Friday, December 30, 2016

Toronto Vernacular

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Is there a 416 equivalent to the Vancouver Special? Sure. I call it Toronto Vernacular, and it dates back to Honest Ed’s . I don’t know wha...

Analog Facebooks

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I finished David Sax’s book The Revenge of Analog over the holidays. I could have written the book, maybe. I don’t say that to be arrogant ...
Monday, October 31, 2016

Cartoon Illogic and Collaborative Delight at Hand Eye Society Ball 2016

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I spent a considerable chunk of time admiring Cuphead at the 2016 Hand Eye Society Ball held on September 24 at the Masonic Temple. In par...
Saturday, October 01, 2016

Do not sell to Kandy Kat. Dangerous character.

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I never quite found my way into Alexandra Kleeman’s novel You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine . But I did eagerly read every last word about K...
Sunday, July 03, 2016

Fight your editorial urges, Jonathan Kay

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Not everyone thinks Walrus editor-in-chief Jonathan Kay is good at opinions : Even contributors to his magazine qu...
Sunday, May 29, 2016

Canada Post's Deepak Chopra is a really big fan of innovation

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Deepak Chopra, chief executive officer of Canada Post, recently wrote a Globe article about innovation. As the following snippets indicate,...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Get yer red hot content-first UX here!

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On February 20 I gave a talk entitled “ Killing Lorem Ipsum With Content-First UX ” at PodCamp Toronto 2016. That talk inspired this blog...
Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Big Bang Theory Poetry

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Fuck you.  Where was the joke? He just fucking named  a bunch of shit.  How is this  comedy? Why are you  laughing?  Why...
Sunday, January 31, 2016

My Year of 2015, Summarized

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Chronology is for chumps. Themes are keen. Music I took three months of guitar lessons from Michael McKenzie at Red House Music Acade...
Thursday, October 01, 2015

It's not the band I hate, it's their fans

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