There’s a concept in high-level thinking about measurement called the Zone of Uncertainty. It’s the turning point that signals a scale’s movement from one graduation to the next. When things start to get a little heavy, your bathroom scale crosses the Zone of Uncertainty and springs from 130lbs (weighing myself) to 131lbs (weighing myself while eating a pound cake). It’s as simple as that. And delicious. There’s a metaphor in there somewhere, and I’ll be darned if I’m not going... Read More...

Boyd Avenue at 7:30 a.m. on a Sunday morning in winter is as serene as a cottage lake: the 417 is whisper-quiet, the air sparkles with crystalline cold, and apart from a vet in mint-coloured scrubs walking a dog around the animal clinic, there’s a feeling that the whole world is asleep under mountainous duvets — except for the inMotion crowd, who are spending their Sunday beating a path between 894 and 891 Boyd with characteristic exuberance. We arrived early,... Read More...

In the bizarre confluence of everyday life, I’m preparing to move apartments at the same time that inMotion is preparing to move facilities. This gives me a feeling of cottony affection for the disembodied twin-engine powerhouse where I work—we’re both looking with nervous excitement at what lies ahead, certain that we’re making the right choices but a little galled by the courage those choices require. Even our reasons for moving are similar. inMotion has outgrown the workspace at 894 Boyd,... Read More...

This morning I got a call from Kevin Jarvo at Total Media Systems to tell me that Bob Heffernan had passed away suddenly last night from complications after ankle surgery. To say I am shattered is not even close to accurate so please excuse my ramblings……….. Bob Heffernan was a lot of things; entrepreneur, father, boss, supplier, facilitator and most importantly, friend. Bob was my friend from the day we met in the late 1980s. I was a flaky musician... Read More...