Beyond the Rhetoric

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 [...]

Yes, it’s that time of year again. Most of us are still recovering from our turkey comas over the holidays, but we’re heading straight back to Las Vegas for the annual International Consumer Electronics Show. By the time you read this post, I’ll either be several thousand feet in the air on a plane or [...]

This is the usual kind of trade show that I’ve been attending these last few years. I can usually be found at CES for consumer electronics, Computex for new computer gadgetry, E3 for video games, and so on. However, one of my little known interests is in the area of interior decor and home renovation. [...]