I speak on a wide variety of topics to professional and social groups.
Call me (416) 621-9348 to arrange a schedule.
Professional Topics
A Single-Instruction Computer
How a 1967 DECUS symposium paper can change the design of today’s computers.
Acceptance Tests
How to turn a telephone call into a guaranteed cheque
Becoming a Transitional Entrepreneur
When to make the switch, and why, and how.
Business Cards
From first principles – what should be on your business card, what should not, AND WHY.
Golden Rules of Windows – from 1993 to 2010
Become a master of your computer in less than 30 minutes. Honest!
Postcard Campaigns
Why a postcard campaign provides a triple-benefit to you
Resumes
From first principles: How to make a resume (or a proposal) write itself.
Time Management
From first principles, as the earth spins ….
Was There Computing Before the Personal Computer?
Now, seriously, what did you think the answer was going to be?
Social Topics
Australia – the Real Part
Why Canada and Australia are the two most closely-related nations on earth.
Charles Yelverton O’Connor and the Goldfields Water Supply
How water was made to flow one thousand feet uphill, three hundred miles eastwards, most of the way by gravity!
Don’t Brake
Two words that changed my driving and my life; a true story of a trip home from Belleville and “How to drive from Toronto to San Diego on a tank of gas”.
Second Use For Everything (SUFE)
Why the Blue Box campaign is the cause of Toronto’s garbage crisis.
The Skeena, The Stikine, and Telegraph Creek
The two secret holiday destinations I swore I would never reveal.
Vermicomposting for the Cold-Climate Apartment Dweller
How to own the best house-plants in your building. Free.
