Ottawa
Gas Station Hero
My latest piece for The Escapist is now online, a profile of the Ottawa-based video game and training company, Distil Interactive.
Enjoy!
Is it true? Is the strike really over?
Word is spreading that 52 days of misery are now over for residents of Ottawa.
Could it be? I try not to be too optimistic.
Lets check IsTheBusStrikeOverYet.com
So we’ll be riding the red and white limo again before we know it!
Of course, the question remains: Who do I submit my taxi receipts to for reimbursement?
Enough is enough
I’m sure Samuel L. Jackson would have something to say about these strikes on the bus.
But seriously, we’re into Day 36 of this hostage crisis with no end in sight and a massive temperature drop hitting the National Capital.
I’ve been getting around thanks to my collection of modified “transit passes” (see photo) but [...]
Riding the fail bus in Ottawa
Or should I say NOT riding.
It’s Day 2 of the Ottawa hostage crisis and things don’t appear to be getting any better. Glorious.
However, since part of my job is watching social media, I can’t say I haven’t gotten any work done. It’s been amusing to watch grievances being aired on Twitter.
Of particular amusement is the [...]
The weather outside is frightening
Ooh, the weather outside is frightening
The bus drivers are striking
But since there’s no place I can go
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Indeed, thousands of commuters in Ottawa (myself included) are stranded thanks to OC Transpo walking off the job.
While I’m not particularly happy about being unable to get to work, following the [...]
Irony in old headlines
The last few weeks have been tough for Ottawa tech mainstay Nortel.
First came the announcement that 1,300 more employees were getting pink slips. Follow that up with an RBC Capital Markets analyst cutting the company’s dwindling stock outlook to zero dollars.
It’s been a long, painful decline for a company that used to have potential employees [...]
The lack of decent political games
I don’t get it. There are two election campaigns going on right now (Canada and U.S.) which should be making for oodles of amusing web-based games satirizing politics but quite frankly, I’m finding the selection pretty bland.
Lets take Death By 1000 Cold Cuts for example. In the response to Tory Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s ill-timed [...]
A disgusting act of cowardice
If I may, I need to step away from my usual ramblings about technology and self-employment to rant about something that truly makes me sick.
Living in downtown Ottawa, the ByWard Market is frequent stop for me. Walking through, it’s hard not to notice Craazy Dave.
Dave’s “home” is a milk crate behind the Rideau [...]
Coworking in Ottawa – The Code Factory
Posting has been light lately, especially since this game called Grand Theft Auto IV came out…
But I’ll digress briefly to write about coworking. It’s a nifty concept where freelancers and small companies gain a full-on office environment by sharing the cost of a workspace. It also helps deal with the isolation of being a lone [...]
DemoCamp 8: Looking out your backdoor
The eighth instalment of the Ottawa DemoCamp meet-up was held last week at the Clocktower Pub and as usual, there were plenty of interesting applications being demonstrated.
However, one thing that really stuck out at the meeting came from a conversation with the folks at Sylien Games.
I mentioned how often I’m surprised at all the cool [...]
