Actively Reading: Organic Ideas for Startups
Been using Diigo as a way to annotate online texts. In this case, I was as interested in the tone as in the text itself. At the same time, I kept thinking about things which seem to be missing from...
View ArticleWordPress as Content Directory: Getting Somewhere
{I tend to ramble a bit. If you just want a step-by-step tutorial, you can skip to here.} Woohoo! I feel like I’ve reached a milestone in a project I’ve had in mind, ever since I learnt about Custom...
View ArticleIntimacy, Network Effect, Hype
Is “intimacy” a mere correlate of the network effect? Can we use the network effect to explain what has been happening with Quora? Is the Quora hype related to network effect? I really don’t feel a...
View ArticleUsing WordPress as a Syllabus Database: Learning is Fun
(More screenshots in a previous post on this blog.) Worked on a WordPress project all night, the night before last. Was able to put together a preliminary version of a syllabus database that I’ve been...
View ArticleSome German Movies I Liked
I remember a discussion I had as a kid, about German culture. A normal kind of conversation, in my family. As Francophones of Québécois and Swiss origins, our perspectives on Germany were quite skewed....
View ArticleEnergized by Bret Victor
Just watched Bret Victor’s powerful video: Inventing on Principle | CUSEC Simply put, watching it was a lifechanging moment, for me. In some ways, Victor’s talk was deeply philosophical, though it’s...
View ArticleYoga and Community in Contemporary North America
Last night, Matthew Remski’s chapter on yoga “culture” served as the basis for a conversation on yoga and communities. Roseanne Harvey had invited some panelists and like-minded people to join her at...
View ArticleTwenty Years Online
This month marks the 20th anniversary of my first Internet account. I don’t remember the exact date but I know it was in late summer 1993, right before what became known as “Eternal September”. The...
View ArticleBody and Tech: My Year in Quantified Self
Though I’m a qual, I started quantifying my self a year ago. Not Even Started Yet This post is long. You’ve been warned. This post is about my experience with the Quantified Self (QuantSelf). As such,...
View ArticleFree from Freelance
For my Happiness Anniversary, this year, I got myself a brand new job. Ok, it was two days late and a job isn’t really a gift. But it’s the thought that counts. We’ll see how things go, but the...
View ArticleFirst Myriade Session
Today’s main coffee event is the anxiously awaited Grand Opening of Café Myriade (1432 Mackay, Montreal, right by Concordia University’s Sir George William campus). I just did my first of certainly a...
View ArticleBlogging and Literary Standards
I wrote the following comment in response to a conversation between novelist Rick Moody and podcasting pioneer Chris Lydon: Open Source » Blog Archive » In the Obama Moment: Rick Moody. In keeping with...
View ArticleQuest for Expertise
Will at Work Learning: People remember 10%, 20%…Oh Really?. This post was mentioned on the mailing-list for the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE-L). In that post, Will...
View ArticleMac Tip #1: Get RAM
Part of the Back in Mac series.(Series created on August 13, 2011, and applied retroactively…) Two years ago, I’ve said something similar about my XP machine (emachines H3070). But now that I’m...
View ArticleApps and iTunes Cards in Canada: Follow Up
Recently blogged about this issue: though information about this appears nowhere on the card or in the terms of service, iTunes Cards (gift cards or certificates) may not be used to purchase...
View ArticleHow I Got Into Beer
Was doing some homebrewing experimentation (sour mash, watermelon, honey, complex yeast cultures…) and I got to think about what I’d say in an interview about my brewing activities. It’s a bit more...
View ArticleWar of the Bugs: Playing with Life in the Brewery
Kept brewing and thinking about brewing, after that last post. Been meaning to discuss my approach to “brewing bugs”: the yeast and bacteria strains which are involved in some of my beers. So, it’s a...
View ArticleHappiness Anniversary
A year ago today, I found out that I was, in fact, happy. Not that I suddenly became happy. It’s just that, at that moment, I realized that I had reverted back to my happy self. After about twelve...
View ArticleDevelopment and Quality: Reply to Agile Diary
Former WiZiQ product manager Vikrama Dhiman responded to one of my tweets with a full-blown blogpost, thereby giving support to Matt Mullenweg‘s point that microblogging goes hand-in-hand with...
View ArticleInstalling BuddyPress on a Webhost
[Jump here for more technical details.] A few months ago, I installed BuddyPress on my Mac to try it out. It was a bit of an involved process, so I documented it: WordPress MU, BuddyPress, and bbPress...
View ArticleIn Phase
Lissajous curve Something which happens to me on a rather regular basis (and about which I blogged before) is that I’ll hear about something right after thinking about it. For instance, if I think...
View Article"Don't Quit Your Day Job" (Brewing as Hobby)
[Oh, my! I do hope I won't get too hooked to blogging! I'm scared!!! ;->] Thinking about brewing, as I often do. Responding to a message about a post I sent to the HomeBrew Digest about beer and...
View ArticleWhereami
(It’s me, a couple of months ago.) Was editing some older entries with ecto to add categories and tags. Saw this old one (from late March, 2k5) which was meant as an introduction/blurb. Was teaching...
View ArticleiRiver H120 (Digital Audio Jukebox)
Recently purchased a brand new iRiver H120 with remote control on eBay from OutletMP3. Paid 132.50$ plus 18$ shipping. Also purchased a 3-year warranty through SquareTrade for 16$. Item arrived as...
View ArticleIndividualism, Freedom, and Food
A surprisingly superficial podcast episode on what could have been a very deep subject. Open Source » Blog Archive » The End of Free Will? start a conversation about manipulation, persuasion and...
View ArticleSniff It!
It’s probably the most distinctive sign of the beverage geek: the attentive sniff. When you see someone taking a long sniff of a beverage (say, a cup of coffee, a pint of beer, or even a glass of...
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