| Date | Title | Categories |
|---|
| Dec 31 |
Emacs Org: Display a subset of tasks by context |
emacs, org |
| Dec 30 |
Stocking up on chicken stock stock stock |
cooking |
| Dec 30 |
Visual book review: Running Lean–Ash Maurya |
visual-book-notes |
| Dec 29 |
Weekly review: Week ending December 28, 2012 |
weekly |
| Dec 28 |
Experience report: Designing my logo |
business, marketing |
| Dec 27 |
2012 as a sketch |
sketches, yearly |
| Dec 26 |
Blog analysis for 2012: ~133,000 words so far |
blogging, quantified |
| Dec 25 |
Decision: No Illustrator CS6 for now |
decision, drawing |
| Dec 24 |
Year in review: 2012 |
review, yearly |
| Dec 23 |
Emacs: Strike through headlines for DONE tasks in Org |
emacs, org |
| Dec 23 |
Weekly review: Week ending December 21, 2012 |
weekly |
| Dec 22 |
Experience report: Naming my company! |
entrepreneurship, experiment |
| Dec 21 |
Understanding how I’m changing as a speaker |
kaizen, speaking |
| Dec 20 |
Delegation: Being clear about what you value |
delegation, kaizen, reflection |
| Dec 19 |
Quantified Self: Learning from a year of time data and planning what to tweak in 2013 |
quantified |
| Dec 18 |
Imagining sketchnotes as a business |
business, planning, sketchnotes |
| Dec 17 |
Tips for growing as a sketchnoter |
drawing, kaizen, sketchnotes |
| Dec 16 |
Decision review: Art class (includes sketches) |
decision, drawing, review, sketches |
| Dec 15 |
Weekly review: Week ending December 14, 2012 |
weekly |
| Dec 14 |
One to three, that’s all |
business, reflection |
| Dec 13 |
Monthly reviews: October and November 2012 |
monthly, review |
| Dec 12 |
My digital sketchnoting workflow |
process, sketchnotes |
| Dec 12 |
Sketchnotes: #ENT101 Meet the Enterpreneurs: Social Innovation – Izzy Camillieri, IZ Adaptive; Kaela Bree, AussieX; Dessy Daskalav, Greengage Mobile |
sketchnotes |
| Dec 12 |
Experiment pre-mortem: Imagining and dealing with causes of failure |
experiment, sketches |
| Dec 11 |
Visual book review: The Sketchnote Handbook–Mike Rohde |
visual-book-notes |
| Dec 11 |
Visual book notes: Best Practices Are Stupid: 40 ways to Out-Innovate the Competition–Stephen M. Shapiro |
visual-book-notes |
| Dec 10 |
Delegation: How I hire and manage my virtual team |
delegation, kaizen, management |
| Dec 9 |
Weekly review: Week ending December 7, 2012 |
weekly |
| Dec 8 |
Investing time into building sketchnotes as a business |
business |
| Dec 7 |
Poach my assistants, they’re awesome |
delegation |
| Dec 6 |
Sketchnotes: The Very Versatile Drip–Mathew Sweezey (Pardot) |
sketchnotes |
| Dec 6 |
Sketchnotes: ENT101 Business Plan and Other Communication Tools–Veronika Litinski |
sketchnotes |
| Dec 5 |
Sketchnotes: Visual Problem-solving–Dan Roam (DAN ROAM!) |
drawing, sketchnotes |
| Dec 5 |
Delegation update: Scheduling! |
delegation |
| Dec 4 |
Sketchnote reflection: conference intensity |
drawing, kaizen, reflection |
| Dec 4 |
Business update: Tax update |
business |
| Dec 3 |
Sketchnotes: Lean Startup Day |
sketchnotes |
| Dec 2 |
Weekly review: Week ending November 30, 2012 |
weekly |
| Dec 2 |
Sketchnotes: Angel Hack Toronto pitches! |
sketchnotes |
| Dec 1 |
Networking with notes – and sketchnotes, in particular |
connecting |
| Nov 30 |
Sketchnotes: The 5 Key Elements of a Better B2B Content Marketing Strategy–Nolin LeChasseur |
sketchnotes |
| Nov 29 |
Awesome Foundation Toronto pitch night: Kensington Mesh Network, Women and Tech, Lovecraft TO, 360 Screenings |
sketchnotes |
| Nov 28 |
Sketchnotes from #ENT101: Business Model Canvas–Mark Zimmerman |
sketchnotes |
| Nov 28 |
Getting ready for my Hardlines Dealer Conference talk: So You Don’t Have an Army of Online Marketers |
speaking |
| Nov 26 |
Growing into an artist |
|
| Nov 24 |
Weekly review: Week ending November 23, 2012 |
weekly |
| Nov 23 |
Made my largest sketchnote ever! Painting the MaRS Lean Startup Day banner |
sketchnotes |
| Nov 22 |
Sketchnotes: Venus Ventures Town Hall |
sketchnotes |
| Nov 21 |
Sketchnotes from #ENT101: IP Management – Creating Value by Protecting Knowledge-based Assets – Nathaniel Lipkus, Matthew Powell, Ashlee Froese |
sketchnotes |
| Nov 21 |
Tweaking my scheduling process for delegation |
delegation, process |
| Nov 20 |
Capturing my sketchnotes with Camtasia Studio Pro; organizing the digital workflow |
drawing |
| Nov 19 |
Sketchnotes: Girl Geeks Toronto: Vexed in the City |
sketchnotes |
| Nov 19 |
When your personal value proposition shifts |
life |
| Nov 18 |
New: Quantified Self Meetup Map! |
quantified |
| Nov 17 |
Weekly review: Week ending November 16, 2012 |
weekly |
| Nov 16 |
Investing time–and money—to help make good things happen |
life |
| Nov 15 |
Sketchnotes from #torontob2b: Dragging an Organization into the Digital Age; 7 Steps to Social Media Success |
sketchnotes |
| Nov 14 |
MaRS ENT101: Meet the Entrepreneurs: Life Sciences & Healthcare – Peter Adams, Joel Ironstone, Trevor Van Mierlo, Alex Hodgson |
sketchnotes |
| Nov 12 |
Validating ideas and working with other people |
business |
| Nov 10 |
Weekly review: Week ending November 9, 2012 |
weekly |
| Nov 9 |
Buying time: Experimenting with scheduling |
business, delegation |
| Nov 8 |
Sketchnotes: ENT101: Value Proposition–Joe Wilson |
sketchnotes |
| Nov 7 |
Sketchnotes: #INNOTalkTO Innovatively Speaking – Joanna Track, Justin Raymond, David Nam, Brenda Rideout |
sketchnotes |
| Nov 6 |
Discovering the MaRS #startupbookclubTO: The $100 Startup |
reading |
| Nov 5 |
Weekly review: Week ending November 3, 2012 |
weekly |
| Nov 4 |
Sketchnotes from WordCamp Developers Toronto 2012 Day 2 #wcto |
conference, sketchnotes, wordpress |
| Nov 4 |
Coming up with a three-word life philosophy |
learning, reflection, sketches |
| Nov 3 |
Sketchnotes: WordCamp Developers Toronto 2012 Day 1 (#wcto) |
conference, sketchnotes, wordpress |
| Nov 2 |
Business experience report: Filing taxes! |
entrepreneurship |
| Nov 1 |
Figuring out how to get better at following up with people in person |
connecting |
| Oct 31 |
Sketchnotes: SOHO SME Expo 2012 |
sketchnotes |
| Oct 31 |
Sketchnotes: Startup Communities and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems |
sketchnotes |
| Oct 30 |
Thinking about wild success |
business, entrepreneurship, planning |
| Oct 29 |
Sketchnotes: TEDxToronto 2012 |
sketchnotes |
| Oct 28 |
Business adventures: Accounting |
business |
| Oct 27 |
Weekly review: Week ending October 26, 2012 |
weekly |
| Oct 26 |
#SMref panel: Changing Nature of Influence–Moderator: Terry Foster–Panel: Matt Juniper, Patrick Thoburn, Ron Nurwisah, Eric Alper |
sketchnotes |
| Oct 26 |
Sketchnotes: AndroidTO–The Business of Mobile |
sketchnotes |
| Oct 25 |
Business card kaizen |
business, connecting, kaizen |
| Oct 24 |
Sketchnotes: #ENT101 Entrepreneurial Management–Jon E. Worren |
sketchnotes |
| Oct 24 |
Quantified Awesome: Grocery update – Oct 2012 |
quantified |
| Oct 23 |
Pub nights and thinking about networking at events |
connecting |
| Oct 23 |
Planning how to learn about validating business ideas |
business, entrepreneurship, planning |
| Oct 22 |
Celebrating my fiscal year end; planning how to improve |
business, entrepreneurship, planning |
| Oct 21 |
Weekly review: Week ending October 19, 2012 |
weekly |
| Oct 19 |
Planning for retirement when you don’t know where you’ll be |
finance, planning |
| Oct 18 |
Sketchnotes: Different Types of Entrepreneurship, Kerri Golden, Allyson Hewitt (MaRS ENT101) |
entrepreneurship, sketchnotes |
| Oct 17 |
Monthly review: September 2012 |
monthly, review |
| Oct 17 |
Sketchnotes: Small Business Forum [Enterprise Toronto] |
entrepreneurship, sketchnotes |
| Oct 16 |
Sketchnotes: Quantified Self Conference 2012 |
quantified, sketchnotes |
| Oct 15 |
Weekly review: Week ending October 12, 2012 |
weekly |
| Oct 14 |
A long reflection on getting more out of each hour |
learning, reflection |
| Oct 10 |
ENT101: Startup Law 101: Legal Launchpad (Arshia Tabrizi) |
sketchnotes |
| Oct 9 |
Cameron Lewis at the Toronto Small Business Network meetup |
sketchnotes |
| Oct 6 |
Weekly review: Week ending October 5, 2012 |
weekly |
| Oct 5 |
Learning how to bring people together |
connecting |
| Oct 5 |
Sketchnotes: #torontob2b: Free trials, cold-calling, brainstorming |
sketchnotes |
| Oct 3 |
Sketchnotes: ENT101: Lived It Lecture – Bruce Poon Tip (G Adventures) on Social Enterprise |
business, entrepreneurship, sketchnotes |
| Oct 3 |
Packing review: Things I used and didn’t use on my trip |
life |
| Oct 2 |
Toolmaking |
reflection |
| Oct 1 |
Weekly review: Week ending September 28, 2012 |
weekly |
| Sep 30 |
Sketchnotes from WordCamp Toronto 2012 Day 2: Case studies |
conference, sketchnotes, wordpress |
| Sep 29 |
Sketchnotes from WordCamp Toronto Day 1: Marketing, giving back, multilingual sites, security, SEO & analytics, e-commerce |
conference, sketchnotes, wordpress |
| Sep 27 |
Answering questions about the Quantified Self |
quantified |
| Sep 26 |
Sketchnotes: ENT101: Finding and Validating Your Idea, Keri Damen |
business, entrepreneurship, sketchnotes |
| Sep 26 |
Tech report: Living on the T-Mobile 2G network |
android, geek, travel |
| Sep 25 |
Weekly review: Week ending September 21, 2012 |
weekly |
| Sep 19 |
Thinking about a Quantified Self directory |
quantified |
| Sep 18 |
Weekly review: Week ending September 14, 2012 |
weekly |
| Sep 17 |
Notes from the Quantified Self 2012 conference (Palo Alto) |
conference, quantified |
| Sep 17 |
Quick braindump after Quantified Self 2012 |
conference, quantified |
| Sep 11 |
Raiding San Francisco’s Japantown for bento accessories and pens |
travel |
| Sep 8 |
Weekly review: Week ending September 7, 2012 |
weekly |
| Sep 7 |
Having fun with code |
geek |
| Sep 5 |
Visual book review: Help Your Kids Get Better Grades |
book, sketchnotes, visual-book-notes |
| Sep 4 |
Paper, Tablet, and Tablet PC: Comparing tools for sketchnoting |
drawing |
| Sep 3 |
Monthly review: August 2012 |
monthly, review |
| Sep 2 |
International cooking |
cooking, life |
| Sep 1 |
Weekly review: Week ending August 31, 2012 |
weekly |
| Aug 30 |
Taking a month off from consulting |
experiment |
| Aug 29 |
Process: Keeping notes of conversations |
connecting, kaizen, process, sketches |
| Aug 28 |
Process: Reading nonfiction books |
process, reading, sketches |
| Aug 27 |
Thinking about a visual process library |
drawing, kaizen, process, sketches |
| Aug 26 |
Paint-the-shed weekend |
life |
| Aug 25 |
Weekly review: Week ending August 24, 2012 |
weekly |
| Aug 24 |
Making myself create space |
business |
| Aug 23 |
Sketchnotes from #torontob2b (antispam, mobile websites, marketing programs) |
sketchnotes |
| Aug 22 |
Coverage-mapping business models, or thinking of this like a business tasting menu |
business |
| Aug 21 |
Thinking about how to learn how to manage others |
business, delegation, management |
| Aug 20 |
Learning how to tweak my Android devices to fit me |
android |
| Aug 19 |
Getting together |
|
| Aug 18 |
Weekly review: Week ending August 17, 2012 |
weekly |
| Aug 17 |
Thinking about ways to help people who are in between |
life, work |
| Aug 16 |
Thinking about what wild success at 29 looks like |
life, planning |
| Aug 15 |
Discovery: I like making sketched animations |
drawing |
| Aug 14 |
Centre for Social Innovation – Small Business Network meetup at the Toronto Reference Library |
sketchnotes |
| Aug 13 |
Sketchnotes: Girl Geeks Toronto – Adventures in Arduino |
meetup, sketchnotes |
| Aug 12 |
Twenty-nine; life as a 28-year-old |
review, yearly |
| Aug 11 |
Weekly review: Week ending August 10, 2012 |
weekly |
| Aug 10 |
Submitted my application for Canadian citizenship! |
canada |
| Aug 9 |
Backyard updates: New shed, garden happiness |
gardening |
| Aug 8 |
Learning more about Android development |
android |
| Aug 7 |
Monthly review: July 2012 |
monthly, review |
| Aug 6 |
How to build MobileOrgNG for Android |
android, emacs, geek |
| Aug 5 |
Building MobileOrg for Android |
android, emacs, geek |
| Aug 4 |
Weekly review: Week ending August 3, 2012 |
weekly |
| Aug 3 |
More gadget changes |
geek |
| Aug 2 |
No longer worried about flat tires |
|
| Aug 1 |
zomg, Evernote and Emacs |
emacs |
| Jul 31 |
Slowly figuring out how to use my tablet |
geek |
| Jul 30 |
Breaking down something that’s intimidating to learn |
learning |
| Jul 29 |
524 wontons |
cooking |
| Jul 29 |
Tablet adventures: Using my TF700 as a second monitor with AirDisplay |
android |
| Jul 28 |
Weekly review: Week ending July 27, 2012 |
weekly |
| Jul 27 |
Sketchnotes from MobileDevTO: Android development, social apps |
sketchnotes |
| Jul 26 |
Sketchnotes: Marketing in the Round, Gini Dietrich |
marketing, sketchnotes |
| Jul 25 |
80% and tweaking |
kaizen |
| Jul 24 |
Work is love made visible |
life |
| Jul 23 |
Learning from the basics |
learning |
| Jul 22 |
Things I would like to see fixed |
business |
| Jul 21 |
Weekly review: Week ending July 20, 2012 |
weekly |
| Jul 20 |
It’s okay if you don’t do everything |
life, reflection |
| Jul 19 |
Sketchnotes: Custom Post Types & Custom Fields (Wes Bos, #wpto) |
blogging, meetup, sketchnotes, wordpress |
| Jul 18 |
Trusting myself with making time |
business, time |
| Jul 17 |
Experience report: Editing, formatting, and publishing an e-book |
business, writing |
| Jul 16 |
Waiting for technology |
geek |
| Jul 15 |
Building the foundation for a shed |
life |
| Jul 14 |
Weekly review: Week ending July 13, 2012 |
weekly |
| Jul 13 |
Thinking about pricing and consulting |
business |
| Jul 12 |
Helping startups |
business |
| Jul 11 |
Quantified Self Toronto: July 11, 2012 |
meetup, quantified, sketchnotes |
| Jul 10 |
Sketchnotes: Christine Steiger, Christine’s Fitness and Personal Training @ Small Business Network, Toronto Public Library |
business, meetup, sketchnotes |
| Jul 9 |
Quantified Awesome: Tracking clothes, groceries, and other everyday things |
geek, meetup, presentation, quantified, sketchnotes, speaking |
| Jul 8 |
Weekly review: Week ending July 6, 2012 |
weekly |
| Jul 7 |
Monthly review: June 2012 |
monthly, review |
| Jul 6 |
Business notes: Working with a virtual accountant |
business |
| Jul 5 |
“So, what do you do?” |
connecting |
| Jul 4 |
Building my skills and getting ready for the next steps |
business |
| Jul 3 |
Quantified Awesome: Grocery update! |
quantified |
| Jul 2 |
Transcript: Emacs chat with John Wiegley |
emacs, Emacs Chat, org, podcast |
| Jul 1 |
A day of gardening |
gardening |
| Jun 30 |
Weekly review: Week ending June 29, 2012 |
weekly |
| Jun 29 |
#torontob2b: Sean O’Donovan on managing content for lead generation + Q&A with Ben Harrison and Scott Armstrong |
marketing, meetup, sketchnotes |
| Jun 28 |
Business update: Four months in! |
business |
| Jun 27 |
Emacs: Chatting with John Wiegley about the cool things he does with Emacs |
emacs, Emacs Chat, podcast |
| Jun 26 |
Experiment! Stories from My Twenties PDF |
blogging, writing |
| Jun 25 |
The Virtual Self: Nora Young at Third Tuesday Toronto |
quantified, sketchnotes |
| Jun 25 |
Making GNU Emacs play well on Microsoft Windows 7 |
emacs |
| Jun 24 |
Making progress on my book of highlights! |
writing |
| Jun 23 |
Weekly review: Week ending June 22, 2012 |
weekly |
| Jun 22 |
Still working on that shift from services to products |
business |
| Jun 21 |
Not getting overwhelmed by learning, no siree |
life |
| Jun 20 |
Emacs braindump from John Wiegley =) |
emacs |
| Jun 19 |
Using Emacs Org for grocery lists and batch cooking |
cooking, emacs, org |
| Jun 18 |
Quantified Awesome: Analyzing my cellphone data |
quantified |
| Jun 17 |
The weekends are just packed |
life |
| Jun 16 |
Weekly review: Week ending June 15, 2012 |
weekly |
| Jun 15 |
Making lists of things I do so that I can learn more about delegation |
business, delegation |
| Jun 14 |
Things that I’ve used Emacs for |
emacs |
| Jun 13 |
Numbers from rereading more than ten years of my blog |
blogging, writing |
| Jun 12 |
Sketchnotes: Sandra Emilia Calderaro, Multilingual Kids; Andres D’Imperio, Creative Design (Small Business Network @ Toronto Reference Library) |
business, meetup, sketchnotes |
| Jun 11 |
Tips for making the most of the Toronto Public Library |
library, tips, toronto |
| Jun 9 |
Weekly review: Week ending June 8, 2012 |
weekly |
| Jun 8 |
Literate programming and my Emacs configuration file |
emacs |
| Jun 7 |
Monthly review: May 2012 |
monthly |
| Jun 6 |
Working on getting better at calendars |
geek, kaizen |
| Jun 5 |
Relearning QWERTY |
geek |
| Jun 4 |
How I track my time, and how I’d like to |
quantified, time |
| Jun 3 |
Quantified Awesome: Back to buying our own fruits and vegetables |
quantified |
| Jun 2 |
Weekly review: Week ending June 1, 2012 |
review, weekly |
| Jun 1 |
The Shy Connector: Thinking about the difficulties people encounter |
connecting |
| May 31 |
Thinking about the next mini-experiment |
life, planning |
| May 30 |
Scanning my notebooks |
notetaking |
| May 29 |
Where I am in terms of Emacs |
emacs |
| May 28 |
Quantified Awesome: Blogging, WPM, and the speed of reflection |
kaizen, quantified, reflection, writing |
| May 27 |
Making polvoron |
cooking, philippines |
| May 26 |
Weekly review: Week ending May 25, 2012 |
review, weekly |
| May 25 |
A perspective on outsourcing |
delegation |
| May 24 |
Starting up my delegation experiments again: data entry from receipts |
delegation |
| May 23 |
Decision review: Logitech H800 wireless headset |
decision, sketches |
| May 22 |
Visual metaphors: Success |
visual |
| May 21 |
Added new gallery views so that you can review sketchnotes easily |
wordpress |
| May 21 |
Getting Started with Quantified Self |
quantified |
| May 20 |
Planning my life |
life, planning |
| May 19 |
Weekly review: Week ending May 18, 2012 |
review, weekly |
| May 18 |
Taking stock of the way I take notes |
organization, writing |
| May 17 |
Drawing studies |
drawing |
| May 16 |
Responsive web, responsive life |
business |
| May 15 |
Org-mode and habits |
emacs, org |
| May 14 |
Sketchnotes: Jeremiah Owyang @ Third Tuesday Toronto (#3TYYZ) on the Social Business Hierarchy of Needs |
sketchnotes, social |
| May 14 |
Pizza pizza pizza pizza |
cooking, kaizen, life |
| May 13 |
Decision review: Razor A5 Lux kick scooter |
family, life |
| May 12 |
Weekly review: Week ending May 11, 2012 |
review, weekly |
| May 11 |
Quantified Awesome: Analysis of the winter/spring season for the Cooper’s Farm community-supported agriculture program |
quantified |
| May 10 |
Sketchnote workflow |
drawing |
| May 9 |
Sketchnotes: The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future |
book, business, entrepreneurship, sketches, sketchnotes, visual-book-notes |
| May 9 |
Maintaining a manual topical index for my blog using Emacs |
pkm, blogging, emacs, organization |
| May 8 |
Sketchnotes: Red Rocket Coffee, Toronto Public Library Small Business Network meetup |
business, sketchnotes |
| May 8 |
Gardening with herbs and exercising the senses |
gardening |
| May 7 |
Tweaking my introduction, focusing on sketchnotes |
connecting |
| May 6 |
Monthly review: April 2012 |
monthly |
| May 5 |
Weekly review: Week ending May 4, 2012 |
review, weekly |
| May 4 |
Looking forward to watching the Avengers |
life |
| May 3 |
Sketchnotes: Designing content so that it works – Carl Friesen (#torontob2b) |
blogging, sketchnotes, writing |
| May 3 |
Sketchnotes: Building a Social Enterprise – Andrew Jenkins (#torontob2b) |
marketing, sketchnotes |
| May 3 |
Sketchnotes: Marketing Automation, Jeffrey Yee (#torontob2b) |
sketchnotes |
| May 3 |
Optimism, happiness, and being young |
happy |
| May 2 |
Visual metaphor: Danger |
visual |
| May 1 |
Learning more about what I want to learn |
learning, planning |
| Apr 30 |
Digital uncluttering: my backup and clean up plan |
geek, organization |
| Apr 29 |
From maker time to learner time |
business, learning, life, planning, time |
| Apr 28 |
Weekly review: Week ending April 27, 2012 |
review, weekly |
| Apr 27 |
Learning about business finances |
business, finance |
| Apr 26 |
Garden update |
gardening |
| Apr 25 |
Why I’m temporarily unhireable |
business, planning |
| Apr 24 |
Visual metaphors: Trust |
visual |
| Apr 23 |
Learning how to manage time |
business, life, planning, time |
| Apr 22 |
Monthly review: March 2012 |
monthly |
| Apr 21 |
Weekly review: Week ending April 20, 2012 |
review, weekly |
| Apr 20 |
Waking up with barcodes |
android, geek, life |
| Apr 19 |
Visual metaphors: Change |
|
| Apr 18 |
Thinking about the time/money swap |
business, decision, life, time |
| Apr 17 |
Sketches: People-watching at High Park |
sketches |
| Apr 16 |
Optimizing for weather and other thoughts about self-employed time |
business, life, time, toronto |
| Apr 16 |
Getting the hang of making time for business development |
business, entrepreneurship |
| Apr 15 |
On why I don’t want to work on a tech startup (yet) |
business, entrepreneurship, sketches |
| Apr 14 |
Weekly review: Week ending April 13, 2012 |
review, weekly |
| Apr 13 |
Learning how to say no |
business, learning |
| Apr 12 |
Decision review: Got the Lenovo battery slice for my X220 tablet |
decision, geek, laptop |
| Apr 9 |
Getting ready for my “The Shy Entrepreneur” talk at the Toronto Reference Library tomorrow (Apr 10 Tue, 6 PM) |
business, entrepreneurship, presentation, sketchnotes |
| Apr 7 |
Weekly review: Week ending April 6, 2012 |
review, weekly |
| Apr 5 |
Back to biking |
life |
| Apr 4 |
Unstructured time update, now that I have my own business |
life, planning, reflection, time |
| Apr 3 |
Visual book review: Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us about the Art of Persuasion |
book, communication, visual, visual-book-notes |
| Apr 2 |
Visual metaphors: Argument |
drawing |
| Apr 1 |
Practising faces |
drawing |
| Mar 31 |
Weekly review: Week ending March 30, 2012 |
review, weekly |
| Mar 30 |
Trying out MindManager 2012 – Almost but not quite the right fit for me |
review |
| Mar 29 |
Visual metaphors: Balance |
drawing, tips |
| Mar 28 |
Sketchnotes: William Mougayar (engagio) at Third Tuesday Toronto |
entrepreneurship, meetup, sketches, sketchnotes, social |
| Mar 27 |
Visual book review: Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In |
communication, visual, visual-book-notes |
| Mar 26 |
Six ways I’m learning how to get better at drawing sketchnotes |
drawing, kaizen, learning, tips |
| Mar 24 |
Weekly review: Week ending March 23, 2012 |
review, weekly |
| Mar 23 |
Ice cream season and the first seeds in the garden |
gardening, sketches |
| Mar 22 |
Visual book review: Enough, by Patrick Rhone |
book, life, reading, reflection, visual, visual-book-notes |
| Mar 21 |
Happy monthsary to me! |
business, life, sketches |
| Mar 20 |
Visual book review: Critical Inquiry: The Process of Argument |
book, communication, reading, visual, visual-book-notes |
| Mar 19 |
What I want from visual notetaking; imagining wild success |
notetaking, planning, sketches |
| Mar 18 |
Taking up hobbies again: photography and gardening |
cat, gardening, photography |
| Mar 17 |
Weekly review: Week ending March 16, 2012 |
review, weekly |
| Mar 15 |
Making space to plan for visual summaries |
business, entrepreneurship, planning |
| Mar 13 |
Sketchnotes: Dave Ley, Jen Nolan, Leo Marland and me at the University of Toronto Faculty of Information’s career panel |
career, sketchnotes |
| Mar 13 |
Sketchnotes: Sal Sloan of Fetching! at the Toronto Public Library: Small Business Networking Event |
business, connecting, delegation, entrepreneurship, sketchnotes |
| Mar 11 |
Mapping my blog archives |
pkm, blogging |
| Mar 10 |
Weekly review: Week ending March 9, 2012 |
review, weekly |
| Mar 10 |
Meetup sketchnotes: The Publishing Side of WordPress, Andy McIlwain |
blogging, sketchnotes, wordpress |
| Mar 8 |
The confidence of non-expertise |
life, reflection |
| Mar 7 |
Adjusting |
life, work, writing |
| Mar 6 |
Visual book notes: How to Read a Book |
pkm, book, reading, sketchnotes, visual-book-notes |
| Mar 5 |
Visual book notes: The Start-up of You (Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha) |
book, career, connecting, sketchnotes, visual-book-notes |
| Mar 4 |
Celebrating rejection and failure |
business |
| Mar 3 |
Weekly review: Week ending March 2, 2012 |
review, weekly |
| Mar 2 |
Visual book notes: 6 Secrets to Startup Success |
book, business, entrepreneurship, reading, sketchnotes, visual, visual-book-notes |
| Mar 1 |
Organizing resources for Quantified Self Toronto |
quantified |
| Feb 29 |
Visual book notes: The Lean Startup by Eric Ries |
book, reading, visual, visual-book-notes |
| Feb 29 |
This is what five years looks like |
business, entrepreneurship, experiment, planning |
| Feb 28 |
Experience report: So much for having a virtual bookstore |
entrepreneurship, experiment |
| Feb 27 |
Experience report: Applying for a Harmonized Sales Tax account |
business, entrepreneurship, experiment |
| Feb 25 |
Weekly review: Week ending February 24, 2012 – One week into my experiments with entrepreneurship! |
review, weekly |
| Feb 24 |
Experience report: A brief chat with an accountant |
business, entrepreneurship |
| Feb 23 |
Experience report: Opening the RBC Small Business eAccount |
business, entrepreneurship, experiment |
| Feb 22 |
People-centered entrepreneurship |
business, entrepreneurship, experiment |
| Feb 21 |
Experience report: Renting a business mailbox |
business, experiment |
| Feb 20 |
It’s okay to not know |
entrepreneurship, planning, reflection |
| Feb 19 |
Experience report: Incorporating a federal numbered corporation in Canada |
business, entrepreneurship, experiment |
| Feb 18 |
Weekly review: Week ending February 17, 2012 |
review, weekly |
| Feb 16 |
Analyzing my Lotus Notes sent mail since January 2011 |
analysis, ibm, lotus |
| Feb 15 |
Estimating the impact of the Community Toolkit, or how the company got an incredibly good deal when they hired me ;) |
ibm, work |
| Feb 14 |
Sketchnotes: Small business network meetup with Kristina Chau at the Toronto Reference Library |
entrepreneurship, library, sketches, sketchnotes, toronto |
| Feb 14 |
Five things I’ve learned from five awesome years at IBM |
career, ibm, learning, tips, work |
| Feb 13 |
Pre-experiment potluck |
career, ibm, work |
| Feb 12 |
High school acceptance, yay! |
life |
| Feb 11 |
Weekly review: Week ending February 10, 2012 |
review, weekly |
| Feb 10 |
Bridging from intrapreneurship |
career |
| Feb 9 |
Drupal 6: Adding color support to your theme |
drupal |
| Feb 8 |
Helping kids build their vocabularies: spell-offs and bedtime stories |
learning, life |
| Feb 7 |
Notes from my exit interview with IBM |
career, ibm, work |
| Feb 6 |
Learning research skills |
learning |
| Feb 5 |
Weekly review: Week ending February 3, 2012 |
review, weekly |
| Feb 4 |
What to do when you have a hard time listening to lectures: adapting as a visual learner |
learning |
| Feb 3 |
Squeezing another project in |
work |
| Feb 2 |
Thinking about how to experiment with business and what I might want to do |
business, entrepreneurship, experiment, life, planning |
| Feb 1 |
Notes from the Ontario Science Centre field trip |
life, reflection |
| Jan 31 |
Mapping out what I’ve learned at IBM |
pkm, work |
| Jan 30 |
My CSS theming setup |
development, drupal, geek, tips, work |
| Jan 29 |
Weekly review: Week ending January 27, 2012 |
review, weekly |
| Jan 28 |
High school application season |
life |
| Jan 26 |
Fourteen kids and an impromptu pie party |
life |
| Jan 25 |
Setting things in motion |
career, work |
| Jan 24 |
Getting ready for my next experiment! |
career, experiment, ibm, sketches |
| Jan 23 |
Thinking about Quantified Awesome, meetups, and DemoCamp |
planning, quantified |
| Jan 22 |
January 22, 2012 |
life, sketches |
| Jan 21 |
Weekly review: Week ending January 20, 2012 |
review, weekly |
| Jan 19 |
Quantified Self Toronto #9 |
quantified, sketchnotes |
| Jan 18 |
Emacs: Telling external processes about terminal capabilities, and watching over other people’s shoulders |
emacs |
| Jan 17 |
Brainstorming breakdowns, assumptions, and possibilities |
|
| Jan 15 |
January 15, 2012 |
life |
| Jan 14 |
Weekly review: Week ending January 13, 2012 |
review, weekly |
| Jan 13 |
January 13, 2012 |
life |
| Jan 12 |
Work, extracurriculars, and measuring time: an epiphany |
decision, quantified, reflection, time, work |
| Jan 11 |
Tip: Use visibility to motivate new habits |
kaizen, life, tips |
| Jan 10 |
Things I want to learn more about through work |
planning, work |
| Jan 9 |
Making good progress on theming the site |
work |
| Jan 8 |
Moving time around |
reflection |
| Jan 7 |
Weekly review: Week ending January 6, 2012 |
review, weekly |
| Jan 6 |
LEGO and Indiana Jones: nuking the fridge got a lot more fun |
geek |
| Jan 5 |
Thinking about reviewing archives |
geek, kaizen |
| Jan 4 |
Quantified Awesome: Squishing my excuses |
analysis, decision, development, planning, quantified |
| Jan 3 |
CSS theming, magnification, and foot pedals |
development, geek, kaizen |
| Jan 2 |
Quantified Awesome: Community-supported agriculture with Plan B Organic Farms, fall 2011 |
analysis, cooking, quantified |
| Jan 1 |
Weekly review: Week ending December 30, 2011 |
review, weekly |
