Soft Skills are Hard Requirements
Today I had a call with one of our vendors who helps find developers and other technically-skilled contractors that we’ve employed in the past. It wasn’t with Marlene, who’s been my contact with this …
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The Metaverse Needs a Pandemic
Let’s be clear on one thing before we begin, here: I’m not advocating for widespread death and suffering. If it were possible to have a pandemic without all the pain we’ve collectively endured for the …
To COVID or Not to COVID
We flew back from England on Sunday. It was a long day. On Monday afternoon, I started to feel … off. For me, that’s somewhat common for flying, I often don’t feel great afterwards. Especially with …
Anyone sick of hearing about the metaverse?
A few months ago, Mark Zuckerberg stood in front of a large audience and declared the presence of the Metaverse, at the same time rebranding his company to “Meta” because it was so darned important. (And …
Happy 2nd COVIDversary!
Two years ago, we went into hiding from a rising pandemic. At the time, we were bracing for at most a few weeks of remote operations, with hopes that things would return to normal fairly quickly. Hoo boy, how wrong we …
20 Years Without My Dad
My father passed away 20 years ago today. There was a time, not too long ago, when I thought about having lost him a lot. I was a young(er) father with young children and I felt often at wits’ end and I so dearly …
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Are Successful People Awful?
I’m a bit late to the podcast game. I had listened to them on and off over the years but hadn’t really taken to them. Why would I want to listen to someone prattle on about something when I can listen to …
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The End of COVID and a Return to Normal
Today, Alberta dropped almost all of the COVID restrictions that we’ve been living under for the last near-two years. (I’m ignoring the boondoogle that happened in summer 2021 – The Best Summer Ever …
The Challenge of Authentic Identity
This morning, I got into a bit of a debate with my friend Duane, the result of a comment about how we need to find a way to tone down the rhetoric and prominence of racist shitheads and state-sponsored lies that are …
Happy Twosday!
Oh, we’re stretching this so far it could snap. But today is “Twosday”, the last time for over a thousand years when we’ll have AW WHO AM I KIDDING THIS IS COMPLETE BUNK! This is because someone …
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