How To Camp With A Baby
A Lack of Information Recently my wife and I added a daughter to our family. We have long been campers and have a Canada Day tradition of back country camping at Kejimkujik National Park (more on this amazing spot here). When we began to plan our camping trip we were disappointed to find that Google … Read more
What Public Health Care Can Teach About Customer Service
Canadians are fortunate to live in a country where excellent health care is available (for the most part) free of charge to everyone. Part of using public healthcare is working within a system where there is no competition. Logically, people want and will work towards providing good care, but there is no “competitor” down the street where one can … Read more
The Joy of Using Something Well Designed: Take 2 with Thule
A while back I wrote a post praising Thule for the amount of thought that went into their very well designed Messenger bag for 15″ Macbooks, which I had purchased based on the high reviews (4.5/5 stars) it received on the Apple store. Recently a new co-worker (the illustrious @miriaweidner), was asking what laptop bag I had … Read more
As a courtesy to my coworkers, I will…
This weekend I was emailing a coworker and after hitting send, realized what the impact of that non-urgent email would be. They would see a notification on their mobile device and feel obligated to read it – even though it wasn’t anything that required action until Monday. In hindsight, a relatively selfish thing for me to … Read more
The joy of using something that is well-designed
I get a bit of a smile each time I slide my messenger bag on when leaving for work. As a little history, I’ve had the same laptop bag for years. It was torn, starting to smell funky (too many lunches carried in it) and had a strap that cut into my chest. I spent … Read more
I married a marathoner. FFS
So….my wife is a marathoner. Not just that, she is an obsessive marathoner. She has a coach, she has a physiotherapist, she has a dietician, hell she even has sponsors (and not the kind of sponsor you call when you realize that your running addiction is out of hand). Here’s an outline on what living … Read more
What do I do for a living?
I am lucky to have a job that I love with a company I find exciting. I read blogs, studies and research in my free time almost every night. When I wake up in the morning, I am legitimately excited to get to the office to start a new day. A lot of people would … Read more
