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I can’t waitYesterday after work I wrote a longer, rather dystopian post about the future of AI. I developed the idea an...
06/03/2026

I can’t wait

Yesterday after work I wrote a longer, rather dystopian post about the future of AI. I developed the idea and the start of the title the night before. I thought up the end of the title, the 3 scenarios, on the drive to work, and I sat at my desk at about 4pm and wrote the post in just over an hour....

Yesterday after work I wrote a longer, rather dystopian post about the future of AI. I developed the idea and the start of the title the night before. I thought up the end of the title, the 3 scenarios, on the drive to work, and I sat at my desk at about 4pm and wrote the post in just over an hour.....

Humankind’s End – Pet, Child, or Colleague? Part 1: Frog in the Pot There is the story of the frog in the pot of boiling...
06/03/2026

Humankind’s End – Pet, Child, or Colleague?

Part 1: Frog in the Pot There is the story of the frog in the pot of boiling water which goes like this: Toss a frog into a boiling pot of water and it will instantly hop out, recognizing the danger of the hot water. However, put a frog in a cold pot of water, very slowly bring it to a boil, and the frog will swim around oblivious to the gradual change in temperature and it will swim until it boils to death....

Part 1: Frog in the Pot There is the story of the frog in the pot of boiling water which goes like this: Toss a frog into a boiling pot of water and it will instantly hop out, recognizing the danger of the hot water. However, put a frog in a cold pot of water, very slowly bring it to a boil, and the...

Finish strong
06/02/2026

Finish strong

I share a message that my kids have heard over and over again, “Be safe, be smart.” I say this to them almost every time they leave the house. I don’t care that they are 24 & 26 years old, I deliver this like a mantra. A good friend of mine has a different kind of mantra told at a different ti...

What gives way?I was reminded recently of the project management triangle. It refers to the fact that you can only chose...
06/01/2026

What gives way?

I was reminded recently of the project management triangle. It refers to the fact that you can only chose two of the three: Cheap (cost) / Fast (time) / Good (scope). This is related to what I was thinking, but not really the essence of it. What this made me think of is how we are always making sacrifices. Right now, my sacrifice(s) seems to be sleep and diet....

I was reminded recently of the project management triangle. It refers to the fact that you can only chose two of the three: Cheap (cost) / Fast (time) / Good (scope). This is related to what I was thinking, but not really the essence of it. What this made me think of is how we are always making sacr...

Battery rechargeNext week is going to be extremely busy. I’ve got something on the go every day, and a couple of those d...
05/31/2026

Battery recharge

Next week is going to be extremely busy. I’ve got something on the go every day, and a couple of those days will take a lot out of me. I think this coming week will be the busiest of the month. I’m going to need to maximize my rest and be very efficient with my time. I find weeks like this exhausting not just because the schedule is crazy but also because I end up getting less sleep....

Next week is going to be extremely busy. I’ve got something on the go every day, and a couple of those days will take a lot out of me. I think this coming week will be the busiest of the month. I’m going to need to maximize my rest and be very efficient with my time. I find weeks like this exhau...

The two DavesYesterday I had the first of a few retirement celebrations. What was wonderful about it is that I celebrate...
05/29/2026

The two Daves

Yesterday I had the first of a few retirement celebrations. What was wonderful about it is that I celebrated with my good friend, mentor, and brother-from-another-mother, Dave Sands. I started my career a few years after Dave and in my first year I was provided the opportunity to co-teach a student leadership class with him. That was the start of an amazing friendship, and although we only worked in the same building for 2 years, we have truly been colleagues who have had opportunities to collaborate and work with each other throughout our careers....

Yesterday I had the first of a few retirement celebrations. What was wonderful about it is that I celebrated with my good friend, mentor, and brother-from-another-mother, Dave Sands. I started my career a few years after Dave and in my first year I was provided the opportunity to co-teach a student....

Almost too much on the go…Yesterday I came back from a wonderful overnight school field trip to Merritt with a group of ...
05/28/2026

Almost too much on the go…

Yesterday I came back from a wonderful overnight school field trip to Merritt with a group of students, to go fishing for 'Fish School'. I arrived home and was surprised by my mom, who came to celebrate my retirement, with events happening tonight and next week Thursday. I'm off with my wife and friends tomorrow night to see Mamma Mia!...

Yesterday I came back from a wonderful overnight school field trip to Merritt with a group of students, to go fishing for 'Fish School'. I arrived home and was surprised by my mom, who came to celebrate my retirement, with events happening tonight and next week Thursday. I'm off with my wife and fri...

A wonderful surpriseI knew my oldest daughter was coming home from Victoria. She came over to the mainland for a retirem...
05/28/2026

A wonderful surprise

I knew my oldest daughter was coming home from Victoria. She came over to the mainland for a retirement celebration I'm having tomorrow. So when I got home and she was there, it was nice to see her... what I wasn't expecting was that my wife had flown my mother out from Toronto for the celebration as well. This is the second time my wife has completely surprised me....

I knew my oldest daughter was coming home from Victoria. She came over to the mainland for a retirement celebration I'm having tomorrow. So when I got home and she was there, it was nice to see her... what I wasn't expecting was that my wife had flown my mother out from Toronto for the celebration a...

Cultural perspective
05/26/2026

Cultural perspective

I shared a few stories with a colleague yesterday about my time living in China. I spoke about the T.I.C. moments we had there… an acronym that we foreigners created for the term, ‘This is China!’ TIC moments had one of two distinct qualities. Either it was something that we experienced which ...

Not evenly distributed
05/26/2026

Not evenly distributed

Futurist Richard Campbell came to speak with Inquiry Hub students today. He's presented here a few times. I wrote about his visit in 2022, and what I really enjoyed about his presentation is that while I often think of the dystopian possibilities of the future, Richard's message was that 'The future...

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