Archive for category: Self-Cultivation

TEDxCalgary – Threads of Ideas

TEDxCalgary – Threads of Ideas

1 / May 24, 2011 10:10 am

If you haven’t heard of TED.com, it’s about time you have. It’s like finding an info desk at a vast library where you can be introduced personally to some of the incredible ideas percolating in our global culture. TED talks [...]

Adaptive do-It-yourself? Or next ‘Canada’s Worst Handyman’?

Adaptive do-It-yourself? Or next ‘Canada’s Worst Handyman’?

1 / February 5, 2011 3:22 pm

There comes a time in every young man’s life when he must learn how to light a blow torch, to run stone through a wet saw, and mix cement with water. Or so I tell myself as I stumble my [...]

Testing Irrational Passionate Ideas

Testing Irrational Passionate Ideas

0 / November 1, 2010 2:23 pm

What if you were seized with a crazy desire to buy a video camera and tell stories, but you don’t have a clue how to make a film let alone hold a camera? That’s the question I was faced with [...]

Purple Revolution

0 / October 15, 2010 9:30 pm

I think they call it creative constraints. 48 hours was all we had to write, rehearse, perform, and edit a music video to deliver a message. Amy Thiessen came up with the seed of an idea to write a song [...]

The “I can’t focus” Syndrome

The “I can’t focus” Syndrome

1 / May 29, 2010 9:00 am

One of the most common challenges raised by business owners and other people pursuing a venture is the “I can’t focus or do things consistently” challenge. This is another variation on the classic problem of not being able to get [...]