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Here are some of the specific things that are important to me: Singing. Exultate, Consort Caritatis, and, yes, SMM. The joy of cooperative artistry and the release of emotional energy through the voice.Intellectual challenges and puzzles. A lot of technical challenges at work are strictly left brain which is why I enjoy them. Most games […]

2001 01 22 Uncategorized Comments (0)

Back in Seattle. Weather foggy. This damn 7 Habits book is starting to get me thinking about who I am and what I want to do with my life. Don’t get me wrong; this is hardly the first time I’ve been led into a navel-gazing introspective self-diagnostic basic principles step-back-and-take-in-the-bigger-picture frame of mind. Since it […]

2001 01 22 Uncategorized Comments (0)

Friday. I’ve been in the office for a luxurious week, with various small events: Monday I went to see Philip Webb, who seems to be in good form. He’s tireless on the merits of Linux and is trying to convince me to switch from Windows. If only… Tuesday we had an Exultate board meeting after […]

2001 01 19 Uncategorized Comments (0)

I’m reading “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” for the first time, in preparation for a training course I’m going to take in early February. (It’s required pre-reading.) This is one deeply annoying book. I have completely lost track of the number of times Covey claims something is a “fact” when there are clearly […]

2001 01 15 Uncategorized Comments (0)

Monday morning, and I’m at work in the Toronto office. This is extremely unusual for me for a Monday, now. This is the first Monday that I haven’t been on the road since last March… which is pretty ridiculous. I had a fun weekend but a tiring one. My new computer arrived last Friday and […]

2001 01 15 Uncategorized Comments (0)

A beautiful sunny day here in Seattle. The sunrise glinting off the underside of the clouds over the mountains this morning was spectacular. But I was at work WAY too late last night to fully appreciate it. Coffee was required. Coffee was procured. Life is now returning to normal.

2001 01 10 Uncategorized Comments (0)

Just added a new page to log the progress of setting up this site. Trials, tribulations and lessons learned will be included. Enjoy…

2001 01 09 Uncategorized Comments (0)

I found an excellent book on Web Usability last night. I’m still wading through it but it will definitely be useful for work. It is Designing Web Usability, by Jakob Nielsen. Here is the order page on Chapters.ca, and Nielsen’s web site, www.useit.com.

2001 01 09 Uncategorized Comments (0)

“Such is human psychology that if we don’t express our joy, we soon cease to feel it.” – Lin Yutang I’m in Seattle and for a few brief days do not have to wade through snowdrifts or slush puddles. Toronto’s winter weather is one of the things Torontonians pretend to ignore. We conveniently forget about […]

2001 01 08 Uncategorized Comments (0)

The Usual Suspects gathered for dinner tonight, and we went to see “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” at the Paramount afterwards. We ended up watching it on the IMAX screen, although the film got a bit grainy on such a big canvas. Anyway, I was quite suprised to be disappointed by the movie. It was ok, […]

2001 01 07 Uncategorized Comments (0)