The 52 Weeks Project : Week 5 I have had the pleasure of working in two different offices where my bosses brought their dogs to work. It makes work awesome. In fact, a study done in 2012 by the Virginia Commonwealth University found that dogs make a positive difference in the workplace by reducing stress and… [read more]
Archives for January 2014
Volunteering With Habitat for Humanity’s Global Village
The 52 Weeks Project: Week 4 The Habitat for Humanity Global Village Program is a volunteer program through that consists of short-term house-building trips around the world. In essence, teams of 8-20 volunteers spend a week or more building houses in partnership with Global Village affiliates around the world. I have been on 5 Global Village… [read more]
The Workout Challenge – A successful experiment with exercise, social media, cloud computing, and peer benchmarking
Working out with friends without actually working out with them: The 52 Weeks Project: Week 3 In reading magazine articles over the years, I’ve always read that working out with a buddy will keep you motivated. In a big city like Toronto, it is always a challenge in the winter to get a friend to… [read more]
Project 52 weeks – Kick-off: Jessie Bonisteel. PM & Photographer
Here is the 1st post of a New Project called 52 Weeks. This is the project kick-off. I will write or share one or more ideas in a post per week each week until the end of the year. The 52 weeks idea came via friend @jessiebonisteel who just launched her own 52-week photo project. We met… [read more]
Not One, but Two Hells Frozen Over
There are 2 Hells on Earth, and both of them got frozen over this month. Hell, Michigan was -13C on January 7th, and Hell, Norway on the 10th was -4.8C. The Hell in the Bible – say Matthew 13:41–42 calls Hell a ‘fiery furnace’. I’ve always imagined Hell to… [read more]