Blog Archive

The Year of the Linux desktop, for Windows 10 holdouts

December 16, 2025

Linux, open source software, Windows, Windows 10, Zorin OS
Why AI prompting is hard

November 24, 2025

AI, ChatGPT, Microsoft Designer, prompting, search
Xbox 360 turns 20: Innovations we take for granted today

November 22, 2025

7th console generation, cloud storage, innovation, Microsoft, social, Xbox, Xbox 360
Apple Watch SE 3, star of the show

September 24, 2025

Apple, Apple Watch, Apple Watch SE 3, fitness, health, productivity, wearables
iPhone Air, “a piece of the future”

September 12, 2025

Apple, brand, iphone, iPhoneAir, smartphone
The everyday essentials that power my productivity

April 30, 2025

commute, everyday carry, notebooks, travel
Book Notes: “When Things Don’t Go Your Way” by Haemin Sunim

December 10, 2024

buddhism, meditation, mindfulness, philosophy, zen
When technology was simpler: Using single purpose devices

November 23, 2024

Apple Watch, books, ereaders, ereading, focus, iPad, ipod, mindfulness, phone-free, single purpose devices, smartphones, writing
Link-ing to the future: Microsoft brings back the thin client PC

November 19, 2024

Mac mini, Microsoft, thin client, traditional computing, Windows
The rise of the AI PC

September 19, 2024

AI PC, AMD, Apple, Copilot+ PC, Intel, Microsoft, NPU, privacy, Qualcomm
“This is the way”: Notion AI integration

September 9, 2024

affordances, AI, artificial-intelligence, context aware, integration, Notion, prompts
When technology was simpler: Subscription creep

August 20, 2024

simpler times, subscription creep, subscriptions
Creating a searchable personal archive with AI

March 4, 2024

AI, artificial-intelligence, ChatGPT, custom GPT, generative AI, personal archive
Brainstorming Keywords Using AI

March 2, 2024

academic research, AI, brainstorming, ChatGPT, Copilot, databases, generative AI, keywords, search
Backtracking on notes and using the PARA method

February 20, 2024

apple-notes, decluttering, note-taking, notes, obsidian, organization, productivity, productivity guru industry, skepticism
Not all time is equal. Know your limits.

November 24, 2023

energy, productivity, time management
Write. Think Later.

November 7, 2023

creativity, distraction, productivity, Resistance
Opinion piece: There is already a solution for easing high cost of post-secondary textbooks

February 13, 2023

OER, open education
I’ve finally figured out notes

December 8, 2022

notes, productivity, self-study
New paper: Italian immigration to Kelowna and its lasting legacy

November 14, 2022
New paper: Examining the technological and pedagogical elements of select open courseware

October 5, 2022

open access, open education, open licensing
Voices from the Digital Classroom

August 24, 2022

COVID-19, edtech, Higher education, online education, remote learning, teaching, technology
The Rogers Communications outage and the need for offline functionality

July 21, 2022

offline, productivity, Rogers Communications
Intel in the news

April 4, 2022

desktop computing, mobile computing
A passwordless future

March 25, 2022

security
The Steam Deck

March 18, 2022

AMD, gaming, mobile computing, Steam Deck
Apple Peek Performance Event: M1 Ultra and Mac Studio biggest highlights

March 9, 2022

Apple Silicon, iPad, Macintosh, technology
Presentation: Higher education trends that will outlast the pandemic – McGraw hill

December 3, 2021

edtech, Higher education, hybrid learning, online learning, trends
2021 MacBook Pro: Classic features with a new engine

October 26, 2021
Op-Ed: Open educational resources would make post-secondary costs more affordable

July 30, 2021

OER, open education
Boostrapping an education technology podcast

June 2, 2021

audio recording, content creation, marketing, podcasting
The professional vs the amateur

May 25, 2021

artistic process, productivity, Resistance, Steven Pressfield, The War of Art
Post-PC what?

December 8, 2020

Tech Bytes blog
Apple’s M1 chip: Making desktop computing cool again

November 30, 2020

Tech Bytes blog
Conference presentation: ‘Toward Open Pragmatism’, OE Global 2020 Conference

November 15, 2020

OEGlobal, OER, OpenEducation
Conference presentation: ‘How open is it?’, OpenEd 2020 Conference

November 14, 2020

Conference, OpenEd
EdTech Examined #13: Burnout

November 9, 2020
EdTech Examined #12: Teaching in Virtual Reality

October 28, 2020

EdTech Examined
EdTech Examined #11: Burner Phone

October 6, 2020

EdTech Examined
Nvidia buying ARM opens a huge can of worms

September 19, 2020

ARM, Nvidia, Tech Bytes blog
Maximum fun: Do graphics matter as much in the next console generation?

September 17, 2020

gaming, Tech Bytes blog
RISCy business: The future of x86

August 21, 2020

Apple, CISC, Intel, RISC, Tech Bytes blog, x86
OS cross-pollination and what it means for the Mac and iPad

July 17, 2020

Apple, iPad, macOS, Tech Bytes blog
#2 EdTech Examined Podcast

July 17, 2020

EdTech Examined
EdTech Examined: Synchronous vs Asynchronous

July 7, 2020
Italian immigration to Kelowna and its lasting legacy

July 1, 2020
Apple Silicon: What it means for the Mac and the computer industry

June 30, 2020

Apple, Apple Silicon, macOS, WWDC2020
Podcast launch: “EdTech Examined”

June 28, 2020

EdTech Examined
How to migrate your data to a new Mac

June 2, 2020
Trickle down technology: The 2020 iPhone SE is released

April 16, 2020