Rambles and otherwise notable musings.

  • Presenting our research at EngAGE21

    Our research team presented at EngAGE’21. Our work, which extends the excellent work from our Software Systems Engineering capstone students (Nicolas Achter, Nickolas Schmidt, Nikolas Lendvoy, and Shayan Khan) seeks to explore how technology can support ageing at home. Please watch our presentation and comment away!

  • New research explorations in virtual care

    Exciting news! Ramona, Cheryl, Bill, and I (researchers and innovators from the Johnson Shoyama Grad School of Public Policy, Eden Care Communities, & the Faculty of Engineering) were successful in acquiring funding from SHRF to build on the excellent work by 2019-2020 Software Systems Engineering capstone students Nicolas Achter, Nickolas Schmidt, Nikolas Lendvoy, & Shayan…

  • Ramblings on Cheggification & where we go from here

    Ramblings on Cheggification & where we go from here

    I recently read an article by Dave Cormier titled, After Cheggification – A way forward (Part 1) that I thought quite interesting (I’m also looking forward to Part 2+). I echo much of what Cormier discusses as you will read below. Brief summary: there are sites like Chegg (and others) that are advertised as student…

  • Going into March with “The Hiding Place”

    Going into March with “The Hiding Place”

    Having finished Helen Hoang’s book, “The Kiss Quotient” early I am able to continue my goal of 12 books in 12 months in 2021 early! First, Hoang’s “The Kiss Quotient” was a great read. The characters were lovely and the story very heartwarming. This said, I do feel the need to mention that this book…

  • February with “The Kiss Quotient”

    February with “The Kiss Quotient”

    Having finished Kevin Kwan’s “Sex & Vanity” slightly early (what a great read! Check it out if you like his work. You won’t be disappointed! I now want to go to Capri, in the off-season that is…ha!), I was able to start early on my next book. With that, here’s my February read: Helen Hoang’s…

  • 12 books in 12 months starting with Kwan’s “Sex & Vanity”

    12 books in 12 months starting with Kwan’s “Sex & Vanity”

    At the start of 2020, before what I like to call “the slide into the weird” I began the year off with a goal: To read one fiction/non-fiction book per month throughout the year (with preference to fiction). Why? Primarily for my mental well-being. To escape the normal rigamarole of my daily life and drift…

  • 2020 albums of the year

    Well – what can I say. 2020 simultaneously felt like the longest and fastest year that I can remember. Long, re: COVID. A friend posted on Facebook, Do I think of you guys often? Yes. Do I love you? Yes. Do I miss you? I mean, not really… I can relate. To the outside world,…

  • 2019 albums of the year

    Ola all. It’s that time again for me when I like to share what I consider to be my favourite 10 albums of the year. Before we get to that, what a year! The biggest highlight of 2019 was the new addition of Pippin into our lives. Below is him chilling on his new memory…

  • 2018 albums of the year

    Well, 2018 has come and gone. For me it was indeed an interesting year, starting a new gig at the local uni, road-trippin’ out west, and trying to stay on top of all the mundane and exciting things that life has to offer. This post being about music; in my own musical adventures, I didn’t…

  • 2017 Albums of the Year

    Trying to avoid all the boxing day madness I figured I’d get on this annual tradition of mine. What a great year this has been for music! I listened to well over 250 albums and dwindling these down to my top 50 was hard, then my top 25 was crazy hard, and then, finally, my…

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