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26
Dec 2016
There is no wand in the Explorer Edition – it is just the single button Bluetooth clicker.
There is no wand in the Explorer Edition – it is just the single button Bluetooth clicker. The BRIDGET mixed reality app...
10
Dec 2016
First Thoughts on the Occipital Bridge
Anyone who programs for iOS today who wants to make the jump to the next gen should be buying this and trying to build a...
02
Nov 2016
Web only Computer Usage
Web only Computer Usage If I didn’t do development tinkering — local commandline and ability to install various UNIX too...
31
Oct 2016
Microsoft Surface Book and Surface 4 Options for my Next Laptop
Microsoft Surface Book and Surface 4 Options for my Next Laptop Hey Jeff, thanks for the comment. As you know, I haven’t...
31
Oct 2016
I don’t think I was whining.
I don’t think I was whining. I’m disappointed that my ideal trade off of the MBAir 11" doesn’t exist any more. And so, i...
31
Oct 2016
I think tablets are great.
I think tablets are great. I didn’t really go into exploring whether I could do 80% of my work on an iPad Pro with a key...
31
Oct 2016
Surveying my next laptop options
There are a ton of articles flooding out about what people think of Apple’s latest machines, or what their focus on mass...
29
Oct 2016
Product Metrics for Digital Companies
About the NACO Academy NACO Academy is a newly launched investor education program designed to develop higher levels of ...
30
Sep 2016
All about Unfurling
I’m just starting to think about interesting use cases for unfurling and embedding in unique ways. Have challenges getti...
24
Sep 2016
Beer with Canadians at Hive Colab
I know other attendees took pictures and video of the event, or might have thoughts to share on what they got out of the...
18
Sep 2016
Uganda Medium Reading
Are there other blogs, Twitter accounts, or other sources of Kampala / Uganda information that you can recommend? I’m es...
18
Sep 2016
Kira Road Hike
Yup, jet lag is hitting. Woke up in the middle of the night and doing photo editing and writing since I can’t sleep. An ...
14
Sep 2016
A building block. Which is my shorthand for an existing community, space, organization, etc.
A building block. Which is my shorthand for an existing community, space, organization, etc. For instance, in Quebec Cit...
13
Sep 2016
500 Words A Day: The Complicated Dance of Place And Self
I thought I was going to go more straightforward into talking about Vancouver, but apparently I needed to detour through...
12
Sep 2016
500 Words A Day: Cooking as Jazz
I had a lovely Persian meal at a friend’s place tonight, but I prepped a meal for later this week before going out. I wa...
10
Sep 2016
Connecting to Uganda
Connecting to Uganda I’m going to Kampala, Uganda for a week, and will be connecting with the local tech community Next ...
09
Sep 2016
Email is a Team Sport
Tell me about your email loves and hates. Tell me a sordid story about LinkedIn Messaging and the day they removed the r...
08
Sep 2016
500 Words A Day: Working on the Future of Work
I missed 500 words yesterday. I looked at the clock at 11:45pm, and just couldn’t do it. It’s 11:10pm now, and I don’t w...
06
Sep 2016
I grew up on Bowen Island (my parents moved there when I was 4).
I grew up on Bowen Island (my parents moved there when I was 4). I feel very lucky to have had a childhood there. I have...
06
Sep 2016
500 Words A Day: Should you move to Vancouver?
End of day right before I go to bed really isn’t the best time for 500 Words. I’ve already written words in many many ot...
05
Sep 2016
500 Words A Day: September Rolls In
Without a prompt, I got caught at the end of the day needing to write my 500 words. Is it cheating to write about dinner?
04
Sep 2016
500 Words A Day: Zooming in on Bowen
When you get this message, stop wherever you are and describe your location in great details (500 words of it). Everythi...
27
Aug 2016
Why cross-post to Medium?
Why cross-post to Medium? Medium is both blogging interface and network. Just like Tumblr is. Any reason you don’t cross...
24
Aug 2016
An Idiot, Blogging
An Idiot, Blogging There is a great little post floating around that tells us to Blog, You Idiots. Having recently setup...
01
Aug 2016
Activating great teams everywhere
Accelerate in this context could mean a number of things: take an existing company and provide some operating capital, ...
28
Jul 2016
New (& old) communications mechanisms in AR/MR
New (& old) communications mechanisms in AR/MR Interesting to think we’re going to see new takes on email & mess...
26
Jul 2016
The other time “Head of” titles make sense is when you’re just getting started.
The other time “Head of” titles make sense is when you’re just getting started. Other than CEO and in some cases CTO, ot...
18
Jul 2016
Ah Ha! at AngelFest 2016
Boris Mann is a COO-for-hire that likes building products and businesses. He is a Founding Director of Open Angel, a non...
15
Jul 2016
What is a Startup Foundry?
Boris Mann is a COO-for-hire that likes building products and businesses. Signup for his fortnightly newsletter at bmann...
12
Jul 2016
Hey Alan, this a good post topic that doesn’t get enough ink from a Canadian perspective — for both…
Hey Alan, this a good post topic that doesn’t get enough ink from a Canadian perspective — for both founders & funde...
28
Jun 2016
A Follow-Up on Using Highrise CRM
Boris Mann is a COO-for-hire that likes building products and businesses. Find out more and subscribe to his fortnightly...
22
Jun 2016
Sample Consulting Agreement
Have questions about contracting or consulting services? Contact Boris » (who is most definitely not a lawyer)
13
Jun 2016
A Personal CRM
Boris Mann is a COO-for-hire that likes building products and businesses. Find out more and subscribe to his fortnightly...
18
May 2016
Google Makes it Clear: Mobile Will be Mass Market VR
HUMAN Bringing you the parts of the future that are ready to work today. We’d love to talk to you: hello@ishuman.co | @IsHumanCo
14
May 2016
From Flickr to Self-hosted Photos
For the record, I think that Wikipedia or the Internet Archive would be much better homes than Adobe. Thinking about the...
09
May 2016
If you made this a publication instead of a user account, you could get people to contribute…
If you made this a publication instead of a user account, you could get people to contribute articles. Publications are ...
25
Apr 2016
IDC Forecasts for VR/AR Hardware Units
HUMAN Bringing you the parts of the future that are ready to work today. We’d love to talk to you: hello@ishuman.co | @IsHumanCo
04
Apr 2016
If you poke around a bit, you’ll see that there is an existing AR market out there, used primarily…
If you poke around a bit, you’ll see that there is an existing AR market out there, used primarily for business purposes...
13
Mar 2016
VR will be Mobile
HUMAN Bringing you the parts of the future that are ready to work today. We’d love to talk to you: hello@ishuman.co | @IsHumanCo
26
Feb 2016
March 16th Event: There’s a Chip for That, presented by ARROW
Interested in sponsoring? Email us info@wwyvr.com Organized by HUMANin cooperation with Wearable IoT World.
16
Feb 2016
Sample Confidentiality Agreement
I am not a lawyer. Your lawyer will usually provide you a template such as this either for low cost or for free as part of their services.
14
Feb 2016
Post Parse Prototyping
I’m actually going to end with one more quote from Keith Horwood’s Hello Nodal intro post: I primarily view code as a fo...