Beyond the Rhetoric

What’s going on in the blogosphere (do people still use that term?) this week? Let’s get down to business and see what some great bloggers have to say. We start off with Darin Wong who is proclaiming that Toastmaster isn’t just for old folks and keeners. Fear of public speaking is incredibly common and while [...]

This past weekend, the Vancouver Home + Design Show was held at BC Place Stadium, offering a space where all sorts of vendors could show off all kinds of products and innovations as it relates to the home. While many of these were related to home improvement projects, to be sure, there were also vendors [...]

When I went to the Vancouver Home and Interior Design Show last year, I wasn’t a homeowner. Sure, I was interested in home improvement products and services, but it was more from the perspective of proactive research. This time around was a little different, seeing how we had since purchased our first home. The 2011 [...]

Just because I make my living as a freelance writer does not mean that I am bound to my computer desk all year long. I am called upon to attend various trade shows and other events, providing coverage for my clients in the form of written articles, as well as photos and videos. And so [...]

Every Wednesday, I gather together a collection of blog posts from around the Internet that I think are worth reading. Some of these are suggested to me by their respective authors (feel free to tweet me on Tuesdays with your links), while others are saved in my Google Reader for this exact purpose. Here is [...]