Taking Apart the TTC (Part III): Rider Misery- September 14, 2014
After a relaxing summer filled with debugging MySQL queries and tweaking Windows forms, I’ve completed a prototype of EngagementPro, a piece of software designed to assist accountants with managing their workloads.
Taking Apart the TTC (Part II): Operators’ Workload- June 29, 2014
TTC fares and operator wages have grown in lockstep, at about double the rate of inflation, and double the rate of most Ontarians’ household income
Taking Apart the TTC (Part I): Fares and Wages- June 17, 2014
Fare hikes. Crowded subways. Funky smells. Surly drivers. For many of us in Toronto, a two-way commute on the TTC is a reality five days a week.
6 Ways to Cut Corners – Legitimately- June 8, 2014
Personal busy-ness at work gave me the chance to apply some of the insights I got into hewing to the high-level in consulting.
10 Model Building No-Nos- May 25, 2014
Having worked with a large variety of Excel-based models, in a number of different settings, I’ve seen a lot of practices that seriously undermine the usability of a model. Here are my top 10:
