Joell Ortiz’s new free EP Farewell Summer is fire. I’m so hot, I could stand still and pour sweat In the North Pole, fully naked with my balls wet Damn. Check out this track, So Wrong, featuring Talib Kweli, Brother … Continue reading
Anyone who knows me well knows that reading The Ominvore’s Dilemma had a fairly profound impact on me. I’ve taken to shopping pretty much exclusively at farmers’ markets and ranting to anyone who’ll listen about the wonders of local and … Continue reading
A great program all-round, Ideas, from CBC Radio, recently ran a two part round-table discussion on secularism in modern democracies that was just fantastic. A reasoned, in-depth, and principled discussion that steered clear of all the usual empty rhetoric on … Continue reading
Last week the winners of the 2010 Webby awards were announced. Jennifer Farley, one of the staff bloggers at SitePoint (where I work), recently posted a breakdown of five of the winners in design-related categories, along with her impressions of … Continue reading
I’m a big fan of Mockingbird for creating quick mockups and wireframes. It’s free, it’s online, and it does just about everything you want it to do. That said, a bit of choice never hurt anyone, so it’s interesting to … Continue reading
Episode 403 of This American Life has a fascinating story about the US auto industry and how GM missed a golden opportunity to correct its course and save itself. There’s a lot of interesting business theory in there, but even … Continue reading
On the recommendation of our marketing guy, I’ve recently been listening to the audiobook version of Trust Agents, by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith. The book aims to teach the reader how to become a “trust agent,” an expression the … Continue reading
On a whim, I registered isitgoingtobeok.com today. I’m hoping to turn it into a collection of reasons to believe that it’s going to be ok. I’m off to a very small start. If you have any suggestions, I’d love to … Continue reading
Andrew Tetlaw, my boss at SitePoint, has just launched a new micro-blog: Awesome but Useless. It’s a celebration of the coolest technological wizardry on the Web that couldn’t possibly serve any practical purpose, like animated cloth simulations built in JavaScript … Continue reading
This video, from Jason Fried (@jasonfried) of 37signals, really hit home with me. I’m often guilty of being a little quick on the trigger to interrupt people when I have a question or want their input on something. I’m going … Continue reading