Category: Work

Evergreen, Libraries and the Gartner Hype Cycle

When PVNC first deployed our teacher laptops in 2006, Greg Reeves and I went to the board meeting and, for what I am sure was the first time ever, we asked the trustees to not approve the project. Do not approve this project, we said, if you are not prepared to continue it for the…

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Triangulation

Almost 20 years ago I had the great pleasure of serving as the Training Officer of Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps “Rainbow” based at CFB Esquimalt in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia. Having been an Air Cadet and in the Air element for most of my career with the Cadet Instructor’s Cadre, my Commanding Officer at the time…

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Buy Your Apps.

It may seem odd given my recent post explaining why I will not be buying an app that I would encourage my dear loyal reader(s) to buy their mobile apps but a recent discussion with my children has prompted me to do so. “Dad, what will your next vehicle be…a truck?” Me: “A truck would…

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