I’m no economist, but something has to give “Old, vintage and rusty blue gas pump located at a gas station at Los Alamos.” by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash One dollar and sixty cents a liter. Gas hit this stellar mark here in Vancouver?—?making it the highest gas prices in North America ever?—?and while I haven’t seen prices…
I can’t tell you what sources I read, that’s not how it works Photo by Claudia on Unsplash One of the secrets to being a professional blogger (aka Content Marketer 1.0, or maybe beta version) is to read a lot of sources. Those of us who started out like this curated and shared our list of feeds…
Or talk or speech or keynote. “A close-up of a microphone with a group of people in the blurred background” by Kane Reinholdtsen on Unsplash Here’s my trial by fire story when I gave my first important presentation, survived, and used those lessons to make public speaking and teaching one of my favorite things. Almost all my…
Dig another well, of course Photo by Antony Xia on Unsplash We use the creative well as a metaphor for where creativity comes from. With the exception of folks like Hunter S. Thompson who augmented their creativity chemically, most of us pour a coffee, put on music and go. So what do you do when the creative…
Interview questions are trick question, the trick is giving the answer you want Photo by Ian Schneider on Unsplash I’ve been doing a lot of interviews in the past while. Which means I’ve been asked a lot of questions. A lot of the same ones crop up over and over, and some questions really do feel like…
Stripping something down to the basics highlights skill and technique As many of you know, one of my passions and hobbies is cooking. I’m not culinary graduate awesome, but I can hold my own. And while I can tackle complicated recipes, I often stick to simple dishes because they are faster. And then are the…
I created worlds of adventures, my daughter creates entire houses “A Great figurine from Guardians of The Galaxy and cactus plants sitting on a desk at Four Work Coworking” by James Pond on Unsplash Being a (late) middle-aged father of a pre-schooler (with two older kids) I’ve seen a lot of make believe unfold around me. It’s…
Their own career will be just fine for it “Several people fist bumping over a busy workspace” by rawpixel.com on Unsplash I caught a post today on LinkedIn that really irked me. The poster promoted the idea that a) (good) managers were only looking out for themselves and their careers and b) you should do that too….
And by we I mean us techies, geeks, and social media experts Photo by Tom Sodoge on Unsplash There have been a lot of great posts on Facebook’s privacy debacle. And if you’re looking for a common thread in all of them is that those of us in the industry weren’t surprised in the least. We knew…
Photo by Tobias Cornille on Unsplash When the assumption so flawed you really don’t have any choice or How I discovered my superpower and will no longer apologize for it I had a perfect storm of events over the past week that came together for me to call bullshirt during an interview this week. It felt good to…
