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A Commuted Sentence on Telecommuting at Yahoo
In most newspapers or political blogs, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s company-wide directive to ban telecommuting is generating a ton of feedback. I took a few days to respond as there are many angles to...
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Great Q & A with one of my favorite chefs, Alton Brown. His take on molecular gastronomy and how not being able to recognize food takes some of the fun out of it mirrors my own experience.
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5 Simple Ways to Get Your Life Together Today
I am turning thirty in two months. I am not sure it is possible to cross a milestone birthday any more without some type of existential search. Even if you’re okay with it, people remind you constantly...
View ArticleThe Lone Bellow: NPR Tiny Desk Concert
I have not been blown away by a group as immediately as these folks recently. A rare harmonizing group singing at full blast whose lyrics keep up with the sound. (via Kent Aitken.)
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The Great Credit Reporting Shakedown
I recently violated one of my personal rules and, predictably, it is coming back to haunt me. The rule I created a few years ago was simple: never do business with someone who will let you order but...
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Anti-Social Media
Photo credit: http://theemperorhasnotoque.blogspot.ca/2010/05/antisocial-noise-dark-under-belly-of.html I’ve been writing this post in my head for the better part of a year, but I’ve felt uneasy with...
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Why I Didn’t Jump on the Blue Jay Bandwagon
I would look like more of an insightful guy and less of a “told you so” armchair analyst if I finished this post when I started it in March, but I have not bought into the hype that the Blue Jays are...
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Letter to Georgiana Morpeth, 16 February 1820
I love the letter writing craft of yore – and this prescription for dealing with low spirits is a prime example of the thoughtful, crafted way that some people used to correspond. Dear Georgiana,...
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When Marketing Works for the Consumer
I don’t find marketing to be a terribly interesting subject – I know a lot of behavioural psychology goes into post-Bernays marketing in theory, but in reality most marketing efforts are a contrived...
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A David Fleming Primer
That’s me. I sometimes have more beard than that. On Twitter, I promised a bit of an introduction to businesses and residents in the North End who I haven’t had the opportunity to meet yet. My first...
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July 13th Thoughts
A lot happened yesterday that in the various social circles that I keep has really affected people. The announcement of Chris Brown playing in Halifax led to a significant push for sponsors to walk...
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Pt. 1 – The Rant – (Not So) Accessible Open Government
I have been working on this post for a week but a Twitter interaction this morning pushed me to publish part 1. @BSommerhalder It is insane to me how "Access Nova Scotia" is open business hours, and in...
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Remembering Dr. Jones
I grew up in Cole Harbour until grade 5, less than a kilometer from the district high school. In the summer, we’d bike down to the school to play on the sports fields when we weren’t playing street...
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Thoughts on Development in Halifax
I want to take readers back to the time they moved into their current neighborhood. It might have been one, or ten, or thirty years ago. You bought (or rented) a home that was affordable to you, met...
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Pt. 2 – A Few Solutions for Open, Accessible Governments
Yesterday I ranted a little bit about my experiences with inaccessible government departments. I made the claim: The reason is simple – we’ve learned so many of these basics already, and if government...
View ArticleJulie & Chris – Wedding Notes
These are just rough notes I used throughout the night – mostly I ad-libbed, added some commentary based on the day and some jokes that were specific to the couple. The aim was to avoid anything too...
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Striking a Balance
I haven’t spent a lot of time here lately. That’s a phrase I am using regularly these days. I’ve used it with friends, at the gym, travelling, on a hiking trail, tinkering with my bike or smoker, or...
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2014: The Year of the Happy Home
It’s January 1st, so the thing to do is to reflect on the previous 365 days and look ahead to the next 365. I’m not above being clichéd, so this post is headed down that path. If I was going to use a...
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Responding to Kotlikoff on abolishing the corporate income tax (also known as...
Economist Laurence Kotlikoff published an op-ed in the New York Times on the United States solving, at least in part, its job woes by abolishing its corporate income tax. Kotlikoff is famous (I ran...
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Fish Chowder Recipe
Living on Canada’s East Coast my whole life and having worked with a number of really creative chefs, I’ve had the opportunity to learn a lot about preparing fish. What I’ve learned is that the...
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