Month: January 2019

That time I completely overreacted to an abbreviation (and why I was justified in doing so)

Years ago, my hydro company introduced time-of-use billing. The colourful tri-fold brochure they sent my family was all about how electricity would cost more during peak hours, and less during off-peak hours, holidays, and weekends. Curious, like a reader skipping to the last page of a book to spoil the ending, I flipped that bad…
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01/29/2019 0

Stock photos you (probably) won’t ever use – and how to pick ones you will

A picture’s worth a thousand words, but some just raise a thousand questions. If you’ve spent any amount of time searching a stock photo site for an image to pair with your latest article, pamphlet, website banner, or even billboard, you know gems like this inevitably pop up. If you don’t personally search a lot…
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01/03/2019 0