I wrote about this topic in a recent issue of The Agenda, but I thought I’d take the time to post here with a few additional impressions. A couple weeks ago I made the switch from a fleet vehicle to now driving my own car for the first time in…

The good people at Withings were kind enough to send me an Activité Pop smartwatch for review, and I’ve enjoyed having the opportunity to take it for a thorough test drive over the last several months. Activité Pop is clear on its point of view, and as such it won’t…

I don’t usually pay much attention to movies as they’re released on Blu-ray and streaming services. Sure, we rent the occasional new release on iTunes or Amazon, but I can count on one hand the number of movies we’ve actually purchased in the last 5–10 years. …

I’ve been wanting to give the Baron Fig brand of notebooks a try from some time now. Shawn Blanc has waxed poetic about them many a time, and I wanted to join in on the fun. By way of background, I’ve been using fancier notebooks as my daily carry at…

Earlier this year our church took on a unique challenge called 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting. The goal was simple: remove something from our lives so that in its absence we could focus on our need for Christ. …

Over Christmas we traveled from Michigan to my parents’ home in western New York, and when we make that trip, we always drive through Ontario, Canada, because it saves us about 2 hours each way. As I may have mentioned before, we recently switched to T-Mobile and one of the…

I flew into Washington-Dulles on a recruiting trip a couple weeks ago, and I loved seeing this fantastic retro typography in the baggage claim area. …

I can’t remember when it was that I first stumbled upon the Doxie scanner, but I do recall thinking of them as a cheeky tech upstart with upbeat branding — hearts, bubbly font, and all. Soon after I picked up the Original Doxie, and I’ve been happy ever since. Recently…

When Apple announced all of OS X Yosemite’s Continuity features at WWDC in June 2014, I was ecstatic. And the promise of making and receiving phone calls from my Mac was probably most exciting to me. …