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Yep, I said people are stupid on the radio. Why is technology is so hard Spark episode

March 26, 2010 By 6 Comments

So, earlier this week I caught a headline from the Spark blog that hit home—Computers are hard. Who’s to blame? | Spark—which is something I try to help people overcome with my books and my classes. Me being me (as if I’d be someone else), I had to comment: I teach computer & Internet-related classes [...]

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In praise of the “unusual” suspects at events

March 24, 2010 By 10 Comments

Yesterday in addition to going to theVancouver Police Museum’s Blood Spatter for Adults, I was invited to a special wine tasting event with wines from Hester Creek (one of our favourite vineyards in fact). It’s no secret that I enjoy wine. I know a little bit about wine, enough to know what I like and [...]

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Ada Lovelace Day

March 24, 2010 By 4 Comments

Today is Ada Lovelace Day when we highlight the accomplishments of women in tech and write about particular women we admire. Yeah I can’t do that. No, I don’t mean that I don’t admire women in tech, it’s that I admire too many women to list here. I think I could write almost a post [...]

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Nixon has flown home, but there are two more operas yet to come this season

March 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment

This a a belated post, since Nixon in China closed this weekend, but that’s okay because the two operas I’m most looking forward to are coming up next. I haven’t been to a Mozart opera yet, but I tend to like Mozart, and have been listening to Don Giovanni so I think I’ll enjoy Marriage [...]

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Holy crap, I haven’t posted in a week! Do I suck as a blogger?

March 20, 2010 By 14 Comments

I guess I’ve been busy lately. Haven’t been posting (or tweeting) much, at least publicly. So does this mean that I suck as a blogger? One of the most common questions I’m asked when I’m talking about or teaching blogging is “How often should I post?” It’s easy to answer with a smug “As much [...]

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