I watched this talk the other evening, and since then the idea of the One Question has been stuck in my head, i.e.: “What’s the one question you’ve been waiting your whole life to be asked?”
I don’t know what my question is, least not yet. What’s yours? (I have a feeling that figuring that out [...]
Archive for December, 2009
2009
2009
So far this season I’ve made six sockmonkeys. One went to Tim Jackson of Tech Capital for giving the biggest donation to our Movember team. One went to Melissa for Christmas. I forgot to take pictures of either of those sockmonkeys. Oops. Though I suspect we could get Melissa to take a picture of hers [...]
2009
Will I get a Time magazine cover photo?
I could have sworn I’ve seen articles like this one annually for the past couple/few years. I have to admit it’s a bit odd seeing your job touted as the “next big thing”. (Especially for multiple years running.) I’m also not holding my breath.
It always seems a bit incongruous to me, too, since, [...]
2009
We went to see Avatar last weekend. If you’ve been anywhere near media over the past few months, I’m sure you’ve heard plenty. We didn’t have terribly high hopes — the preview we’d seen months ago really was nothing special, and the animation actually looked less sophisticated than some of what we’ve already seen.
But we [...]
2009
The inaugural Ignite Waterloo took place on November 25th in downtown Kitchener, at the Children’s Museum.
I’d never been to an Ignite event, but greatly enjoyed this one (especially since I somehow managed to not pay for a single drink all evening — thanks, gentlemen!)
It was a lot of fun, there was a lot [...]
2009
Bamboozled
Some months ago, Erin told me a crazy story about a friend of hers who was working as an au pair in Amsterdam. It involved a dead dog and a suitcase.
Now, I’ve been on the internets for some time, so I probably should have twigged on to the fact that this story was just right [...]