Brennan's Old Blog

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. -Jack Layton

 

My Journey This Year

Around this time last year, I walking in downtown Calgary wearing only a dress suit in -30℃ weather, going from building to building, trying to find a service or program that could help me get employed. I had no idea...

Medium Doesn't Work

Are you a new writer struggling to get your voice heard on Medium? Are you tired of the endless sea of generic topics and limited selection for what you can write about? You’re not alone. In this post, we delve...

Medium Doesn’t Work

PART ONE: Medium’s UX is hostile to small creators. — A website once intended for everyone has quietly become painfully exclusive. To be honest with you, it’s been awhile since my last real post here on Medium. I’ve essentially made...

One Year of Tracking

Introduction: WTF is Beeminder?! Last year, I wrote about my experiences (and troubles) with the self-improvement app, Beeminder. I decided that, as an attempt to make things actually work this time, I would embark on an experiment. An experiment where...