Vancouver Credit card recommendations?
I’m looking to change my VISA card, as the current one gives us points towards ‘stuff’, most of which I don’t need. I’d be more interested in cards that either served some sort of purpose (e.g. the...
View ArticleDangerous Strategy Meetings
I just got back from doing a podcast for RainCity Radio, with Zak, Boris, and Dave Olson as host. The podcast was fun, as was the conversation afterwards with Zak and Boris. Unfortunately, the day was...
View ArticleBuilding compelling, engaging brands, in previously boring markets
I’ve been thinking a bit about brands recently. The Mozilla brand, the Thunderbird brand (and what it should evolve to be). One of the brands that I keep being impressed by is VanCity. For those not...
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Downtown East Side: one week in
We’ve recently moved the Mozilla Messaging offices, for a variety of reasons, to our cool new digs. Partially so I have something to look back in a few months, I thought I’d write down my thoughts...
View ArticleOpen Source, Open Standards, Open Data, Open Vancouver
Exciting Vancouver news! Mayor Robertson has put forth a motion for city council to vote on next week which is chock full of amazing words, and which passed, will direct the city to have a bias...
View ArticleLa Quercia
Emily and I were treated to an impressive meal yesterday — a 9-course tasting menu at La Quercia. The full sequence: Cocktail: La Bicicletta Parmesan Sformato, Aged Balsamico Frisee, Hazelnut &...
View ArticleIkea Canada: WTF?
A few months ago, we needed more desks for our office, so I figured I’d order them from the Ikea website. Easy to do, except that the Ikea.ca store doesn’t work with US credit cards, and our corporate...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing thoughts
On Wednesday, I’m attending Remixology 2, an event put together by Fresh Media, on the topic of crowdsourcing. In particular, I’ll somehow be the representative of the entire open web perspective on...
View ArticleWhat’s the lesson?
I’m not supposed to be in front of a computer right now. I’m supposed to be attending the Vancouver premiere of Tiffany Shlain’s Connected, in a fundraiser to benefit A Human Right. This looked like a...
View ArticleYou are more than your job title
In grad school, I remember a conversation across the campus green with an visiting psychologist from Harvard. I don’t remember much about the conversation except that he introduced me to Isaiah...
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