The NHL Returns: Now What About The Team Name and Domain?

Posted on May 31, 2011 by in Soapbox, Web Design

Today is a banner day in Winnipeg history. The NHL announced the completion of their deal with local sports and entertainment company True North to bring the Atlanta Thrashers hockey club to Winnipeg. While the mass majority of hockey fans in Winnipeg are literally dancing in the streets and celebrating the return of major league [...]

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BlackBerry PlayBook: Will The Media Kill It?

Posted on May 16, 2011 by in Brands, Soapbox

I’ve been reading a lot of reviews on RIM’s recently-released BlackBerry PlayBook and it’s not looking good. Most reviewers agree that the PlayBook’s UI is shiny and its ability to display pages with flash components is a plus. But that seems to be where the good things, the differentiators from the other tablets in the [...]

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Dear WordPress: You’re the Best

Posted on March 26, 2011 by in Web Design

Using WordPress as the platform of choice for my freelance web design business has been really great. It’s simple to use, easy to set up and the amount of themes available out there is just staggering. WordPress makes it easy for me to quickly get a site up and running and make tweaks on the [...]

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Does OSX Lion’s Mail Client Make Sparrow Obsolete?

Posted on March 10, 2011 by in Apple, iPhone, Mac

Apple’s been spending a lot of time in the past couple years making innovations in iOS. The iPhone, iPod touch and iPad’s technology has changed the way we interact with devices and now Apple is bringing those innovations back into Mac OS X with Lion, which will be available this summer. Last time I wrote, [...]

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Are Desktop Apps Taking Over Again?

Posted on January 4, 2011 by in iPhone, Mac

These days, so much of what could only be accomplished offline 10 years ago has been taken to the cloud. So much so, that perpetual latecomers Microsoft have even started doing TV ads on their cloud-based image editing solution. (On a side note, easy-to-use image editing software doesn’t make your kids behave – that ad [...]

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Site Overhaul & New Content

Posted on November 16, 2010 by in Personal Notes, Social Media, Web Design

A brief summary of some of the most recent changes to Creative Guise, in order to make the site more robust (and more actually about me).

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The Joys of Fatherhood

Posted on November 1, 2010 by in Fatherhood

Fatherhood lesson #1: For all the great information and technology out there to help you raise your kid right, you still have to rely on your own experiences and feelings.

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My Problems with iPhone’s Neglected Calendar App

Posted on October 12, 2010 by in iPhone, Soapbox

In which the author whines about software on his phone. Boo hoo.

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Hackintosh!

Posted on October 9, 2010 by in Mac

After discovering this great article which seems to have made making a hackintosh PC simple enough as to not make it a chore, I’m going to give it a go this weekend. I’ve read some articles about converting your PC to an OSX machine before, but none made it look so enticing. I don’t really [...]

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A Bit on the Creative Process

Posted on October 7, 2010 by in music, Personal Notes

I’m a songwriter, and I think one of the most interesting things about writing songs, and learning about other people’s songs, is finding out the story behind a song’s composition. Not often do you get a window on an artist’s creative process, but with the advent of the internet and social media, it sure is [...]

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