7 posts
July 23, 2026
This month we taught Vector Weather to draw the Arctic ice edge. Building it says something about data as a public good, and about how the North sits at the centre of Canadian self-identity.
July 14, 2026
Marine weather information is abundant. The harder problem is bringing weather, tides, currents, local hazards, and vessel behaviour together before conditions become urgent. That is why I built Vector Weather.
July 11, 2026
Creators have legitimate rights and interests, but the public, learners, builders, and the commons have rights in culture too.
June 10, 2026
Canada is right to reject the fiction that online harms are just the price of participation in modern life. The test is protecting young people without surveillance or censorship.
May 13, 2026
AI Governance, Data Protection, and Democratic Accountability in Vancouver's Mayor's Office
January 6, 2026
(I first published this as a post on LinkedIn) We keep hearing bold AI predictions: one-person unicorns, zero-employee companies, the end of middle management, search dying, intelligence becoming free, and most knowledge work disappearing. I’ve led large data platforms, AI deployments in regulated enterprises, and board-level change. I've navigated tough, public conversations where accountability never […]
January 23, 2025
This is episode one of a multi-piece review of alternative housing concepts for BC and Canadian households – centering eventually on suggesting suggesting liveaboard households among other innovative approaches to housing offers significant advantages in addressing the housing crisis in coastal British Columbia. Innovative Living Solutions: Adapting to Canada's Housing Affordability Crisis In recent years, […]