Canadians are all work and no play:
Sit-down family dinners are rare in the Grunling home. Myles, 16, and Colin, 14, play soccer on teams coached by their father. Crystal Grunling and her husband, Manfred, work full-time jobs, and the boys, in Grades 11 and 8, attend different schools.
“We’re running every night of the week,” [...]
Entries from June 2010
Kids need a break too.
June 15th, 2010 · No Comments
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When technology stops being technology.
June 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Via Seth Godin:
I saw a two-year old kid (in diapers, in a stroller), using an iPod Touch today. Not just looking at it, but browsing menus and interacting. This is a revolution, guys.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The iPad is often written off, but when I saw it announced I believed [...]
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Doing more of less.
June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments
Today’s Financial Post suggests that AT&T’s move to drop their unlimited data plan may boost RIM because customers realize they can to more with less bandwidth:
The benefit for Waterloo-based Research In Motion, who makes the Blackberry, could be in current iPhone users realizing they can get more out of RIM’s device.
“Now, as RIM is [...]
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Competition is a fact of life. Deal with it.
June 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments
It’s unfortunate that everyone can’t be the winner in any particular sporting event, but you can’t make things better by punishing those that do win:
In yet another nod to the protection of fledging self-esteem, an Ottawa children’s soccer league has introduced a rule that says any team that wins a game by more than five [...]
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