Writing Archive

Bixi biking…

This past weekend, when I was in Montreal I used the new bixi bike sharing service and it was amazing.  On monday, when I left work I realized that I can ride a bixi bike from my office to where I park my car for free since the first 1/2 is free.  Since then I [...]

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Montreal river surfing

I was in Montreal last weekend and came across a cool spot near the dockyards that has a stationary wave. It’s right in the St. Lawrence Seaway. There were alot of surfers there and below are some videos so you can see what its like. You can also take a look at the flickr [...]

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SWIX is hiring developers

For the past six months I’ve been working on a new software company called SWIX and like all startups it’s hard to get off the ground but once things start to happen it gets really busy fast!
So right now SWIX is looking to hire another software developer to join our team.
What is SWIX?  It’s only [...]

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Ultimate Playoffs

Last weekend, we played in our Ultimate leagues playoffs in the pouring rain.  It poured all game long.  I’m posting this pic because the team in question is Waffle which is having its 10th anniversary as a team this year.  10 years on the same Ultimate team has been great and Jody (kneeling on left) [...]

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Tara is coming to Ottawa

Tara Hunt is great and she is coming to the next Social Media Breakfast on Sept 16th in Ottawa.
She is the author of one of the best books ever written on how to build your business using social media: The Whuffie Factor.
She will also be in town on Sept 15th for a Girl Geek [...]

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Once in a while…

I have been a fan of popurls for a while because it gives you a good overview of whats popular on the web right now. Unfortunately it also gives you  the opportunity to see a bunch of things that are total distractions.  This photo is one of them.

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