Posts in category geek

There are few harder people to buy gifts for than designers. Not only do they demand the latest in technological innovation, but it seems that …

Zacharie and I did a collab video for The Zacharie Show to run down some of the best gifts available from the TELUS Store.

In 1958’s competitive international context, and with the intention of “forming and executing research and development projects to expand the frontiers of technology and science,” …

The official Star Wars trailer you need to see today is not the one from JJ Abrams. Star Wars: The Force Awakes is genius. The trailer you need to watch is the original, from Star Wars A New Hope, and then ask yourself how this film rose above the cheese to become the film that defines generations.

There is a very simple and easy Ikea Hack to build a stand up desk for your computer. A table and shelf from Ikea is all you need to do it Hootsuite style.

If you need to clean up your desk and organize your cables, this Lifehack has it solved: use LEGO minifigs as cable organizers. Genius. Easy. Geeky.

Installing the Nest thermostat is dead easy. Pry off the old facing, label your wires, clip them in, get it online. It took less than 10 minutes, and I’m no handy guy.

What do you do when there is no WiFi in the sky? It is the last bastion of internetless life. But you can still use this flying farraday cage to do some solid, and necessary, offline work.

iPhone icons are ugly. Collect them into a folder and it is anything but elegant. Sure, Jonny Ive has done a great job of thinning the fonts, flattening the icons, and making the folders translucent, but it is still not a sleek elegant look. Check out this simple tip to manager your iPhone home screen icons.

WordCamp Vancouver took place this past weekend and I learned a lot. Here are some of the best wordpress plugins and resources for people who use WordPress.