Jason's Notes About Stuff
Interesting bits about Software Development, Project Management, Business, Travel, Health, Politics, and more...
'Pipeline won't get built.' (March 23, 2018)
Politics | Government | environment | oil
See: The day oil rained down on Burnaby Ever since I moved to BC, not far from the path of the (more...)
Why are we still using attachments in 2018? (March 23, 2018)
Business | software | Internet
Who remembers 2006? 12 years ago, Google launched a truly innovative suite of products to compete wi (more...)
The slow, painful death of social media (March 20, 2018)
Business | communication | Internet | Facebook | Technology
About a month ago, before the big Cambridge Analytica scandal, I wrote that “Facebook is over.” My f (more...)
WhatsApp? Signal! (March 6, 2018)
Privacy | communication
Some of my friends are big fans of WhatsApp, and have noted that I don’t (and won’t) use it, so I ju (more...)
Facebook is over (February 21, 2018)
tech | Business | communication | Facebook | Technology
Alright folks, I’m calling it. It’s quite sad, but as of 6pm Pacific on Feb 21, 2018, Fa (more...)
Should you buy Bitcoin? (December 9, 2017)
money | tech | investing | Internet | Economics | Technology
“Should I buy Bitcoin?” This is a question I’ve heard a lot the past few weeks, so (more...)
Capitalism only works if there is competition (December 8, 2017)
Government | Business | Economics
Everything I’m going to write here seems painfully obvious to me, but apparently is not well k (more...)
When did software go off the rails? (August 16, 2017)
Business | Development | software
As CTO of The Rumie Initiative, I spend a decent amount of time trying to find tech solutions t (more...)
Fear, or Hope? (May 7, 2017)
psychology | Politics
It’s Sunday, May 7th, 2017, in the evening. In less than 48 hours, we’ll have a good ide (more...)