During a fall Bison hunt, Plains Natives had to cooperate with everyone involved in the hunt to ensure safety and success. Their winter supplies and success of the entire tribe was dependent on a successful hunt. Everyone played a roll: the decoy, the drivers, the hunters and the people who processed the animals after the [...]
Archive > January 2009
Using Business Capabilities
Once upon a time, there developed a technology company. Over the years this technology company grew and grew and as it grew it developed a long and impressive list of achievements, products, and unfortunately: a very large inflexible legacy system that evolved from technology rather than from business goals. This system is now in a [...]
Four Years
It’s hard to believe that it’s been four years since my little Makbean was born; that at 6:25am this morning 4 years ago Mak gave us the full power of her temperament — and as a added bonus it was a lovely -44C outside. It’s amazing to me how much a little human can learn [...]
Snow, Skis, and Solitude
I’m liking the new sport though it does have it’s moments of extreme drama. For example, today I was 15-minutes into my ski at Nose Hill when my hands went numb from the cold (when you get past the pain it’s a bad sign). I never seem to be able to find suitable gloves / [...]
Mystery Family: Harriet Dick
A sign advertising “Housekeepers for Rent” on the photo above led me to a biography and picture of Harriet Dick on the Manitoba archive website. This same photo has a note on the back that names the people as: Back standing row: Mr. Murray, Mrs. Boucher and Mrs. Drever’s boy, Mack and myself, Mr. Usher, [...]
