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Google’s Steve Woods talks diversity
A couple of weeks ago, I was fortunate to catch a talk by Google’s Senior Engineering Director and Country Product Lead for Canada, Steve Woods. It was a talk on diversity in the context of Communitech’s Women in Technology Peer2Peer … Continue reading
1shot #239-captive wagon wheel
You know how sometimes when parking your bicycle you forget to lock up more than just the wheel… At Victoria and Oak, this is Kitchener. DW
1shot #238-lawn tennis
At the Grand Porch Party a couple of weeks ago, I found more than one kind of string. On Euclid Ave, this is Waterloo. DW
1shot #237-CAT chillin’
As I was marveling at what must be the biggest excavator that could possibly fit on Charles Street, I saw the operator’s boots. He was chillin’, waiting for the guys down in the hole to do their thing. The juxtaposition … Continue reading
1shot #236-skate lane
I got my first board, probably in 1978. My mom took a whole crew of sunburnt cut-off-wearing boys out to Canadian Tire in Sarnia so Brohemus and I could join the neighbourhood in this new phenomenon. On Charles Street in … Continue reading
Hub Haps #018-INGU ice cream hello
Been a while since we had a Hub Haps post. Not for a lack of haps, mind you, but just for all the effort going into the whole other blog I’ve been filling with original content every day: Maker Expo! … Continue reading
1shot #235-puttin’ the ION in construction
When construction isn’t preventing me from getting to a meeting on time, I love it. After a great meeting with Dave Thomas from The Working Centre on Friday, walking back to my car on Joseph, I stopped for 20 minutes … Continue reading
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Open Ears this weekend
Montreal’s Lori Freedman stretched our minds today at Communitech, collaborating in a performance piece with dancer Marc Boivin. My friend Ben Grossman from Guelph opened this Open Ears gig called Supercollider with his haunting hurdy gurdy. Composer James Harley was … Continue reading
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1shot #234-Jessie Treneer’s mid-day music in DTK
Tony Reinhart and I headed out from the Hub to hit The Yeti for lunch today. Rolling by 305 we heard Jesse Treneer just getting into her first set. Sounded great and I’m going to (virtually) high-five Jesse for momentarily … Continue reading
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The importance of brothers
Today is David G. White’s birthday. My brother from the very same mother. Brohemus, Brojie, and other variations not shareable in polite company. We’ve been rolling together for 45 years. This is a photo of us taken by our Dad … Continue reading