Designing for Behavior Change
March 30, 2014
behaviour & book & books & fitbit & lift & review
If you’ve tried changing something you to do to be healthier, you’ve probably used an application or device to assist you. What was once an obscure
The Pleasures of Baking Bread
March 15, 2010
books & cooking
One of the most enjoyable things that you can do is bake a loaf of bread. It’s basic and nourishing and provides a little bit of magic in your day.
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
The Art of Project Management
June 26, 2005
books
Scott Berkun is my favourite writer of essays on managing people. Through the essays on his site and his essential PM Clinic mailing list, you can
Blink
March 15, 2005
books
How quickly can you figure something out? Apparently if you’re good at it, you can tell with very little information very quickly. Malcolm Gladwell
The Coma
August 23, 2004
books
“If we wait long enough, something strange will happen.”
I’ve only read one novel by Alex Garland and seen one film where he wrote the script. I
Hacking and Making Stuff
August 19, 2004
books
Hacking is moving into the mainstream. O’Reilly has their successful “Hacks” series of books and people just can’t resist finding out how things
You Are Here
February 4, 2004
books
I’m finishing up a very neat book called You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination that was a Christmas present (which
All Tomorrow’s Parties
January 5, 2004
books
I just finished reading William Gibson’s All Tomorrow’s Parties which I like a lot. I’ve become a bit of a fan of Gibson in reverse. I’d known about
Pattern Recognition
May 1, 2003
books
One thing that I’m specifically trying to do is to read more books that aren’t manuals or non-fiction. So I picked up William Gibson’s Pattern
MOMA Russian Avant-Garde Book Exhibition
October 11, 2002
art & books
The Museum of Modern Art in New York is an amazing place. While working on Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O’Ree Story we shot in New York and I was
Souvenir of Canada
July 2, 2002
books
What does it mean to be Canadian? Or more to the point, how does it feel to be Canadian? In general I think that Canadians have a difficult time