Meaningful Games
Thursday, July 24th, 2008 Posted in Books, Games, Life | 1 Comment »I am often asked what I mean when I use the term meaningful with regards to games. Most people consider games a distraction or a chance to turn their brains off at the end of the day. The word game ...
Vancouver Half Marathon
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Exercise, Life, Vancouver | 2 Comments »I ran the Vancouver Half Marathon earlier this month. The race started at 7 AM on a Sunday morning. I woke up at 5:30 AM. This is early for me. Very early. I don’t wake up this early never ...
Appreciation Weekend: Ariane
Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Life | 7 Comments »It's been a little bit of a rough week for me. I woke up today to a rainy Vancouver morning. So I decided to brainstorm the most absurdly positive thing that I could do. I was chatting with a ...
March Recap
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Exercise, Games, Life, Programming, Recap, Site, Vancouver, Work | No Comments »March was a good month in terms of blogging. I was able to crank out 7 blog posts in March including a post with video. Look for more media rich content in the future. I'll continue to ...
Tools For Improving Focus
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in Life, Productivity, Work | 6 Comments »I recently did a talk for a group of friends on productivity and focusing. I thought that others may also find this talk valuable. I took my notes and put together a Keynote presentation with voice-over. Enjoy. Let ...
Rules of Communication: Not Trying To Be Rude
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 Posted in Life | No Comments »I am connected and online almost all of the time. I'm also known to send almost all of my phone calls to voice mail. I don't reply to many emails either. I'm not trying to be rude. I am busy. ...
February Recap
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 Posted in Exercise, Life, Recap, Work | 2 Comments »February was an excellent month! February 1st was my last day at work. I spent the rest of the month getting the business up and running. From incorporation to marketing to accounting there were a lot of things to ...
From Goal to Game Plan
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 Posted in Exercise, Life | 3 Comments »We are just over a week into 2008 and there have already been people falling off of the New Year's Resolution bandwagon. One of the biggest problems that I see is that people don't plan to achieve a goal. ...
Goal-Oriented versus Outcome-Dependent
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 Posted in Life | 2 Comments »"When I'm done with school I'll have more fun." "When I've finally paid off my debt I'll go on that cool trip." "After this project ships, I'll spend more time on my hobbies." "I won't be happy until I get this one final ...
Randy Pausch: Last Lecture
Sunday, October 28th, 2007 Posted in Life, TV | 1 Comment »Supposedly, Randy Pausch was on Oprah last week. Dr Pausch is a professor at Carnegie Mellon University who is dying from pancreatic cancer. He presented his last lecture at CMU earlier this year. I am not going to link ...
