Apr 20Things about PortugalMy family recently returned from Portugal having spent much of the winter there. It was a phenomenal trip, and I’m incredibly grateful to have been able to do it. It was the longest contiguous chunk of time (university aside) I’ve ever not been in Ottawa. After a trip people will…Travel20 min readTravel20 min read
Nov 15, 2022Past, pains, predictions and prayers of my love affair with SmartphonesI’ve long had a vision of technology that would accompany me wherever I went, and that tech would do wonders for me; both by augmenting my brain in terms of memory, utility, and information, but also in terms of connection and collaboration. I feel we’re on the cusp of a…Smartphones23 min readSmartphones23 min read
Aug 18, 2022On being a parentIn the middle of a brief pause from a hectic, breathless morning doing my best to ready my family for the day, my minds eye focused in on the last few months and I thought, “phew, this has been pretty darn intense”. …Parenting8 min readParenting8 min read
Jul 14, 2022My new cameraI agree very much with the adage that the best camera is the one that is with you. For the past 12 years, this has been the camera built in to my iPhone. I recently purchased a new camera, a Ricoh GR IIIx. A roughly 2 week research and courting…Photography3 min readPhotography3 min read
Apr 28, 2022Free Speech CollageI have been fascinated by social media ever since the early days, leveraging it where possible, and diving in early and blindly when new platforms arose. Now is a very interesting time in social media. I believe it will continue to evolve and improve, degrade and improve again, and I’m…Social Media2 min readSocial Media2 min read
Mar 23, 2022Crunching my Twitter DataAt the crossroads of quite a few backburner interests of mine, I decided to take a look at some of my historical internet usage data to see if I could learn anything about me, about the internet, or about data visualization. Low and behold, it was my 15th anniversary as…Twitter Data6 min readTwitter Data6 min read
Jan 16, 2021My approach to 2021I have long had a fascination with todo lists, note taking apps, writing platforms, personal and professional goal frameworks, and more recently in personal knowledge management frameworks. I’ve tried many over the years. I often would choose to spend my time researching and playing with various list and note taking…Goal Setting8 min readGoal Setting8 min read
Mar 14, 2020How corporations rob the bank of humanityHas something ever happened to you that has left you in a complete state of disbelief? Not in only in a how could this actually happen kind of way, but also in a how could we as a society have let this become the way we operate kind of way…Corporations9 min readCorporations9 min read
Jan 2, 2020Concerning the relativity of my timeTime, we lost track of the hours, Pizza boxes towered, On the floor beside the bed. — “My Parent’s House”, Hayden I’ve had the great fortune to have taken a sabbatical from work for the entire course of 2019. I thought a lot about time during this year, more than…Life Lessons6 min readLife Lessons6 min read
Oct 23, 2019Garmin, its over between usIf you’ve been physically near me (or much of my social media) in the past two months, you’ve likely heard me moan about my dissatisfaction with my first foray into running/GPS watches. For this — I apologize. Let me assure you, this piece represents the catharsis of this foray. …Garmin8 min readGarmin8 min read
