by mvboronowski | Nov 22, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
Buying a home for the first time is a particularly intimidating prospect. But it’s also one that gives you a good opportunity to evaluate your priorities. Is it to have a lot of space (two bathrooms + den)? How about scenery? Are you looking for somewhere in a hip and...
by mvboronowski | Nov 19, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
Hey there, all my fellow Gumbooteers! It’s been a while since the last news from Germany here on the Gumboot (at least from me), and since the last piece was really emotional and deeply political, well today for a lighter topic. You may or may not have heard about it,...
by mvboronowski | Nov 18, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
David Lloyd Johntson seems like a good guy. Three names, Cambridge grad, a mediator. Not a bad guy for the job. Oh, what job you ask? He’s the appointed member of Canadian government has the power to prorogue, is the chief of chiefs, the regal legal head of our...
by mvboronowski | Nov 17, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories, Aboard the Editor's Pirate Ship, Business & Entrepreneurship
So, I just finished my UBC Continuing Studies class in Sustainability and Transformational Leadership. Last week, teammates Heidi, Roger and I created a consulting firm – 20:15 (we present the concept of “20-Minute Neighbourhoods” in 15 minutes)...
by mvboronowski | Nov 16, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories, Aboard the Editor's Pirate Ship, Business & Entrepreneurship
Yesterday I participated in the Annual Planning Meeting for The Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling (CERIC). And during some brief down time I shared a quotes/concepts from Alain de Botton’s The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work with on of my...
by mvboronowski | Nov 15, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories, Pop Culture Career Advice
On a small YouTube screen I am watching a Starcraft 2 game featuring TheLittleOne vs Sen. It is Game 2 of a multi-game tournament. Play by play casting is being provided by HD Starcraft, a young Korean American Starcraft fanatic based in the Westcoast of the US. HD...
