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Screw hockey, I want my kid to learn how to be creative →  December 3, 2011

A few weeks ago, I Tweeted: Screw hockey. I want my kid to learn how to make apps! j.mp/u0IJ28 #yeg #dadstalking — Jay Palter (@jaypalter) November 22, 2011 At the time, I was inspired by Thomas Suarez TEDx talk on kids making apps: I wasn’t so much suggesting that kids should become coders as much [...]

If we want more mom execs, we need more dad homemakers →  September 1, 2011

There has been lots of media coverage over the past days about the Conference Board of Canada’s report on the deplorable absence of female executives in Canadian corporations,  but little discussion of the real issues underlying the grim statistics. The situation is not much different in the US, where women executives have also appeared to [...]

One-on-one face time with your kid is good for the soul →  August 25, 2011

When you’ve got young twins like me – a boy and a girl – most activities are done together. That’s how I describe the benefits of twins to people: most of the time, I say, it’s not double the work because the kids are at the same age and with that comes some associated “parenting [...]

8 lessons social media taught me about being a better parent (interactive multimedia version) →  August 3, 2011

I originally wrote this as an article. As part of an experiment in repurposing content in a different form, I authored this version as an interactive slide presentation. I wanted to get away from the standard web page layout and to intensify the experience of the content by adding some compelling images and a soundtrack. [...]