It just so happens that our office is located within walking distance to probably the most fantastic café in Vancouver (imho). The name of the café is a bit of a mouthful, but well worth the effort to remember: The Café for Contemporary Art or just cafca for short. Last night they hosted an after party for the Vancouver Coffee & Tea show and featured a 9 station pour over bar.
Archive for October, 2009
9 Station Pour Over Bar @ Cafca
Thursday, October 15th, 2009Google street view finally comes to Canada
Friday, October 9th, 2009I figured I would join the party in blogging about the launch of Google Street View in Canada. Privacy concerns aside, I think it is a very cool service and will come in handy for all sorts of things. Other then personal uses, we will be integrating it into our real estate sites so that users can check out a house as if they are standing in front of it.
One downside of the service is that you have no control of when or what was taken in the photos. As you can see from this shot of our office there is a huge van in the way =(
Hacking your sleep
Thursday, October 8th, 2009I came across an interesting product during my afternoon web wanderings; so interesting in fact, I decided to blog about it. Being somewhat of a geek and coming from a programming/system administration background, I naturally try to optimize my surroundings and myself. Some would call this being a perfectionist or a tad OCD, but I think it is just a healthy urge to make oneself better. Lest I go of on a random tangent, the product I came across today is called the Zeo Personal Sleep Coach.
We are what we work
Monday, October 5th, 2009Capitalism’s language also says that our labor is a commodity to be bought and sold in a competitive marketplace. And it equates our personal identities with our economic roles in the market place. Think, for instance, of the intrinsically bizarre way we describe someone to a stranger. We usually say “He (or she) is an x,” where “x” is the persons profession.
– Thomas Homer-Dixon, The Upside of Down
I have often pondered this, but have been unable to articulate it myself. Capitalism has many pros and many cons, but it is a damn shame we have become defined by our professions. Should we not be defined by who we actually are? By our mannerisms, our temperaments, even our idiosyncrasies? Yes, I know, what we do is very much a part of who we are, but these days it is given far to much emphasis. I would rather be known as funny or a great snowboarder then a business owner or programmer.