my|updates

  • Indeed! Get yer motor runnin'... RT @luckyfish: motorcycle weather 19 hours ago
  • Claiming that. RT @rumon: To my friends having crap days (you know who you are), a temporary salve: Rufus Wainright's "Instant Pleasure". 1 day ago
  • Terrible! RT @smith: Very grizzled for my trip to Paris - power went out last night and wasn't back on when I woke. Lantern lit shower. 1 day ago
  • What?! (re The Godfather) RT @tristen__ashley: @jamehealy Seriously? Possibly the worst trilogy movie in history. 2 days ago
  • Watching The Godfather III. "Just when I think I'm out, they pull me back in." Brilliant. 2 days ago

my|bookmarks

Victoria and Vancouver: Gateways to Canada (1936)

by Jame Healy, filed under miscellaneous on February 1st, 2010

This is great … an MGM produced promotional video of Victoria and Vancouver replete with 1930’s era newsreel music. I’m half expecting Tom to start chasing Jerry across the screen into a mouse hole.

February 1st, 2010 | 122 views | leave a comment |

Making Good

by Jame Healy, filed under business, miscellaneous on January 30th, 2010

I’m really impressed with the new web site for MakeGood (www.MakeGood.com).

We know that companies all over the world are doing great things, but only a few are effectively telling their story.

MakeGood acts as the bridge between the customers and businesses, enabling companies to display the positive things they are doing while publicly stating their commitment to social responsibility. …

[continue reading Making Good]

January 30th, 2010 | 104 views | leave a comment |

Switching to WordPress

by Jame Healy, filed under miscellaneous on September 28th, 2009

I’ve had my personal blog hosted on a Drupal-powered site for a number of years now. Unfortunately the hosting company was going through some changes, which meant that I had to migrate my site, etc. over to their new service.  They gave me more than enough time to transition to their new servers, but I never did.

… I guess in …

[continue reading Switching to WordPress]

September 28th, 2009 | 600 views | 4 comments |

The Art of Complex Problem Solving

by Jame Healy, filed under business, miscellaneous on December 15th, 2007

Someone passed this on to me the other day … I wish I remember who.

www.Idiagram.com

I’ve spent some time on this site, and have to hand it to the author Marshall Clemens, I’m impressed.

Not only does his style work for me, but the challenge of representing complex systems, problems or solutions into such easily understood illustrations or models I’m convinced …

[continue reading The Art of Complex Problem Solving]

December 15th, 2007 | 460 views | leave a comment |