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Granville island (Taken with instagram)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:13:49 -0500

Granville island (Taken with instagram)

Perfect day.

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:00:34 -0500

Perfect day.

Being a creep: the definitive guide of what not to...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:28:49 -0500

Being a creep: the definitive guide of what not to do.

I’ll keep this nice and short: earlier this week a very good friend of mine got this gem in their inbox on LinkedIn. Let’s call this douchelord “Jim” and he emailed my friend to try and get a ‘blind-date’ with our mutual friend.

Let’s cover the facts quickly:

My friend has met this guy, “Jim” once 6+ months ago, and hasn’t talked with him since.
LinkedIn was his communication mode of choice… you know, the network of professionals. Good choice.
He quotes that he needs a new gf (for my mom that means girlfriend), which screams desperation.

Wonder who he will eventually find with these ‘smooth moves’ of his?…

The good news: squeezed all but 0.1GB out of my mobile data plan...

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:02:25 -0500

The good news: squeezed all but 0.1GB out of my mobile data plan last month.

The bad news:

(1) went over on my wireless voice usage, again.

(2) I’m likely having my data throttled because of my 5.9GB usage last month.

The timezones that we straddle at NetworksMD; a truly...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:46:35 -0500

The timezones that we straddle at NetworksMD; a truly globally distributed company.

Too good. What are you sinking about?!

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:27:08 -0500

Too good. What are you sinking about?!

This is pretty funny… thanks to my friend Betty for...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:00:05 -0500

This is pretty funny… thanks to my friend Betty for sending this my way.

Leaving Toronto today - ciao ciao. (Taken with instagram)

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:38:31 -0500

Leaving Toronto today - ciao ciao. (Taken with instagram)

Productivity for this month = all time record high, as shown by...

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:29:07 -0500

Productivity for this month = all time record high, as shown by my cellphone data usage. (Taken with instagram)

"It is easy to build everything. It is next to impossible to build nothing."

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:00:06 -0500

“It is easy to build everything.
It is next to impossible to build nothing.”

- My thoughts when it comes to software development.

With today’s tools and the (relatively) minimal cost to begin developing, it becomes incredibly enticing just to build something. Anything. Everything.

It is much more difficult (next to impossible) to have a plan, understand the minimum viable product (MVP), and create your business around this sound philosophy.

Spending the day along side my mom in surgery. (Taken with...

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:41:46 -0500

Spending the day along side my mom in surgery. (Taken with instagram)

I hadn’t seen this until a few days ago, but think this is...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:00:06 -0500

I hadn’t seen this until a few days ago, but think this is a great story.

Full credit to madame Anna for showing this to me.

Small snapshot of the final finishing touches for NetworksMD....

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:03:22 -0500

Small snapshot of the final finishing touches for NetworksMD.

I’m biased, but our case viewer and discussion tools are (hopefully) about to make a big splash.

My Grandpa’s bathroom light fixture looks like the...

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:00:05 -0500

My Grandpa’s bathroom light fixture looks like the lightbulb demo display at The Home Depot.

For anyone that hasn’t heard about SOPA or PIPA do some...

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:54:35 -0500

For anyone that hasn’t heard about SOPA or PIPA do some research, or a quick read of this wikipedia article. It’s important.

Our company, NetworksMD, relies entirely on user generated content to create the most diverse, collaborative, and informative medical community. These bills could threaten businesses like ours and other majors like Tumblr (where this blog is hosted), YouTube, or FaceBook.

From a NYT op-ed piece by Rebecca MacKinnon:

The House bill would also emulate China’s system of corporate “self-discipline,” making companies liable for users’ actions. The burden would be on the Web site operator to prove that the site was not being used for copyright infringement. The effect on user-generated sites like YouTube would be chilling.

Don’t get me wrong - I’m all for respecting copyright and intellectual property, this just isn’t the way.

Video Via laughingsquid:

The Day The LOLcats Died

"The Most Patriotic Thing You Can Do [is] Bust your ass and get rich. Make a boatload of money. Pay..."

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:48:02 -0500

“

The Most Patriotic Thing You Can Do [is] Bust your ass and get rich.

Make a boatload of money. Pay your taxes. Lots of taxes. Hire people. Train people. Pay people. Spend money on rent, equipment, services. Pay more taxes.

”

- A good friend sent this article to me that Mark Cuban wrote. The entire article is worth a read.

Back at my Alma Mater for the day. (Taken with instagram)

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:29:12 -0500

Back at my Alma Mater for the day. (Taken with instagram)

Another year of JDC West has finished. Such a great initiative...

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:06:25 -0500

Another year of JDC West has finished.

Such a great initiative -

Always a good laugh. From the video description: In an age...

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:00:06 -0500

Always a good laugh.

From the video description:

In an age where the anonymous reviewer is held to no general standard of grammar or spelling, an intelligible trolling rant is a common and often eye-rolling occurrence. And when a game is meant as a parody of its genre, and a player playing it doesn’t quite get the joke … well, magic happens.

But the real triumph, is when an epic voice actor decides to perform a run-of-the-mill game review rant … committing to all its grammatical belligerence.

A 15 story hotel is erected in just under one week. Thats some...

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:56:33 -0500

A 15 story hotel is erected in just under one week. Thats some amazingly quick building.

Full story here.