Meslin does the math and discovers he agrees with Ford
If you’ve ever wondered what sort of mayor Rob Ford would be if he didn’t have an allergy to common sense and basic math, the latest blog post from Dave Meslin might surprise you. Ford spent some time in Winnipeg this week, and one of the things he really liked about it was that “they only had […]
Tags: City Council, Dave Meslin, politics, representation, Rob Ford, Toronto, Winnipeg
Posted in Social Action |
The best cup of coffee in the world
I don’t know how he does it, but my father-in-law Graham makes the best cup of coffee around. I start each day of every trip here with a cup; it’s one of the little things I look forward to each time. I know that for most of you, that information is useless and this post was […]
Tags: coffee, my in-laws, vacation
Posted in Friends and Family |
Traktor as a brainstorming tool for DJs (and aspiring DJs)
I’m not a big fan of DJ apps for smartphones. I haven’t yet found one that feels like an adequate substitute for genuine decks. But the iOS version of Traktor DJ has a feature that’s rather useful, particularly when you’re away from home. Whenever you queue up a new track, the app’s “intelligent browser” recommends options […]
Tags: App Store, apps, DJing, Traktor, vacation
Posted in Creative Projects |
A guide to using Evernote with GTD
The David Allen Company recently produced a guide to using Evernote, the free and popular note-taking app, as a platform for their Getting Things Done productivity system. Technically, they’ve produced two: one for Windows, and one for Mac. Evernote is a fairly flexible tool, and there are many different ways you can set it up […]
Tags: David Allen, Evernote, GTD, productivity
Posted in Work and Career |
The chicken, the egg and the slacktivist
Benjamin Boles, the Music Editor at NOW, said something on Twitter the other day that caught my attention. “The problem with treating Twitter as purely an activist tool,” he said, “is that you tend to start seeing everyone as either ally or enemy.” There’s a lot of truth to this. We’ve all known people who […]
Tags: Benjamin Boles, NOW, slacktivism, Twitter
Posted in Social Action |
It’s a royal pain in the ass
“I’m really glad we actually got to be in England during the birth of the royal baby,” my wife said this morning. “Really?” I replied. My wife misses the UK from time to time, but she’s no fan of the monarchy, let alone a news cycle flooded with one of their babies. “That’s why it’s […]
Tags: Kate Middleton, monarchy, my wife, vacation
Posted in Friends and Family |
Back in the old country
We’ve landed safely in the UK. My kid got plenty of sleep on the plane, thanks in no small part to the airline bumping us up to a row of three seats instead of two. Remind me to send Air Transat my thanks about that one. It’s a good time to be here! My mother-in-law […]
Tags: Air Transat, my in-laws, my kid, my wife, parenting, vacation
Posted in Friends and Family |
Flying out today
Today’s the day we’re flying out to the UK to see the family. And it’s going to be a bit of a stressful day, because I didn’t do anything last night to help get ready. Man, I had a whole list of things I was going to do around the house, a bunch of stuff […]
Tags: my job, my kid, my wife, newsradio, sleep, vacation
Posted in Friends and Family |
Here’s a recap of last week’s meeting between the province and the library workers union
Hey, remember when I told you guys about the meeting that Maureen O’Reilly, President of the Toronto Public Library Workers Union, was about to have with office of Michael Chan to request an increase in funding? Well, O’Reilly sent an update to her mailing list this afternoon, and it sounds like the meeting was a step in the right […]
Tags: Maureen O'Reilly, Michael Chan, Mike Harris, Toronto Public Library, Toronto Public Library Workers Union
Posted in Social Action |
“We Are Not Trayvon Martin”
There are two ways you launch a “We Are Not Trayvon Martin” meme in the wake of this weekend’s events. You could adopt it as a misguided “blame the victim” slogan, along the lines of “We are not the 99%,” or you could use it as a platform to launch a discussion that we desperately […]
Tags: Feministing, Gawker, George Zimmerman, Mashable, race, social media, Trayvon Martin, Tumblr
Posted in Social Action |