A few days ago, I have had the pleasure of interviewing Tammy Strobel of Rowdy Kittens. She is also the author of the book Simply Car-Free, which is the central theme of the interview. We talked about a variety of topics, ranging from: cycling as a life style bicycle selection and theft prevention touring simplistic [...]
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July 31st, 2010 with No CommentsDangers of Impaired Biking and Walking
July 27th, 2010 with 1 CommentDrinking and driving is now a firm societal faux-pas. However, impaired biking and receives scant attention because of the lack of high profile instances and a bicycle’s absence from impaired driving laws in Canada, according to Margaret Miller, national president of MADD Canada. Impaired walking (i.e. walking with the head down solely focused on texting [...]
Read the Full PostMy Critique of the Attention on Emissions
July 24th, 2010 with No CommentsIn recent years, attention on carbon emissions is rising, perhaps due to the peculiar weather patterns of heat waves unfamiliarly exceeding 40 C in the summer, and snow storms in places where water rarely froze in the winter. Sure, human activity, namely carbon emissions, garbage, and other pollution, has contributed significantly to the climate change. [...]
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July 21st, 2010 with No Comments“Privacy is the new celebrity.” – Ashton Kutcher, celebrity-turned-Internet mogul in an interview with Fast Company In some ways, this quote is quite true. On the Internet, anyone can be a celebrity if desired. In fact, the social media business is making big money because of the users’ desires to use them as a tool [...]
Read the Full PostPerformance Benefits When Being Free from Expectations
July 18th, 2010 with No CommentsThere are a lot of people in the world who do not enjoy what they have been doing due to external expectations on them. These expectations usually come from those people being naturally more proficient than others more quickly. Sure, pressure does have its benefits. For example, deadlines, as a tool of progression, are used [...]
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