Our Funny Farm
We moved to Milford, Nova Scotia on March 2nd, 2020– two weeks before the arse came out of the world. It was a weird first year being locked…
WordPress, ActivityPub & Mastodon
So, I deleted my Twitter and moved to Mastodon. I’m pretty convinced that decentralized social media is the future and currently that means ActivityPub is the protocol that…
Remembering Bruce Langille
Today is Father’s Day. Dad passed on Mother’s Day. Here is the text of the tribute I gave for him at his funeral: Dad lived life fully. We…
Haley Alone
The knife hit bone and Haley pushed it through into the soft cranial tissue. Red flowed around her hand, then grey, and then finally, black. She pulled back…
Who Gardens the Gardeners?
Hello, said Tree. I’m in you and you’re in me. Hello, said Tree. Soon we’ll be a family. It started as a joke, really. Betsy dared me. “Swallow…
Disrupting Disruption – Keystone Thoughts
No one. I mean NO ONE should be surprised about the Biden administration nixing the Keystone Pipeline. If you are surprised, you haven’t been paying attention. This project…
Lies
“Why are you late?” she asked through gritted teeth, wincing and relaxing again. Such a simple question. Why was I late? Did it even matter? I was here…
How to Break Up with Adobe
Adobe Systems is a Monopoly; acts like one. The company has created a wonderful set of applications that are considered the gold standard in business and creative industries.…
How Not to Be a Jerk Online
This a re-post from my personal blog almost 6 years ago. Still relevant. All of the sentiment herein applies with any digital communication tool, be it Facebook, Twitter…
Doug’s Rules of Work (At Home)
A few of you have seen Doug’s Rules of Work before. The idea for this has been germinating for several years, but it was while reviewing an early…
PSA: Take Care of Your Eyes
We are all spending a bunch of time in front of our computers. I don’t know about you, but it’s pretty easy to lose time. But it’s weird…
When to Use What with Office 365
As I mentioned two weeks ago, I was challenged with creating an infographic. I double-downed on said challenge and opted to do it with Office 365’s built-in tools.…