Endorphins & Interactions

Web UX, running, cycling and other stuff by James Wanless

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Taming an MBTI beast

Posted on Jul 30th, 2008 :: Filed in academic

I found what we covered today to be a pretty important thing and it’s left me struggling a bit to frame it in light of learning and working in a team environment. In our morning session with Hillary, the MBTI inventory was both reassuring and disturbing. At a surface level it wasn’t really surprising. I [...]

First impressions of Royal Roads University

Posted on Jul 28th, 2008 :: Filed in academic

More aptly, this post might be called, “What I crammed into my first day and a half.” Seriously, though, it’s been a bit busy and this post will not do it justice. This is not to suggest that I’ll be posting recaps of everything I do because there is more MA focused blogging to come. [...]

Masters blogging

Posted on Jul 23rd, 2008 :: Filed in academic, pixels

A lot of my writing on this site will now chronicle the trials and tribulations of obtaining a graduate degree while working full-time, trying to maintain a marriage and family, and hopefully still getting a little exercise along the way. Something I’ve been pulling together for some time and which is finally happening, is the [...]

Digital rights and access under assault

Posted on Jul 13th, 2008 :: Filed in pixels, rants

It doesn’t seem to matter what kind of access you want, or what you want access to. You’re under assault, plain and simple. With the news last week that Bell and Telus customers will pay at both ends for text messages and the obscene Rogers iPhone rate packages, we just have two more issues to [...]

How important is social media?

Posted on Jul 8th, 2008 :: Filed in pixels

(Pretty f**king important as it turns out …) While you have to get past the swears, the slideshow below from ParisLemon came to my attention via the Technology Liberation Front. Very good stuff. | View | Upload your own