Getting your inbox to zero

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David Allen's seminal work on personal productivity, Getting Things Done, stresses frequently emptying all of your capture devices to maintain a stress-free environment by promoting a manageable amount of input. One recurring problem that Allen (and others) identify is the poor practise of using your in-box for storing information as though it were a to-do list. ...

Motorola i880

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I have been a Telus Mike (similar to Nextel in the United States) customer for some time. I'm due for a handset upgrade and have decided to go with the Motorola i880. There are three features about this phone that sold me. First, it's a flip phone. While this may not be novel to most cellular ...

GPA for grad school (Master's and Ph. D.)

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Looking through my search terms logs, I have noticed that a lot of people are finding my blog by looking for information about the minimum GPA requirements for acceptance to Ph. D. and Master's programmes. I'll try to answer, from my own personal experience, some of the questions I've asked myself over the past year. Beware, ...