8 things you probably didn’t know about me
January 2, 2008
history
Lisa Rousseau tagged me in the non-semantic way with the 8 things you didn’t know about me meme (hey, that’s me three times…) and after agonizing on
Top Ten Films of 2007
December 31, 2007
film
Here we go for the 6th time and another list of 10 films that I loved this past year. It was a good year for film and it featured films from some of
Favourite Software of 2007
December 23, 2007
software
I’m not a fan of big expensive applications (with the notable exception of Final Cut Pro), but I love open source and shareware that is the product
Five Years of Creative Commons
December 15, 2007
copyfight
Five years ago today things changed online in the copyfight. Frustration with the increasingly hostile environment surrounding intellectual property
Changing Bitdepth
December 2, 2007
web
When I started this site in May of 2002, I was using Rael Dornfest’s amazing Blosxom script that takes text files and converts them into postings.
Full Circle
October 28, 2007
learning
Five years ago I started working at the Nova Scotia Community College and one of the requirements for full-time employees is that they have to take
The Myths of Innovation
July 4, 2007
books
With his second book, The Myths of Innovation, Scott Berkun takes a different approach to the subject. With The Art of Project Management, he
Integrating Humanity into the Classroom
June 17, 2007
learning
All too often we seek technological solutions to human problems. In gearing up for the Fall term I’ve been thinking about ways to integrate
Five Years of Bitdepth
June 9, 2007
web
About six years ago Carolyn was talking with me about weblogs or blogs as they’re commonly known now. She saw the possibilities right away while I
Home is Where Your Friends Are
March 25, 2007
web
Sometimes I feel that I’m spread a bit too thin online, but I can’t seem to stop myself for signing up to new things because it’s just so much fun.
Top Ten Films of 2006
December 31, 2006
film
This is the fifth list that I’ve made here and this year it seemed very easy. So in no particular order, here are the ten:
Brick
Rian Johnson’s
Being Online
December 30, 2006
web
Presence online is a interesting thing as we put various parts of ourselves online and share different words, images, sounds and video. Habits
Why blip.tv Rocks
August 26, 2006
web
There are many places to upload and share video now and it’s very easy to view and create it too. But a while ago I found blip.tv and liked it right
commandN Episode #58
August 21, 2006
podcasting
The 58th episode of the video podcast commandN is live and ready for download now. I’ve been helping tape the segments from Halifax and have made a
Bad Metaphor #8 - Camping
August 21, 2006
podcasting
Things don’t always turn out the way that you plan which most of the time is a good thing. Hitting a home run every time would start to get boring
Bad Metaphor and Camping
July 20, 2006
podcasting
It’s Summer and it’s time to hit the road and do some camping and Bad Metaphor podcasting too. John and I will be camping in Fundy National Park and
CC:365
July 4, 2006
music
There is a lot of great Creative Commons licensed music out there, but it can be hard to find things that you like. Grant Robertson started a
irrepressible.info
June 11, 2006
web
http://fragments.irrepressible.info/js/fragment-468.js The web is an amazing way to share things, connect and find information. But the unlimited
Valleyschwag
June 9, 2006
technology
Today I received my first shipment from Valleyschwag. It’s a fascinating idea of subscribing and have a random package that includes at least one
Bad Metaphor 6 - Work
May 28, 2006
podcasting
Last month I took John in to work and we recorded a podcast at the Halifax Downtown Site of the Nova Scotia Community College where I work. Bad
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