It Happened to Me

Slice of Life: Playing Accordion on a Calgary Street Corner

Rodney Buike took this photo of me on Tuesday evening. I look as if I should be backing up Tom…

15 years ago

Career Demo Camp Montreal: Wednesday, December 2nd

If you’re a techie in Montreal, you want to attend Career Demo Camp on Wednesday, December 2nd at 6:30 p.m.…

15 years ago

Scenes from TechDays Calgary

I – along with a good chunk of Microsoft Canada’s Developer and Platform Evangelism team – am in Calgary for…

15 years ago

Cory Doctorow’s “Makers” Launch Tonight

My friend (and former officemate!) Cory Doctorow is launching his latest novel, Makers, tonight at the Toronto Public Library at…

15 years ago

The Ocho (or: Eight Years of Blogging)

My home office, late 2001. It Began With an “About” Box (The scene: October 2001, in a bland building in…

15 years ago

That’s a Little TOO Neighbourly for Me!

While biking down to the Hacklab (which I use as a day-to-day workspace) on Dundas Street West this morning, I…

15 years ago

Happy Guy Fawkes Day / Birthday to Me!

Since it’s both Guy Fawkes Day and my 42nd birthday, I should download Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of…

15 years ago

Halifax Coffee and Code This Afternoon – Just Us Cafe on Barrington

This afternoon (Wednesday, November 4th) from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Atlantic time, I’ll be holding a Halifax edition of…

15 years ago

Halifax Bound

TechDays, Microsoft's cross-Canada conference for developers and IT pros took a break in October, but returns in November to complete…

15 years ago

Slice of Life: Going After the Dungeons and Dragons Market

While going out for brunch with our friends Liz and Keith and their kids on Roncesvalles, I saw these signs…

15 years ago