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Rocket Podcast: And Now, For Something Completely Different

Rocket Podcast: And Now, For Something Completely Different

This is a review of Relay FM's new podcast, Rocket, hosted by Brianna Wu, Christina Warren and Simone de Rochefort. This is one of my new favourite shows, and I wanted to share with you my thoughts on why it's not only a fantastic, entertaining and enlightening show,...

A Brilliant Use of Music in Groundhog Day I Never Noticed Until Now

A Brilliant Use of Music in Groundhog Day I Never Noticed Until Now

I've been watching Harold Ramis' classic Groundhog Day at least once a year, since I was introduced to it in my film studies class in university. After so many viewings, you'd think all the nuances and easter eggs would have been discovered. But here's one that I...

My Experience with Fear of Missing Out

My Experience with Fear of Missing Out

Last time, I wrote about an episode where I dealt with a panic attack and how I got some good perspective on mental health as a result. But I've also been thinking a lot lately about how in the present, social media and other forms of communication have affected my...

Some Notes on Mental Health

Some Notes on Mental Health

Although I am fortunate enough to consider myself in fairly good mental health, I want to tell a story from my life where I experienced a panic attack, and a mental health professional helped me deal with it in a big way. I have experienced panic attacks a few times...

First Post of the Year, Let’s See How This Goes.

First Post of the Year, Let’s See How This Goes.

Well, hello, 2015. I guess this means I graduated from high school 15 years ago. I never had a ten-year reunion, or if there was one, I didn't care and missed it. I still see the people I went to high school with every once in a while, and Facebook is a thing that...

Pragmatic podcast digs deep into technology

Pragmatic podcast digs deep into technology

On the recommendation of Marco Arment, the co-host of one of my favourite tech podcasts, I have subscribed to a new podcast called Pragmatic. The show is hosted by John Chidgey, an Australian electrical and  hardware engineer who previously worked for Nortel Networks...

App Store Ratings: We’re Going To Crack This If It Takes All Night

There's been a monumental amount of discussion on tech blogs and podcasts lately about the problems with the "Rate This App" dialog boxes showing up in apps, and as an extension, Apple's rating system on the iOS App Store. The issue is complex and nuanced and there...

Samsung REALLY Doesn’t Want You To Uninstall Windows 8

A friend of mine picked up a Samsung notebook from Future Shop on Boxing Day and asked if I would help him clean it up, get rid of the bloatware that comes preloaded. Then, upon discovery that this was a Windows 8 machine, despite his request for Windows 7 to be...

How to get Google Maps back on iOS 6 Right Now

A lot of folks are upset with Apple's new Maps application in iOS 6. This change comes as the Cupertino company makes an aggressive move away from Google, who has recently become more of a competitor than an ally. So far, Apple's native maps app data is not nearly as...

iOS 6 Review – The Pros

My friend and former manager David Henderson, an Ontario-based SEO and website developer, challenged me to put my thoughts online about iOS 6 so that he could write a companion article. I am going to cover what I consider to be the pros of upgrading to Apple's latest...

WWDC Announcements from Apple: My Thoughts

WWDC Announcements from Apple: My Thoughts

Today was a big day in the world of Apple fans, iPhone and iPad developers and users, and just computing in general. A slew of exciting announcements from Apple came today at their WWDC conference. A line of new MacBook Air and Pro models, including one completely new...