Category Archives: Digital age

Do you have the right app-titude?

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

Modern workers need to have something new: I like to call it ‘the right app-titude’. New technologies have changed many aspects of how they do their jobs, but the creation of apps (applications) and the widening use of smartphones means … Continue reading →

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My ex, rugs, wok and rolls

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

It’s all about the Benjamins, baby. (With due deference to Dick Vitale, as March Madness nears its maddening end.) “C’mon, man! You’ve got to make money out of this thing.”…”You’re crazy! People will pay you good bucks for what you’re … Continue reading →

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The physics of new media

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

My life is in a state of turmoil. I am a ball of confusion. In recent years, I’ve been very happy to embrace many facets of what we term ‘new technology’, in particular, those aspects which affect our communications. However, … Continue reading →

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Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 34)–What emancipation?

Posted on March 23, 2013 by

The fight against oppression. Somewhere, at my core, I am extremely happy that my ancestors, having been brought to the Caribbean from Africa in chains, found themselves and their offspring liberated from those shackles, by the British, some 180 years … Continue reading →

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Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 33)–What price those peaches?

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

Markets. What else would warm the cockles of an economist’s heart? I was talking with someone the other day and let slip that I was trained as an economist. “Are you a Keynesian?” he asked. I laughed and replied that … Continue reading →

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Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 31)–Can you help me?

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

The right context. The woman picked up the telephone and dialed the numbers slowly, trying to reach her bank. “If you want to continue in English, press 1,” she heard. “If you want to speak to someone about online access, … Continue reading →

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Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 30)–Turning negatives into positives

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

Photography. I was in my early teens when I really became interested in taking photographs. My father came home one day with a Brownie box camera, which he’d picked up from a second hand shop, and I was off and … Continue reading →

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Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 29)–The story corps

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

Storytelling. I spent a good chunk of yesterday afternoon at my third grader’s school, as it hosted a ‘book building’ event in support of the Horizons program. Naturally, the children were excited to see and hear, Jarrett Krosoczka, a very … Continue reading →

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Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 22)–Happenstance

Posted on March 9, 2013 by

The happenstance of happiness. Did you grow up during a time when many things in your lives involved people coming to your neighbourhood to sell? Did you grow up having to go to market regularly; if not to market, then … Continue reading →

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Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 19)–Storytellers

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

Getting that story out. I like to say that everyone has a story. Last night, I was with a friend from church doing a stint trying to help some homeless men who are trying to get jobs with computer literacy. … Continue reading →

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