As I progress deeper into the world of Agile Development and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) I keep hearing periodic voices from the past saying things like: “In order to achieve all your business goals you need to use insert one piece of proprietary software here.” “We can’t do what you want because we are using [...]
Archive > June 2008
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
During an entire year of studying, documenting, and practically living with several boxes of bones from Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, I’m a little hesitant to mention that I never actually visited the cliffs where each little remnant of bone originated. I’m hesitant because it makes me feel like a bad researcher though even today I can [...]
Creative Kids Museum
Fantastic. That’s the first word that comes to mind when I think of the Creative Kids Museum located on the ground floor of Calgary’s Science Center. It is everything the upstairs is not; while the Science Centre focuses on… science (duh!), the Creative Museum taps into the artistic side of inquisitive / exploratory kid brains. [...]
Calgary’s North Bike Paths, A User Experience
Vicious dogs, abnormally psychotic city bus drivers, random and strange path beginnings / ends; this is my user experience on Calgary’s NW / NE bike paths. One of the paths (read: the path I take) runs from Dalhousie to Collingwood, disappears and reappears at the bottom of 41st as the Trans Canada Bike Trail. From [...]
40D
I’ve switched to a 40D… not the bra size (silly)… but rather the camera. For those of you new to the site, my previous camera/baby was a Canon XT, which I’ve used successfully in the world of Stock Photography. However, a few months ago I realized that it was time to move on and started [...]
