Month: November 2013

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(Cue the sounds of a zillion geeks having an “I’m a Dalek” fantasy.)

Found via Karen Gillan’s Twitter account.

Sir Patrick Stewart has but one rule for using Twitter, and it’s a good one. In this video, he explains how he uses it, and how he came up with the rule.

This article also appears in Global Nerdy.

I’m decluttering. I’m getting rid of a fair bit of stuff, and that means my new-found asceticism is your big bargain! Whether you’re looking for a treat for yourself or want to save some money on Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Festivus presents, I’ve got stuff going cheap that you may want. In this installment, I’m posting business books for sale. As the title of this article says, they’re $5 each, any 5 for $20.

I live in Toronto, practically on top of High Park subway station, and it’s easiest if you drop by to pick them up. If you live far away and want to cover shipping, I’d be happy to send ’em your way. If you want a book or many books, email and let me know!

• 1001 Ways to Reward Employees
• Managing Your Manager
• Booklife
• Predictably Irrational
• Unique Ability
• Fierce Conversations
• Speaking PowerPoint
• Screen Future
• Getting to Yes
• A Whack on the Side of the Head
• Meatball Sundae
• It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want to Be
• How to Make Luck
• Celebrating Failure
• Drive
• Free Prize Inside

• Here Comes Everybody
• Married to the Brand
• The Back of the Napkin
• Confessions of a Public Speaker
• Listening to the Future
• The Power of Habit
• First, Break All the Rules
• The Thank You Economy
• Enchantment
• Buy-In
• Startup Communities
• Poke the Box
• The Behavior Gap
• Groundswell

• Managing Transitions
• The Advisor Century
• Switch
• Hyperformance
• Rich is a State of Mind
• I Will Teach You to Be Rich
• Speed-Reading for Professionals
• Project Management Terms: A Working Glossary
• The Art of the Interview
• The Black Swan
• Ready for Anything
• Positioning
• Presentation Zen
• Purple Cow
• The Art of the Long View
• New Job, New You
• How to Win Friends and Influence People
• People Skills

• The Personal MBA
• Let’s Get Real or Let’s Not Play
• Only the Paranoid Survive
• Know-How
• Head First PMP
• How to Instantly Connect with Anyone
• Insidious Competition
• The Five Rituals of Wealth
• Making It Happen
• The Microsoft Crabby Office Lady Tells it Like it Is
• Getting Things Done
• Reality is Broken
• What Shall I Do With My Life?

Toronto’s Peter Griffin-esque mayor makes history again: he’s the first Toronto mayor to be the subject of a New Yorker cartoon.

The cartoon is also more proof for Charles Lavoie’s hypothesis that you can take any New Yorker cartoon and replace its caption with a certain phrase and it will still work:

Thanks to the “Mayor Frod” Twitter account for the link!

So far, it’s my favourite use of “ermahgerd”.

A still from the infamous “enough to eat at home” press conference.

Yes, there’s the fake trailer for Rob Ford: The Movie, which is made up of clips from Chris Farley movies, but the real thing is just as entertaining in its own, sad way. Unfortunately, the real thing is also real. If you can watch this montage of the “greatest hits” from our mayor over the past two years put together by the Toronto Star and still want to vote for him, you’re either willfully ignorant, or are one of those types who just likes to watch the world burn.

To borrow a line from my friend Richard Platel: “Sure, when you put everything together like this, it looks bad.”

Sadly, it’s true. Furthermore, Rob Ford may be the reason why most American newscasters and late-night comics — Jon “Toe-RON-toe” Stewart being the notable exception — now pronounce the city’s name properly: “Tronno” or “Toronno”.