — to breathe. I catch up on some reading and often

It’s been a crazy weekend here for me…WordCamp Victoria was fantastic and some of the talent I saw tonight at The Showdown was off the charts. But more on these events in posts to come… One of the things I always find is that these “camp-style” gatherings are attended by those with a thirst for

This week was stellar, and should end on a high note as well. I’m speaking at WordCamp Victoria tomorrow in what promises to be a jam-packed day of information about my favourite blogging platform: WordPress. My session will revolve around how, through trial and error, I came to achieve modest blogging success. I will be

As mentioned in my introductory post, I’m using iA Writer to write all of my posts over the next two weeks. Once I’ve given it a good test drive, I’ll offer my thoughts here at the site. That said, I have a ton of writing apps on my iPad and just as many available to

As I listen to the entire catalogue of They Might Be Giants, I get nostalgic for my days working in college (or in my case, campus, radio). I’m not saying that I hadn’t heard of TMBG beforehand, but they and many other artists wouldn’t have met my ears on such a regular basis — if

On my blogroll page, I mention several people who have had a positive impact on me over the past few years. I say this about Jonathan Coulton: Then, there’s Jonathan Coulton. He is a truly inspiring guy who responded to a letter I wrote to him when I was thinking “career shift” back in my Costco

Now…here’s the list of those who (in no particular order) have inspired me, helped me, had a meaningful discussion with me either on or offline, had beers with me1 or just simply makes awesome stuff time and time again. Here are the Persons of Internet for 2010. Brett Kelly has a great site called Bridging the Nerd

I think it might be time to do things a little bit differently around here. My web presence has gradually increased over the past few years, thanks largely to finding a great niche to blog about and throwing in a little bit of good fortune to boot. Up until today, my old personal website has