Victoria is a city of burgeoning usability practices.
My cell phone carrier has stopped spamming me
My local gym and community centre is awesome. It’s a little less than three kilometres from…
Scientists on Twitter: Preaching to the choir or singing from the rooftops?
I tend to think that comms advice for scientists is also comms advice for everyone. Here’s…
Happy Halloween
Halloween in Vicwest is quiet but nice. Some great costumes on the street last night and…
The stickiness of so-called “reverse racism”
When an idea is “intuitive” but also steeped in a culture war we have a heightened…
The dream of proportional representation dies again; long live pro rep
I campaigned during the first and second referendums we had here in BC regarding proportional representation.…
The state of hyperlinking in journalism, a case study
From time to time I like to check in on how news orgs are doing with…
Fresh approaches to skepticism
The skeptic social movement has been a big part of my social and intellectual world. In…
Paul Wells, conservatism, satire, and Maclean’s footprint
I like Maclean’s about as much as I like the National Post. They’re rightwing, partisan, and…