I’m not sure why, but when I play video games I can zone out the rest of the world. Bombs could be exploding next door and I probably wouldn’t notice. This image captures that perfectly. It’s a wonder my tongue isn’t sticking out (I tend to do that if I …
Some transit etiquette posters from around the world. Most are from Japan (awesome zombie ones) & The TTCC – the Toronto Transit Civility Commission.
This video from the Engineering guy explains why it always seems as if the line you are in at the checkout is the slowest. It also makes a recommendation for a single line serviced by multiple registers which, oddly enough I noticed Winners has started using. Merry Christmas!
The TTC is racist. Or at the very least elitist. It’s a strong statement I know, but if you spend any amount of time riding the TTC you can see it. For example I have a completely unscientific but convincing study going of subway maps on the trains. I travel …
Toronto needs to revamp it’s plastic bag policy. Right now the city charges $0.05 per plastic bag. The money is charged by the vendors (grocery stores) and presumably goes into the city’s coffers. The city however set the price too low. Five cents is not an inconvenience, it’s not even noticeable. …
If you are a rock band and you are going to sell out and let someone else use your song, this is the way to do it. This is a harsh, amazing, moving video. (@BradTTC)
Privacy in Canada is officially dead. The supreme court of Canada has granted police the power to enlist a power company in monitoring some one’s energy consumption without a warrant in an attempt combat grow-ops. “The Constitution does not cloak the home in an impenetrable veil of privacy,” Justice Marie …
My friend JP shared this presentation via twitter and I am ashamed to say I have participated in the dark side of design. Personally I think of my time at the CBC as a sort of penance – a purgatory if you will. Dark patterns shows the ways companies and …
Given all the hub-bub about the TSA and full body scanners recently I thought I might throw my hat in the ring too. Terrorism like everything else is a matter of numbers. According to Nationmaster.com Canada has the 4th highest deaths to terrorist act ratio in the world with 11.66 deaths/act. …