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Business19
  • A Lesson from Fortune's 3 Lessons Sun 30 August 2015
  • Car Sharing Wed 02 November 2011
  • Lost CauseWorld Thu 04 March 2010
  • Competition is a Great Thing Sun 31 January 2010
  • So that's how they do it... Mon 10 August 2009
  • Unanticipated Consequences Thu 16 July 2009
  • You Can't Beat 'em Thu 18 June 2009
  • Two Ships Passing in the Night Tue 02 June 2009
  • Nudging you the Wrong Way Wed 15 April 2009
  • Why You Should Work for an Internet Company Mon 23 March 2009
  • This is What a Recession Looks Like Fri 06 March 2009
  • Tropican't Fri 27 February 2009
  • Insurmountable Experience Wed 18 February 2009
  • Too Transparent Mon 16 February 2009
  • Ironic Sign of the Times Sat 10 January 2009
  • Just Say No Wed 10 December 2008
  • Leading Indicators of a Credit Crisis Sat 25 October 2008
  • Rolling The Dice Sat 26 July 2008
  • Efficient Markets Sun 13 July 2008
Business, Finance3
  • Rethinking Inflation Sun 08 November 2009
  • Banking With A Difference Mon 03 November 2008
  • The Giant Pool o' Money Mon 21 July 2008
Business, History1
  • Contrasts Sat 20 August 2011
Business, History, Technology1
  • Understanding The Now Wed 28 December 2016
Business, NYC, Random1
  • Thursday Morning Epiphany Thu 11 September 2008
Business, Science1
  • The (Behavioural) Economist Wed 28 January 2009
Business, Technology9
  • The Moment of Truth Mon 17 April 2023
  • SIM As A Service Mon 06 January 2014
  • Amazon: The Scaling Company Wed 09 November 2011
  • The (Mobile) Elephants are Dancing Thu 29 April 2010
  • Commoditizing Dog Food Wed 28 April 2010
  • Why Cities Matter Thu 22 April 2010
  • What I Hope Will be in the Apple Tablet Wed 20 January 2010
  • Interview with the Innovator Thu 24 September 2009
  • Maybe Not The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread? Wed 03 December 2008
Business, Technology, Travel1
  • The Not So Humble Convenience Store and Vending Machines Wed 14 July 2010
Finance8
  • A Different Way Of Comparing Canada & America Thu 27 September 2012
  • I'll Be Renting Tue 18 May 2010
  • Cascading to Failure Fri 07 May 2010
  • And now your failure is complete... Sun 09 August 2009
  • A Marble In Your Mouth Thu 26 March 2009
  • Fun With Stats Sun 11 January 2009
  • A Failure of Metaphor Tue 30 September 2008
  • Sinking The Costs Tue 26 August 2008
Finance, NYC1
  • New Names on the Doors Tue 07 October 2008
Finance, NYC, Random1
  • Don't Be Fooled By Black Swans Wed 12 May 2010
Finance, Random1
  • How We Got Here Mon 26 January 2009
Finance, Science2
  • More Human Than Human Tue 18 August 2009
  • Simple is the New Complex Sun 10 May 2009
Food14
  • In Praise of the French Taco Sun 03 December 2023
  • The Manhattan Project Mon 02 January 2023
  • Revoltingly Delicious Sat 04 January 2014
  • The Sunday Sauce Sun 28 October 2012
  • Pizzeria Farina Sun 18 March 2012
  • The Jade Seafood Restaurant Fri 16 March 2012
  • Richmond's Eat Street Mon 12 March 2012
  • Richmond Night Market Sat 27 August 2011
  • Hoisin Knife Sun 27 March 2011
  • Food Walking East Van Sun 13 March 2011
  • The Ritter Sport Unboxing Experience Thu 09 December 2010
  • Balinese Food Mon 09 August 2010
  • Milkfrothing 101 Wed 04 February 2009
  • Cooking Thai Sun 25 January 2009
Food, NYC8
  • Gastronomic Locavority Mon 21 December 2009
  • For the Alcoholic Russophile who has it all Sun 11 October 2009
  • Hot Diggity Dog Tue 21 July 2009
  • Borough Food Mon 02 March 2009
  • Tequila & Tarts Sun 15 February 2009
  • Lazy Day Sun 18 January 2009
  • The Perfect Pull Wed 14 January 2009
  • Eats in the Hood Fri 09 January 2009
Food, Travel21
  • When Architects Open Cafes Thu 24 January 2013
  • Istanbul Tue 02 November 2010
  • Uzbekistan Thu 21 October 2010
  • Western & Northern Rajasthan Thu 07 October 2010
  • Southern Rajasthan Sun 26 September 2010
  • Central & Western India Thu 23 September 2010
  • Southern India Mon 20 September 2010
  • Bangkok Wed 08 September 2010
  • Luang Prabang and Vientiane Tue 31 August 2010
  • Lao food Fri 27 August 2010
  • Yogyakarta Tue 17 August 2010
  • Borneo Notes Mon 02 August 2010
  • Kota Kinabalu Night Market Sat 31 July 2010
  • More Great Japanese Food Thu 15 July 2010
  • Tsukiji Fish Market Mon 12 July 2010
  • How to Drink Tea Mon 12 July 2010
  • Tokyo - Day 3 Sat 10 July 2010
  • 26 Hours in Montreal Mon 17 May 2010
  • Torontonia Mon 09 March 2009
  • All Day in the Cafe Wed 07 January 2009
  • Australia: The Food Tue 06 January 2009
History5
  • Censorship Sun 12 July 2015
  • Goodbye Penny, And Thanks For The Memories Mon 18 February 2013
  • Great Stories From Hip-Hop Fri 25 February 2011
  • Couldn't Happen Here Tue 16 June 2009
  • The Depression & Path Dependence Thu 17 July 2008
History, NYC4
  • Geometric Growth & the City Sun 22 January 2023
  • Samurai is Japanese for Psychopathic Village People Sat 19 December 2009
  • New York Tour Sun 27 September 2009
  • Not Much of a Return Wed 22 July 2009
History, NYC, Technology1
  • Mapping the City Tue 22 September 2009
History, Random6
  • What Are The Odds This Is True? Fri 10 December 2010
  • Geography is Destiny Thu 02 September 2010
  • Great Meals and Path Dependence Sun 28 February 2010
  • Sorted Mon 28 September 2009
  • Nowhereland Fri 17 October 2008
  • Changing Times Wed 15 October 2008
History, Travel3
  • Cappadocia Mon 08 November 2010
  • Kowloon Walled City (Park) Tue 20 July 2010
  • Treasures from the Tokyo National Museum Sat 10 July 2010
misc1
  • About Sun 22 June 2008
NYC31
  • Brooklyn Walk Sat 26 June 2010
  • Celebrate the Solstice with Stop Motion Mon 21 June 2010
  • Spring Day in NYC Sat 10 April 2010
  • Ye Great Storm of 2010 Fri 26 February 2010
  • Gotta Love It Wed 17 February 2010
  • Transient City Thu 17 December 2009
  • Subway Mapping Mon 09 November 2009
  • Marathon of Consciousness Mon 02 November 2009
  • Bukem Sat 31 October 2009
  • Tell Me How You Really Feel... Thu 08 October 2009
  • Ah, Another Beautiful Sunset Fri 14 August 2009
  • The Joy of Brooklyn Mon 20 July 2009
  • They Did It Mon 08 June 2009
  • The Wall Sun 31 May 2009
  • Flint, Meet Brooklyn Mon 27 April 2009
  • Overwhelming Force Sun 12 April 2009
  • Instant Admiration to Instant Revulsion Sun 12 April 2009
  • Sign, Signs, Everywhere There's... Sun 01 March 2009
  • Rude Ink Sun 08 February 2009
  • Over the Bridge Sun 01 February 2009
  • Kingswood Fri 16 January 2009
  • Surreal Afternoon at the Office Thu 15 January 2009
  • Cityscape Sun 14 December 2008
  • New York Daze Sat 15 November 2008
  • Culture High and Low Thu 30 October 2008
  • Back from Beck Wed 08 October 2008
  • Cutting It Up Tue 23 September 2008
  • Media Backstory Tue 02 September 2008
  • With a Name Like That... Wed 27 August 2008
  • Hipster Pizza Tue 01 July 2008
  • Hard Times A'Coming? Thu 26 June 2008
NYC, Random27
  • Bill on Bill Thu 03 June 2010
  • Everything is Better with Lasers Wed 13 January 2010
  • Now You See Me, Now You Don't Fri 09 October 2009
  • How Did I Miss This Party? Tue 08 September 2009
  • The Hammer of Justice and the Table of Reason Mon 07 September 2009
  • Off the Hook in Red Hook Tue 18 August 2009
  • Envisioning New York Sun 07 June 2009
  • You Know The Economy is in the Crapper when... Fri 15 May 2009
  • Under Pressure Tue 12 May 2009
  • Spirited Ad Fri 08 May 2009
  • Spring is in the Air Sun 19 April 2009
  • Random Thoughts at NYPL Tue 14 April 2009
  • Libeskind @ Strand Thu 19 February 2009
  • Sign of the Apocalypse Sat 14 February 2009
  • Seen in New York Fri 13 February 2009
  • ComicCon Sun 08 February 2009
  • Sublime Sun 01 February 2009
  • Seen In New York Thu 22 January 2009
  • Conjecture Mon 19 January 2009
  • Best Photos of 2008 Sat 03 January 2009
  • A Parody of Itself Wed 10 December 2008
  • Bafascinating Sun 23 November 2008
  • Obamania Sat 25 October 2008
  • Is That A..? Sat 13 September 2008
  • Irony is... Thu 28 August 2008
  • Fail. Do Not Pass Go Sat 09 August 2008
  • Post-Industrial Chic Tue 05 August 2008
NYC, Random, Travel1
  • 19 Recent Photos Sun 31 January 2010
NYC, Technology3
  • An Open Letter to Mayor Bloomberg & the Future Head of the DOITT Mon 04 January 2010
  • Uncovering UncoverYourCity.com Wed 16 December 2009
  • State of the (Design) Union Fri 12 December 2008
NYC, Travel1
  • The Sixth Borough Sun 13 June 2010
Programming2
  • Timestamps in Django Wed 03 September 2008
  • The Future of the Web Thu 21 August 2008
Programming, Technology1
  • Connecting to the Real World Mon 19 October 2009
Programming, Travel1
  • How To Create a Wordpress Travel Blog with a Map Mon 05 July 2010
Random67
  • The Ongoing Digitization of Your Life Sun 21 May 2023
  • Shadowbahn Thu 02 September 2021
  • The Question Being Asked Sun 16 August 2015
  • The Ur And The Horn Tue 12 May 2015
  • 2014: Rear View Mirror Edition Wed 31 December 2014
  • New York Alki Thu 20 June 2013
  • Notes on Healthcare Mon 10 June 2013
  • Requiem for a city Sat 23 March 2013
  • The Tower Sat 26 January 2013
  • Wednesdays Wed 24 October 2012
  • And Now Some Photos From Vancouver Thu 27 September 2012
  • Down & Out on the DTES Sat 01 September 2012
  • The Various Nicknames Of My Son Sat 21 July 2012
  • Emily Carr Graduate Exhibit 2012 Sun 27 May 2012
  • The World Needs More Better Propaganda Sat 05 May 2012
  • Michael Morris at the Belkin Art Gallery Thu 15 March 2012
  • Beaty Biodiversity Museum Sun 11 March 2012
  • Some Recent Quotes Sat 18 February 2012
  • Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012 Sun 01 January 2012
  • Defeat Mon 19 September 2011
  • The Real Reason They're Rioting in Vancouver Thu 16 June 2011
  • Recent Dispatches Sun 15 May 2011
  • Weekend Reading. Play Along At Home Sun 24 April 2011
  • Out With 2010 And In With 2011 Sat 01 January 2011
  • On Poetry Fri 31 December 2010
  • Getting Ready for India Sun 05 September 2010
  • Finally, A Great 21st Century Hip Hop Song Sat 29 May 2010
  • Unlearning Mon 17 May 2010
  • More Apophenia Sun 09 May 2010
  • Same Same But Different Sat 13 March 2010
  • World's Toughest Map Thu 04 March 2010
  • Can Someone Please Explain This To Me? Fri 22 January 2010
  • Today's Moment of Inspiration Thu 14 January 2010
  • Contemporary Canadian Thu 24 December 2009
  • I Know I Run Fast, But... Thu 24 December 2009
  • The Fall Mon 21 December 2009
  • Message from the Future Sat 07 November 2009
  • Design, The Economy & Everything Wed 30 September 2009
  • Call the Secret Service! Tue 01 September 2009
  • The Prophet Mon 13 July 2009
  • Manufactured Drivescapes Tue 23 June 2009
  • Kawaii Sun 21 June 2009
  • People Making Pretty Things Sat 09 May 2009
  • Vicarious Pants Thu 30 April 2009
  • Zeitgeist? Mon 27 April 2009
  • WTF? Sat 04 April 2009
  • Eruption Sat 21 March 2009
  • Battle at the End of the World Fri 13 March 2009
  • 8 Months of iPhone Photos Fri 06 March 2009
  • Damn Cold Tue 10 February 2009
  • 21st Century Moment Tue 20 January 2009
  • Migrants Fri 26 December 2008
  • A Curious Sensation Sat 20 December 2008
  • Montreal Mon 01 December 2008
  • This Year's Marathon Sun 23 November 2008
  • The Future Today Tue 18 November 2008
  • Episode 44: A New Hope Wed 05 November 2008
  • Handed Something New Mon 03 November 2008
  • Interesting Ad Tue 28 October 2008
  • BASEd in Kuala Lumpur Wed 03 September 2008
  • Visualizing Girl Talk Tue 02 September 2008
  • You Might Never Go There Sun 10 August 2008
  • What Are The Odds Tue 05 August 2008
  • Pixelated - in a Good Way Mon 14 July 2008
  • Survivors of the Massacre Wed 02 July 2008
  • Behind the Bench Sun 22 June 2008
  • Err Lingus Sun 22 June 2008
Random, Science3
  • Best Metaphor Ever? Mon 21 March 2011
  • Today's Word of the Day: Apophenia Mon 12 January 2009
  • Visualizing Information Mon 29 September 2008
Random, Technology6
  • Things Are Getting Faster Thu 31 October 2013
  • We Live In The Future Sat 26 October 2013
  • Maker Faire Vancouver Sat 25 June 2011
  • The Modern Arabic Novel Sat 27 March 2010
  • Total Invasion of Privacy Mon 22 June 2009
  • Don't Expect To See Me Out Too Much Wed 01 October 2008
Random, Travel7
  • Notes on Japan Wed 14 July 2010
  • Piety & Punk Fri 05 June 2009
  • Final Shots from Australia Thu 08 January 2009
  • Various Aussie Thoughts Sun 04 January 2009
  • Sydney's Unique (Architectural) Style Sun 28 December 2008
  • The Great Dane Fri 26 December 2008
  • The Bluewater Classic Fri 26 December 2008
Random, Uncategorized3
  • Why I'm Bullish on Education Wed 02 September 2009
  • Super Surreal Fiction Mon 03 August 2009
  • Travellin' Man Tue 21 April 2009
Science9
  • Great Science Writing Sat 02 November 2013
  • Two Interesting Thoughts Sun 13 December 2009
  • Today's Big Idea Wed 07 October 2009
  • Under Pressure Tue 28 July 2009
  • Uncontrollable Fun Wed 20 August 2008
  • Trying to go Nowhere Fri 15 August 2008
  • The View from Afar Fri 18 July 2008
  • What a Tease Sun 29 June 2008
  • Emerging Complexity Mon 23 June 2008
Seattle5
  • One Seattle Fri 20 December 2024
  • First Ascents Mon 27 November 2023
  • Seattle Streets Mon 27 November 2023
  • The Great South Seattle Conflagration Wed 22 March 2023
  • Analyzing Violence in South Seattle Sun 16 July 2017
Seattle, Travel, Uncategorized1
  • Olympic Beaches Trip Report Tue 25 July 2023
Technology32
  • A New Way to Explore the MoMA's Permanent Collection Wed 21 May 2025
  • A Still Relevant Unpublished Post From 2016 Sat 21 December 2024
  • What’s Your Favorite AI? Tue 07 March 2023
  • Art at Home Sat 24 July 2021
  • Plants. Without the Effort Sun 28 February 2021
  • Finding Nearby Things in QGIS (Tutorial) Thu 06 July 2017
  • Debunking the "Steve Jobs Ignored Customers" Myth Mon 14 September 2015
  • What's Getting Backed on Kickstarter: Technology Edition Tue 24 March 2015
  • The Blinky Box Tue 24 June 2014
  • Google Maps: Confusing Time & Place Mon 13 January 2014
  • Everything Old Is New Again: Vol. 47 Sun 21 April 2013
  • On Driving An Electric Car Tue 02 April 2013
  • Cameratastic Wed 13 March 2013
  • Drones as a Service Mon 25 February 2013
  • Algorithms Without Feeling Mon 04 February 2013
  • Throwing Light Tue 01 January 2013
  • What Does 1 Month Of Tweets Look Like? Thu 08 November 2012
  • My Technology Graveyard Wed 29 August 2012
  • Maker Faire 2012 Sun 24 June 2012
  • Crushing on LED Art Mon 18 April 2011
  • How To Update Arrays of Javascript Objects Fri 04 February 2011
  • The Google is Doomed Meme (or How to Beat Facebook) Sat 29 January 2011
  • My Dad Is A Waterfall Sat 08 January 2011
  • Facebook's Orwell Moment Thu 22 April 2010
  • Justin Bieber has Swine Flu! Fri 16 April 2010
  • Algorithms are Hard :( Thu 11 March 2010
  • A Glimpse of Google's Future? Tue 02 March 2010
  • Maptastic Sun 31 January 2010
  • Facebook Thinks I've Got Marriage Problems Sat 12 December 2009
  • The Web Is Really Everywhere Sun 21 June 2009
  • Call Me. I'll Be Around Fri 10 April 2009
  • Healthy Things Tue 24 March 2009
Technology, Travel2
  • San Francisco Wed 16 November 2011
  • Land O' Engineers Thu 15 July 2010
Travel50
  • Taiwan Notes Sun 04 August 2024
  • Hunting for King Tides Fri 30 December 2022
  • Trip Report: Mount St. Helens Mon 08 August 2022
  • Yukon Notes Sat 24 September 2016
  • Paris Notes Sun 12 June 2016
  • Portland in 2015 Sat 11 July 2015
  • Seattle's Hidden Dystopia Thu 22 August 2013
  • Hunting Canada's Biggest Trees Mon 15 July 2013
  • Portlandia Tue 26 March 2013
  • Hawaii Notes Sun 23 December 2012
  • An Epic Hike Thu 20 September 2012
  • Rainforest Trail - Pacific Rim National Park Reserve Sat 21 July 2012
  • Toronto Afternoon Sat 09 June 2012
  • In Praise of Tokyo Tue 15 May 2012
  • Toronto to Montreal to Toronto in 27 Hours Sat 07 January 2012
  • Hornby Island Sat 20 August 2011
  • Galiano Island Mon 18 July 2011
  • Richmond Sat 18 June 2011
  • Europe Notes Tue 24 May 2011
  • 48 Hours in Seattle Wed 13 April 2011
  • Vancouver: Almost a Week In Mon 10 January 2011
  • Travel Notes Sun 12 December 2010
  • Why I <3 Berlin Sun 28 November 2010
  • Wrapping Up India Tue 12 October 2010
  • Hanoi & Ha Long Bay Fri 27 August 2010
  • Kuala Lumpur Wed 18 August 2010
  • Mt. Bromo Fri 13 August 2010
  • Ye Olde Boat Race Fri 13 August 2010
  • Bali Mon 09 August 2010
  • Semporna Mon 02 August 2010
  • Laundry Sun 01 August 2010
  • Maliau Basin Thu 29 July 2010
  • Hong Kong Notes Mon 26 July 2010
  • Gulung Mulu National Park Mon 26 July 2010
  • Hong Kong: City for Sale Tue 20 July 2010
  • Kowloon Street Signs Tue 20 July 2010
  • Skyscrapers All The Way Down Tue 20 July 2010
  • Japan in Focus Thu 15 July 2010
  • City of the Sublime Thu 15 July 2010
  • Repetition is the Key to... Wed 14 July 2010
  • Characters Tue 13 July 2010
  • Tokyo Old & New Mon 12 July 2010
  • Tokyo - Day 2 Fri 09 July 2010
  • Tokyo - Day 1 Fri 09 July 2010
  • A Few Days in Vancouver Sat 03 July 2010
  • DC on a Whim Mon 05 April 2010
  • Ten Random Thoughts on Wyoming Sun 12 July 2009
  • The Longest Day of my Life Mon 05 January 2009
  • Don't Pass on this Hike Fri 02 January 2009
  • Australia: Land of Colour Fri 26 December 2008
Uncategorized30
  • A Real Case Fri 23 December 2022
  • Space Volcanoes Tue 25 January 2022
  • Summer: How Much Hotter & Drier Sun 12 September 2021
  • Thinking Like an Algorithm Tue 15 December 2020
  • Excerpts From A Few Stories I Read Last Year Sat 05 January 2013
  • Classic Hong Kong Action Movies Courtesy of YouTube Sat 13 October 2012
  • The China Fall? Mon 10 September 2012
  • Van Dusen Trip Sat 25 August 2012
  • This is how it begins Sun 03 June 2012
  • Why I Love American Psycho Sun 13 May 2012
  • My Favourite Vancouver Hidden Gem Tue 17 April 2012
  • Bill Reid Gallery Sun 01 April 2012
  • Guo Fengyi @ Contemporary Art Gallery Tue 20 March 2012
  • Architecture Notes from Vancouver Sun 04 March 2012
  • Vancouver Exceptionalism, Part 374 Sun 05 February 2012
  • The World Without Us - Vancouver Edition Sun 22 January 2012
  • Trapped in Hidden Architecture Fri 20 January 2012
  • Articulating Your Idea Sat 12 February 2011
  • Signs in the 'Hood Sat 19 September 2009
  • iFun Wed 20 May 2009
  • Boom & Bust Tue 14 April 2009
  • Ice Age Conversations Sat 04 April 2009
  • Mobile Tech 4 Social Change Sat 21 February 2009
  • I Resolve To... Sat 03 January 2009
  • Subway Graffiti Thu 14 August 2008
  • From my iPhone Sun 03 August 2008
  • So That's Where All The Woolly Mammoth's Went... Wed 09 July 2008
  • Quebec: No Love from Map-Makers Sun 06 July 2008
  • Fireworks & Rooftops Sat 05 July 2008
  • The Challenge of an Original Thought Sat 05 July 2008
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