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Why I switched from Android to a 4 year old iPhone

This week I stole a first generation iPhone from my year and a half year old daughter. She had been using it for months to walk around with, perched between ear and shoulder, repeating “hello? hello.” It had saliva coated on over it’s once pristine face, but I got rid of that quickly. Maybe a [...]

Movember

I’m participating in Movember this year, growing a ‘stache to raise money for prostate cancer research. In 2010 4,400 men will die of prostate cancer, and I’d like to do my small part to help stop that. My embarrassingly scratchy progress will be posted on my movember page http://ca.movember.com/mospace/784546/ where you can also donate to [...]

The rule on lists of rules

It’s become de rigeur for blogs to publish lists of advice, or rules to live by gained from the author’s years of experience. After reading several of these, I’ve compiled my own list, a much shorter version. Don’t take advice/rules lists too seriously, they’re all made up of people’s personal experiences and aren’t law. Empathy [...]

Using YouTube for every ad you make

This weekend Missy saw an ad she liked on television, so she turned to the internet to find more about it. Her first stop was YouTube, a step that I thought was pretty logical, but it turned out to be unsuccessful. It would take her another half hour of searching to finally find the video. [...]

Keep it simple.

I couldn’t have said this better. We’re spending too much money on products that don’t last when there are better options that have been available all along. This is a binder clip. You can buy 60 of them for $4. If you, at any time, have more than 60 open bags that need closing you’ve [...]