plausible deniability

Sporadic Posting Resumes

2011-04-04T15:11:00.003+01:00

http://wtlau.tumblr.comThat is all.

Spring Term 2009

2009-01-12T22:03:00.001Z

Class has started in what is my final term of classes at LBS. Exciting! All that stands between me and the end are four electives, a second year project and a language test. We'll see how I fare.Till then, one of the classes this term that I'm rather excited about is Internet Marketing. As part of the class we're all supposed to start blogs. Mine is here: http://wtlau.tumblr.comThose of you

Cambodian Guide and Driver

2008-09-29T10:15:00.001+01:00

Just got back from a jaunt through Asia. With school starting today, it'll probably be a few days before I'm totally sorted. I wanted to make sure that I highlighted a fantastic guide we had going through Cambodia though. I'd highly recommend her to anyone visiting the area.Soluy LoeurtSiem Reap Guide Service Co.Phone: +855 92 122 069email: sales@siemreapguideservice.com or soluy_2007@

Wince is still alive

2008-07-30T12:18:00.001+01:00

For latest the developments on:Sights, please click here.Travel, please click here.Trivialities, please click here.Thank you.

Summer time!

2008-06-22T13:16:00.001+01:00

We finished off our last exam of year 1 last Saturday. It was a pleasant romp through Operations and Technology Management. It's cliché but acutely true - MBA time passes by oh so quickly.Now, I'm working in Switzerland for the summer.It's absolutely gorgeous here.

Oh blog, how I've neglected you

2008-06-09T18:06:00.001+01:00

If only you were less content demanding, like twitter.On the topic of twitter... Are there any programmers out there that can help me out with a request? I need a better Apple dashboard twitter client.My ideal client would have the footprint, look and feel of twitterlex except with a dedicated read out of how many characters I have left.From a functional standpoint, I'd want to be able to click

So what if I'm sappy?

2008-05-19T17:34:00.001+01:00

In the brief moments of learning in my Operations and Technology Management class today*, I had an epiphany about an internship interview that I had last week. I'll have to say that I felt that the interview was one of the most challenging ones that I've had so far. It was difficult because no amount of preparation could have prepared me for the specificity of questions I was asked. I felt I

Overwork: the visual

2008-05-15T18:08:00.001+01:00

Wow.(via core77 blog)

Parabéns!

2008-05-13T10:42:00.001+01:00

I had a weekend jaunt to Toronto for Lisa and Derek's wedding. Congrats and happiness to the both of them. Great to see friends again though there wasn't nearly enough time.

What have I been up to?

2008-04-28T15:09:00.001+01:00

I've been traveling.

Spring Break!

2008-03-24T22:55:00.001Z

Spring term is now over. London is miserable with snow. Luckily, I'm heading to Egypt for the next week and a half.Later y'all!

Watch this space

2008-03-09T16:04:00.001Z

Thanks to Anonymous for the prompt to post. There are about half a dozen half started and drafts sitting in my blog publisher right now, dating all the way back from November.I'll post this for now (must get myself sorted), but there will be more soon.

Has anyone else from LBS noticed...

2008-01-09T10:05:00.001Z

That in career central Milkround presentations are listed as being in the "dinning room". Someone has a sense of humor at Career Services.

I think it means to say procrastination, in actuality

2007-12-06T16:24:00.001Z

Financial accounting exam this Saturday, 8-ball tells me more studying in my future.As a random link, I think it's interesting that Panama is making Mandarin compulsory in all schools.

Santa Claus Pub Crawl 2007

2007-12-02T17:14:00.001Z

As much fun as I thought the Rugby Pub Golf was, the Santa Claus Pub Crawl blew it out of the water. I'll leave the actual description of the event to all the other London Business School Bloggers out there.There were a couple of highlights for me, on top of enjoying a night of group debauchery. The very best part was caroling in front of the Eros statue at Piccadilly Circus - My pictures don't

The Waterfall Project

2007-11-27T11:29:00.001Z

Olivo Barbeieri has some absolutely stunning shots of the four largest waterfalls in the world. Hard to believe he's not shooting miniatures. Do check it out.(Via Cool Hunting)

$1 today is worth more than $1 tomorrow

2007-11-24T00:26:00.001Z

Corporate Finance exam in 10 hours.I've enjoyed the course quite a bit, actually. Takes me back to studying physics in undergrad.Good luck everyone. And remember - bonza, bonza, bonza!

Ewe of A

2007-11-22T10:36:00.001Z

Here's a quick plug for the official site for Cousin Norm's comic Ewe of A.Check it out!

De-Stress Week

2007-11-15T16:42:00.001Z

Apparently November is one of our most stressful months here for the MBA. Numerous group assignments, 12 hour strategy sessions, midterm after midterm.To help us through this, the MBA office has delightfully set up de-stress week. There were themes for each of the days this week:Monday - INDULGENCE EXTRAVAGANZATuesday - COMEDY CENTRALWednesday - GAMES DAYThursday - BODY & SOUL(We typically

And we're done!

2007-11-09T20:45:00.001Z

Go B3 for our fantastic work towards the Zara case! Now it's time for dinner and drinks!

8 1/2 hours in

2007-11-09T17:37:00.001Z

I think we're almost done our strategy assignment at this point. Chinese was ordered. We've devolved into jovial swearing. Cannibalization is the word of the day.Looking forward to Sundowners in half an hour.

Go B3!

2007-11-09T13:56:00.001Z

Today is our day of Strategy. We started at 9 this morning and have till 9 tonight to hand in a completed report examining the Zara's corporate strategy in comparison to H&M and the Gap. It's been a good day for our group - we started the day out right with cookies, candies and chips. Right now, we're enjoying pizza we've ordered in and discussing Porter's five forces.

Procrastination

2007-11-01T15:48:00.001Z

Tonight is the first midterm of our MBA program - Managerial economics. 20% of our final grade, 20 questions, 30 minutes, all multiple choice. Econ has been one of the most enjoyable classes so far. Our prof has managed to keep it interesting with real world examples and a sense of humor. I feel engaged in the class, so studying has been a breeze. Such a far cry from most of the rote

Greed is good?

2007-10-23T10:46:00.001+01:00

Wow, long time since I've posted.Thanks to Rusgirl for the ping.For those of you interested, the argument was that the bright feathers of a Peacock were a resource investment. It takes a lot of energy to generate those bright feathers and their flashiness makes a Peacock more visible to predators. This is of detriment to peacocks in the short run. What the feathers do afford, however, are that

Mac Help, Please?

2007-10-06T21:55:00.001+01:00

I accidentally deleted my pictures folder from my Mac the other day. I've made peace with it, though I've lost a whole bunch of my old work. Hopefully my Toshiba still functions well enough to get those files back. Regardless, I need some Mac help - Anyone out there know how to restore my default picture icon to my pictures folder? I've found the .icns file, but don't know how to do anything

A Month in Review

2007-10-05T11:37:00.001+01:00

After a looong hiatus, I guess I'm back. It's not even the difficult part of the year yet and time is already at a premium. So many events, so little time to write about them. Well, let's start with the actual education, much of the reason why I'm here, I guess. The first month of classes introduced us to courses that get us in the right frame of mind for the rest of the program. Business

Damn you Caro!

2007-09-28T22:43:00.001+01:00

I'm still at school, it's Friday night. I've been here since 8:30. There's about 10 hours between now and when I have to be back here again.More posts coming soon.

Another week down

2007-09-07T13:11:00.001+01:00

Thanks go out to Mike and Anthony for the pictures that I stole without permission. Another week over at London Business School. Career services introduced us to the Ob-Gyn College next to the school where we learned that Industry encompasses anything that is not Consulting or Finance. Monday was the first real taste of classes with Business Statistics. The quality of the teaching is good,

To All My Friends

2007-08-30T14:06:00.001+01:00

Dear you,Thanks for the e-mail. How have you been? I too miss hanging out together. Remember the time at that place with the thing? Well, something almost exactly like that happened to me in my first week in London. Except this time, the cars drove on the other side of the road – if you know what I mean.London has been fantastic. In the two weeks before school started I spent time searching

Ping

2007-08-28T20:09:00.001+01:00

I'm not dead. Just very busy.

Rah Rah Jetlag

2007-08-15T05:58:00.001+01:00

Well, here I am in London.It's 5:30 in the morning. I've had a grand total of two hours of sleep tonight and it doesn't look like I'll be getting back to the delightful world of REM land any time soon. Jetlag after only being here for two days is acceptable, I guess. Personally I believe that my body hates me for some reason. Maybe it's the abuse I put it through ever since landing here.The

But First - Finish Packing

2007-08-12T18:05:00.001+01:00

Guess this is it.This time tomorrow, I should be getting ready to drink my face off at the Flat Hunters' Pub Crawl.

Leaving Toronto

2007-08-04T23:59:00.001+01:00

It's been over a week now since I've said good bye to to Toronto for the final time. My last day at work was greeted with a minor prank. The Summit wouldn't start, so I thought the boys had drained my battery. In actuality though, they only removed a fuse from the car. This was tame compared to their other ideas of potentially removing the driver's seat, putting an inflatable woman in the

Good News and Bad News

2007-07-24T04:21:00.001+01:00

Good news as the project is on the verge of being sold, all that's left is the home inspection. Congratulations to Moyse and Borough! Unfortunately though, the closing date is at the end of this month, which means that the Post Reno Party has officially been cancelled. Too bad. Some other time Toronto.

Table for Sale

2007-07-23T18:24:00.000+01:00

Still trying to sell stuff.The thing I'd really like to get rid of is the dining room table.Asking $600 OBO.http://toronto.craigslist.org/fur/380288179.htmlDo check it out.

Post-Reno Party!

2007-07-19T15:43:00.000+01:00

After a year of grueling labor - well, many months of misjudgement of how much time renos actually take (with commensurate working schedule) followed by some months of grueling soulbreaking labor... Let me start again: After a year of grueling labor, Moyse and Borough have come to the light at the end - The Project is done and listed.All that's left now is to complete the other bookend that

Trapped in an iPhone

2007-07-16T22:42:00.001+01:00

This is amusing.(via The Apple Blog)

Stuff for Sale

2007-07-15T18:22:00.000+01:00

A few more steps have been taken to gear up for the move out of here. I took last Monday off to ship most of the crap accumulated over the past 4 years in Toronto back to Edmonton. I'm always amazed by how many things one actually has – it took me around 8 boxes. Most everything left over here should be able to fit into two suitcases.There are a few things that I'd like to get rid of before I

iCal Event Durations

2007-07-14T15:21:00.001+01:00

Any Apple experts out there know if there's any way to set durations of events in iCal instead of just specifying start and end times? Maybe using a plug in or an add-on or the like?If I have a meeting that starts at 10:24am and it's going to last for 2 hours and 47 minutes, I'd prefer not to have to calculate the end time in my head before it can be entered in the calendar.Thanks in advance for

A peek at what's to come

2007-07-05T14:55:00.000+01:00

Today, MBA09s received our first programme update from London Business School. Reading through the material is pretty exciting. Lots of fun from potential pre-reads, advanced preparation for GLAM, and a hint of the future with student directory information. The sheer number of waivers that need to be signed just promise excitement.I'm getting more giddy with every big red X on the calendar

So this is what crow tastes like

2007-07-02T19:57:00.001+01:00

Smitty to Colorado. Smith to Philly.Great.Just great.And so begins my moratorium on blogging about the Oilers this season.

Free Agency Day!

2007-07-01T16:02:00.001+01:00

The Oilers sure as hell need some big moves to address the free fall they experienced in the last 25 games last season. I have faith in Lowe and his plans. Let's see what brilliant moves he makes today.

LBS Videocast

2007-06-30T02:50:00.001+01:00

I've talked about the London Business School podcast before.Stepping up the technology a bit, the latest episodes that they've released have been videocasts. The School has done a great job with professor Donald Sull talking about promise based management. I'm a fan of general ideas that hint at other threads that can be researched. Books like Freakonomics do that, good business books do it

Only 4 More Weekends Working

2007-06-27T17:34:00.000+01:00

The past weekend was action packed. Spent Thursday with pretty good seats for the Jay's game. They were going strong till the relief pitcher came out in the 8th. Then everything went to crap. I left early, which really sums up all the Jay's experiences I've ever had. Friday was a quick jaunt over to Niagara for dinner at the Brazillian Steakhouse - CopaCobana. It was reasonable, but I

Black's is Photography?

2007-06-21T03:21:00.001+01:00

Part of the UK Student Visa application for Canadians requires submitting a passport sized photo (35mm x 45mm) with the the rest of the documentation. This, coupled with the recommendation from the London Business School Student Survival Guide to have lots of passport sized photos handy necessitated that I find a way to obtain said photos. This is out of my usual experience as the last time I

London Business School Toronto Meet-up #4

2007-06-17T20:55:00.001+01:00

It's officially meet-up #4 but as far as the MBA2009 students from other countries are concerned, it might as well have been meet-up #1000...The good times keep on rolling with the LBS Toronto meet-up at Turf this past Friday. Excellent choice as we've all demonstrated that we enjoy the occasional wager. The food was rather nice, I appreciated the NY striploin. It was a pleasure meeting some

The Office

2007-06-15T15:11:00.000+01:00

www.creedthoughts.gov.www\creedthoughtsPrediction: someday we will be able to travel faster than sound. We will “break the sound barrier.”Hah!

Peter & Jennifer!

2007-06-12T17:40:00.000+01:00

In the second of my back-to-back weekends of weddings, Pete and Jen tied the knot this past Saturday.Pete and the guys started the wedding weekend Thursday before the wedding. It was supposed to be a simple dinner but devolved quickly as Pete completely obeyed the one rule we set out for him that night: He was not to refuse any drinks. I'm duly impressed with his performance that night, even if

Ducks Win the Cup

2007-06-07T04:20:00.001+01:00

Kevin Lowe finally put together a cup winning team.woo.hoo.At least Todd Marchant finally has a ring.

Anna & Liam!

2007-06-04T15:22:00.000+01:00

Congratulations to Anna and Liam! The ceremony over the weekend was absolutely stellar! I'll have to say the reception could have used some work though. They had these two bozos as MCs, it was absolutely DISGRACEFUL how unprofessional they were.This was really the first time that I've been as involved with something for very close friends. It was an intimate affair which kept it casual but

Admits Weekend 2007

2007-06-01T15:22:00.001+01:00

It's Admits weekend at London Business School. Last year, this was the weekend that made me know I absolutely had to be at LBS. It's too bad I'm in Edmonton for the week, though having friends getting married this weekend and next will be fun.Details are still being hammered out, but promotion for the Third Annual Flat Hunters' Pub Crawl is starting. LBS students looking for housing out there,

Do Schools Kill Creativity?

2007-05-29T03:46:00.001+01:00

An excellent talk on the educational system and the need for creativity by Sir Ken Robinson. By way of HorsePigCow.

Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3...

2007-05-28T13:10:00.001+01:00

Just a post to see if I can post...Looks like Blogger's having some technical difficulties.

Practicing Pith

2007-05-24T13:34:00.000+01:00

So scholarship essays are more or less written.There's a little bit more tweaking to be done, making sure that sentences flow, checking word choice and grammar. Submission happens sometime tonight.I found I actually enjoyed writing the scholarship essays. There was initial dread - "You know, I really don't know why you should give me the award..." I addressed the dread with great procrastination.

Motivation

2007-05-19T17:50:00.001+01:00

Trying to focus while working on these LBS scholarship essays has been difficult at best. It's a balmy 23ºC outside in Toronto and all the words in my head really want to do is go outside and sit on a patio with a cold beer. The only thing keeping me in my seat right now is a single thought: These one thousand words could be worth over $45 000....Hasn't really stopped me from checking my

On the Radio this Morning

2007-05-11T12:51:00.000+01:00

In contrast to what I think about Toronto proposing taxing residential garbage pickup, a 30¢ coffee cup tax doesn't make a lick of sense to me if the intent is to save the environment. If we're talking cash grab, then kudos, Toronto.People are willing to pay upwards of $3 a day for a cup of coffee. Adding an extra 30¢ isn't going to make people rethink the convenience of a disposable cup.

Toronto LBS Meetup 3

2007-05-06T21:39:00.001+01:00

Another strong showing on Friday night by Toronto London Business School admits. Big thanks to the Crazy German for organizing and everyone else for getting out. The Toronto admits are a great mix of personalities and diverse backgrounds. Someone commented (and I agree) that there are fewer finance admits in our group than would be expected. Most people around the table were from industry -

No Matter What Anyone Else Says...

2007-05-04T08:08:00.001+01:00

Wincent <3 Spider-man

LBS Podcast

2007-05-03T14:08:00.000+01:00

For all the business podcast subscribers out there, London Business School has its own podcast!It's accessible at: http://www.london.edu/podcast/podcast.xmlThe content provided so far is interesting, which is to be expected. The production value will probably go up as the school gets more comfortable with the format and the technology.Do check it out.

Itinerary

2007-05-01T06:58:00.001+01:00

Solid rest of the week coming up.Wednesday - Dinner at Carnaval Brazilian Grill for workThursday - Watching Spider-man 3 (midnight showing - a tradition)Friday - Hanging with LBS Toronto folksSaturday - Dinner and drinks with friendsAll I have to do now is get through some LBS scholarship essays tomorrow night...

You're Kidding Me

2007-04-13T15:49:00.000+01:00

Doggy Prozac?!?This is a brand new low in my mind.

To Catch an ID Thief

2007-04-12T18:18:00.000+01:00

I've never really taken time to see the hard hitting exposées of Dateline; but this one was pretty interesting.General thoughts: The whole underground exchange of information and its effectiveness is pretty impressive. I'm a little surprised at the simple yet sophisticated methods credit card scammers use to collect their merchandise: Not only preying on specific people for drops, but sending off

Étranger Non Plus

2007-04-08T17:58:00.001+01:00

Brunch at Czehoski with LBS some admits and alumni yesterday was great! The feeling of the brunch was different compared to the one I attended as a waitlisted student last year. As a waitlist attending admit events last year, I felt like a little bit of an outsider. It's not that anyone made me feel like one - more of a personal distinction. This time was nothing like that. Just a relaxed

Pay-As-You-Throw

2007-04-03T23:09:00.001+01:00

The mayor of Toronto is proposing garbage fees. I think this is a brilliant idea, regardless of whether or not anyone thinks it's fair. I do understand that a family of four will definitely produce more garbage than that of a person living alone. People shouldn't be penalized for having a family, blah, blah, blah. This is beside the point. The ultimate benefactor of hitting people where it

Breathing Underwater Without Gills

2007-03-29T03:24:00.001+01:00

First and foremost, congratulations to all the Round 2 London Business School Admits out there! The notification date was last Friday so the tension of uncertainty should have long passed by now.Sometime in the past couple of weeks, I added labels to many of my posts. I was looking for a simple way to list all my labels in the side navigation using the classic blogger template format. Research

The WTL Sculpture Collection

2007-03-28T10:53:00.001+01:00

Now showing on flickr.

It's All In How You Look At It

2007-03-23T15:13:00.000Z

More lurking on the Business Week forums - A round 2 LBS applicant received a waitlist notification with a twist:... if you are not removed from the Waiting List this year you are guaranteed a place in the class beginning in August 2008 (MBA 2010). This variation on the standard waitlist decision is only offered in a very small number of cases.I for one think this is a great approach for the

More time fillers...

2007-03-22T15:13:00.000Z

Parking perfection 2 and 3!Hopefully this will get Round 2 London Business School applicants' minds off of the impending admit decision. The date on the website for Admission notification is tomorrow, but some notifications may be filtering out today.As I was lurking on the BW forums, I had a little chuckle that some of applicants were momentarily thrown off by the school newsletter that was sent

Parking Perfection

2007-03-22T12:29:00.000Z

Great time waster for a Thursday.Can you park this car?

Oilers may not win another game this season

2007-03-16T23:33:00.001Z

I understand it supports breast cancer. In the macho world of sports though, there's a bit of humor in it.It takes a man secure in his masculinity to wear pink.

Figurative Sculpture (Piece 3)

2007-03-15T04:06:00.001Z

Pics of another one of my pieces are now up. Along with some From the last Oilers game we attended. Not the best quality pictures in either case, but passable for the nonce.I really enjoyed working on this piece and how it turned out. It was a little rushed, me having missed one of the classes we had to work on it because of driving down to buffalo to catch the Oilers, but I think it turned

Still counting down...

2007-03-07T14:45:00.000Z

Friday was another good outing for some of the Toronto LBS admits. It's great how there's an instant camaraderie, the same one that I found when I visited the school before. I think the positive but ambitious nature of the people that attend is one of the defining characteristics of the school. Not that it wouldn't be different at any other school, but compared to some of the other places that

"Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell

2007-03-01T16:28:00.000Z

Great Orwell essay by way of Guy Kawasaki's blog.

NOOO! NOT SMITTY!!

2007-02-27T21:12:00.000Z

WHY LOWE?? WHY???

I <3 Apple

2007-02-27T13:55:00.000Z

I was pretty disappointed with the service that Corel had provided when I had asked a question. It felt like the person responding didn't really take the time to read and understand what I was asking.A company that I feel has customer service right is Apple. As a caveat, I've never had to deal with them for any major crippling technology issues, but for the items I have had issue with, the

Some London Logistics

2007-02-26T19:14:00.000Z

Thanks to RusGirl for the link! I'm looking forward to meeting more LBS classmates in a scant 6 months. Feels like an eternity away though!It's nice that the time is punctuated with some local get togethers. A number of the Toronto admits are getting together again this Friday. There are 6 of us that are confirmed. For some reason, I think there has to be a few more admits in Toronto.Further on

Dear Ticketmaster

2007-02-21T05:10:00.000Z

Your verification word system sucks goats. I don't know how you expect anyone to interpret a Rorschach as actual letters.Sincerely,WincentPS - I am perfectly willing to accept an apology in the form of Oilers tickets.PPS - Maybe someone out there should set up a company to commercialize on Captcha.

Think Small

2007-02-16T19:11:00.000Z

Interesting design article from the New York Times by way of Lian.

Look for us on Sportsnet

2007-02-15T14:55:00.000Z

We're braving our recent snow dumps to root on the Oilers in Buffalo tonight.Go Oil!

Figurative Sculpture (Piece 2)

2007-02-09T13:45:00.000Z

Pictures are up for the relief I sculpted. It's not the finished piece, it still needs to be cleaned out a bit more, some holes should probably be patched and some bumps sanded, and there should be a finishing coat of some sort on it. This piece was more of an involved process than the last one, spanning over four classes - roughly 12 hours of work. We started with a clay base on which we

Ewe of A

2007-02-05T20:09:00.000Z

As if my cousins (the 121st Street Laus - my family being the 119th Street Laus) didn't impress me (read: make me green with envy) enough already with their artistic ability, cousin Norm has gone and made a comic for the Gateway (the U of A student newspaper).There's no real webpage for it yet, I suppose Norm's waiting for a larger collection before making one, but a quick search gives all the

And Now I Can Go To Bed

2007-02-05T07:00:00.001Z

I'm slightly anal about certain things.This attention to detail manifests itself in many aspects of my life: how I lay out documents, how work processes I invent flow, the right punctuation for a blog post are just a few examples. It just has to feel exactly right, otherwise I'm completely unsettled. The worst for me is that I'll even stay up thinking about it.One particular thing that

More Stuff of Thought

2007-01-27T05:50:00.000Z

An article from The Toronto Star about Dr. Pinker's talk.

A Window into Human Nature

2007-01-25T14:29:00.000Z

The lecture yesterday was pretty good.Dr. Pinker broke the talk into three different sections:Metaphors as a window into thoughtI think I've read what he presented in one of his other books (The Language Instinct?). He talked to how we use concrete physical terms to refer to abstract ideas (e.g Argument is war - His claims were indefensible, I attacked his argument. Love is a journey - Our

T-G-I-(almost) Wednesday

2007-01-23T14:10:00.000Z

First and foremost, Happy Birthday Dad!--Thanks to Al for the link and the nod. He was my first real contact with life at LBS and meeting him and his lovely wife was one of the things that really strengthened my resolve to attend school there. Thanks again for that.---Tomorrow will be an interesting Wednesday for me. First off, I'm attending a lecture by Steven Pinker about his upcoming book -

Figurative Sculpture (Piece 1)

2007-01-13T05:48:00.000Z

Pictures are up from the first piece I've created at Figurative Sculpture. Apologies for the quality of the pics. I didn't really put any thought into the actual display. This particular piece is supposed to be interpretive – I was given the advice to not let any one particular detail overwhelm the rest. Originally, I had much a much more detailed head. I toned down the nose and the hair to

London!

2007-01-05T16:28:00.000Z

Just got my access to the London Business School Portal (intranet) today.Current status: ridiculously excited.

Musée des Beaux Arts

2007-01-05T05:01:00.000Z

Thanks to whoever did a google search on LBS Pharma Blog, as it helped me stumble upon this gem - the Pharma Marketing Blog.I'm particularly interested by one of his latest posts: Are Sales Reps Necessary?I don't have anything specific against sales reps, but I do agree that a new model is necessary when it comes to selling and promoting pharmaceuticals. There is too much fat in the system

Happy New Year!

2007-01-04T15:07:00.000Z

1979-2006: A HipHop OdysseyAbsolutely stellar.

Working hard or hardly working?

2006-12-21T03:49:00.000Z

I had a discussion with someone a little while ago about work productivity. We were in agreement that it's ridiculous that people typically equate looking busy and mere physical presence as a measure of productivity. It's no secret that my personal style is such that I use a lot of informal communication in my workday. What isn't as apparent is that I manage to get much more information and

My Wallpaper

2006-12-18T04:54:00.000Z

Cousin Herman is awesome because he knows that Spider-Man loves me back.Thanks Herm!

This is not a Penguin

2006-12-08T13:59:00.000Z

One of the few things that make Christmas Christmas for me is my traditional wrapping project.Look out Edmonton, I'm coming back on the 16th!

Look Ma, No Hands

2006-12-07T03:02:00.000Z

The Lexus LS460 parks itself?!?

Under Information I Already Have

2006-12-06T16:25:00.000Z

A question this morning to Corel: Customer (Wincent Lau) - 12/06/2006 10:59 AMI've been a longtime user of CorelDRAW Graphic Suite on PC and I really like using it. I recently purchased a Mac and would like to continue using your software.It's probably not supported anymore, which doesn't matter to me, but I was wondering if you know where I would be able to find and purchase CorelDRAW 11 for Mac

The Strictest Meaning of the Word

2006-11-27T19:05:00.000Z

When people misuse the word "literally" it's always completely 180° wrong.On the radio this morning, they interviewed people who were upset about some road closures because of the resultant travel delays. Apparently, these people were so upset that they were "literally shooting daggers out of their eyes".What a fantastic superpower.

Boyz n the Hood

2006-11-24T15:23:00.000Z

I'm beginning to wonder where we've planted ourselves in moving to the project. In the past two days there have been two higher profile incidents within a stone's throw of our area. The first involved a high speed shootout on the 401 after an incident at a "social club" at Finch and Dufferin. The second, I heard this morning on the radio. Apparently the police were going into an apartment complex

Get your kicks on Route 66

2006-11-21T01:39:00.000Z

This is what 4 sets of headlights and horseshoes up your ass can get you.

A Milestone

2006-11-17T18:48:00.000Z

So today's my last day as a consultant at Oxygenix. It's been a stellar experience - I've learned lots and met some fantastic people. I also hope that I've had a positive impact. Best of luck to the company in the future. I'm sure we'll stay in touch.

Like the Kids Do Nowadays

2006-11-17T04:55:00.000Z

I've been playing around with Skype and I don't have a clue about whether or not it's working for me. Mainly because people have told me that they've authorized me, but I don't see any difference on my end. On top of that, I haven't a clue who's actually online when I am.Someone wanna add me and show me how this crazy thing works?

Just When I Thought I Was Out...

2006-11-16T14:38:00.001Z

It's been a movie filled couple of weeks for me. Borat, The Departed, The Prestige, Stranger than Fiction. All were very good. All get the Wincent seal of approval. Coming up, I think Casino Royale is going to turn out well. Daniel Craig is much closer to Connery's bond than the foppish Remington Steele will ever be.I had meant to post something far timelier around the Election last week in