Kickoff For November 4, 2024
It's November already? I'm still trying to figure our where March went ... I guess time does pass by faster as you get older. Which is unfair. Very unfair....
Kickoff For October 28, 2024
It's Labour Day here in my antipodean home. Yet here I am, when I should be having a lie in or something, sending you another edition of The Monday Kickoff...
Kickoff For October 21, 2024
I've got nothing pithy or mildly witty to share this week, so let's get Monday started with these links: What Really Happened to Michael Rockefeller —...
Kickoff For October 14, 2024
It's good to be back. OK, the letter really didn't go anywhere in the last few weeks, nor did it take the short hiatus I expected it to. But with a broadband...
Kickoff For October 7, 2024
While I still don't have access to the internet at my new home (that will be changing soon), I've found a way to send this edition of The Kickoff to your...
Kickoff for September 30, 2024
A few people have asked me if I use a generative AI tool to help me process and summarize the articles that I read for The Monday Kickoff. I don't....
Kickoff for September 23, 2024
Even with the rush and stress and general madness that comes with the process of moving between cities, I was able to pull together an edition of The Monday...
Kickoff for September 16, 2024
Publishing of The Monday Kickoff might be a bit erratic and sporadic over the next week or three. I'm in the process of moving house and ... well, you know...
Kickoff For September 9, 2024
Lately, I've been getting quite a bit of spam email. Some of it about this letter — mainly from SEO and social media firms wanting to work with me to get The...
Kickoff for September 2, 2024
In my youth in Canada, I never looked forward to the coming of September. The transition from the eighth to the ninth month of the year meant that summer was...
Kickoff For August 26, 2024
Over the next several weeks, you'll probably notice a weird and (I hope) wonderful mix of articles in editions of The Monday Kickoff. I'm trying to get...
Kickoff for August 19, 2024
This week, I have nothing borderline pity or even mildly amusing to say. And it's a slightly shorter edition of the letter this time ‘round. Let's just jump...
Kickoff For August 12, 2024
I spent a few days thinking about the poll around the number of links to include in each edition of The Monday Kickoff. Then, stuff happened. Nothing bad,...
Kickoff for August 5, 2024
Thanks to everyone who took part in the poll about the number of links to include in each edition of The Monday Kickoff. I have a bit to think about around...
Kickoff for July 29, 2024
Is July really almost over? I'm still trying to figure out where March went! To help ease the ache of the passage of time, a mix of interesting links. And,...
Kickoff for July 22, 2024
At the beginning of July, I started an experiment to include six rather than nine links in each edition of The Monday Kickoff. It's been four weeks and I'm...
Kickoff for July 15, 2024
Welcome back! We're already half way through July and the month is still interestingly weird. And, in some ways, giving us a scary view of what might to...
Kickoff for July 8, 2024
It's been quite the week, hasn't it? Change, upheaval, but also business (in all senses of the word) as usual. We do live in those proverbial times, don't...
Kickoff for July 1, 2024
A happy Canada Day to everyone in ... well, Canada. Hope you're able to take some time off, relax, and so a few summer-y things. Just remember that those of...
Kickoff for June 24, 2024
Thanks to everyone who took part in the poll about the number of links to include in the letter each week. The voting was close, but 55% of respondents voted...