Hi! I'm Andy. I do stuff on the web, co-organize the Toronto WordPress Group, and work on a big gaming site called GTANet. This blog is my home on the web, where I'm sharing ideas, links, and other neat things. More info here!
January 25, 2012 - Starting next week, I’m taking on a hefty personal challenge: learn MySQL. This may be the first step towards something great, or it may be a completely futile attempt. I don’t know. But I won’t ever find out if I don’t try, right?
January 25, 2012 - There’s nothing wrong with Google’s updated policies. It’s not an invasion of privacy. It’s simply an acknowledgment of the changes that have already been made. The updated policy says yes, Google services speak to one another! Ultimately, it’s a better experience for users.
January 24, 2012 - Ray Cromwell posted an interesting comment on PandoDaily. Well worth thinking about: “People talk about the “filter bubble”, it’s 10x worse on social networks.”
January 24, 2012 - I read a number of great books last year. Four of my favourites are Crossing the Chasm, Good to Great, The E-Myth Revisited, and Tribal Leadership. Each one of these books presents a different scale, or ranking system, that helps leaders evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of their organization. Each one of these books also shares traits with the other three books. With that in mind, I came up with this little diagram.
January 23, 2012 - Today I learned about ASMR, or Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, a physical sensation characterized by a pleasurable tingling that typically begins in the head and scalp, and often moves down the spine and through the limbs.
January 22, 2012 - Tonight’s #blogchat session was dedicated to the fun world of group blogging! If you missed the chat – or if you couldn’t keep up with the stream – here are some takeaways worth noting.
January 22, 2012 - Looking for something productive to do on Sunday evenings? #blogchat takes place every Sunday at 9:00pm EST. To join, all you need is a Twitter handle and an appetite for speed reading. 
Conversation moves quickly — dozens of posts are made every few seconds — so it can be hard to keep up.
January 21, 2012 - I don’t have a problem with product placement. Brands surround us in everyday life. But when writers of a television series go out of their way to plop a minute-long commercial in their program? That’s just too much.
January 20, 2012 - Yes, SOPA has lost support of the Senate. But everyone needs to understand what lobbyists and politicians nearly did this week. Trust me – this isn’t over. Similar bills will come back, time and time again. The best way to fight it is to educate and inform.
January 18, 2012 - Online communities are the lifeblood of the internet, and they play an important role in society. The following is all opinion, a stream-of-consciousness documentation of my thoughts re: SOPA & PIPA, and how it threatens social media + online communities.
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