Hit and Miss

I publish a small weekly newsletter titled Hit and Miss. In it, I write about whatever I’ve been reading each week, usually with some tilt toward the interaction of technology and society. Check out the archive below—if it interests you, please consider subscribing.

  1. #389: Shovelling the snowbanks

    February 16th, 2025

  2. #388: Hair of the dog

    February 9th, 2025

  3. #387: “Brace for impact”

    February 2nd, 2025

  4. #386: Paying attention

    January 26th, 2025

  5. #385: Government innovation with TREES

    January 19th, 2025

  6. #384: Mercurial January

    January 12th, 2025

  7. #383: “Finish”

    January 5th, 2025

  8. #382: Some books from 2024

    December 29th, 2024

  9. #381: No tinsel for you!

    December 22nd, 2024

  10. #380: “Song for a Winter’s Night”

    December 15th, 2024

  11. #379: Doing hard things, together

    December 8th, 2024

  12. #378: Deferred maintenance

    December 1st, 2024

  13. #377: Hard week, good weekend—snow’s coming

    November 24th, 2024

  14. #376: November media diet

    November 17th, 2024

  15. #375: Disappointed, but not surprised

    November 10th, 2024

  16. #374: Highs bring lows (but more highs incoming!)

    November 3rd, 2024

  17. #373: Friendship’s sunshine

    October 27th, 2024

  18. #372: Categorized (try) todo lists

    October 20th, 2024

  19. #371: Humanity and turkey

    October 13th, 2024

  20. #370: Walking LeBreton

    October 6th, 2024

  21. #369: Walking, even after a while

    September 29th, 2024

  22. #368: A place to think

    September 22nd, 2024

  23. #367: Maintenance, houses, and stuff

    September 15th, 2024

  24. #366: Gloom and the antidote to worry

    September 8th, 2024

  25. #365: Nearly fall vacation reading

    September 1st, 2024

  26. #364: SQL, community, and cool stuff

    August 25th, 2024

  27. #363: Links on anarchism, social media, and other joys

    August 18th, 2024

  28. #362: Usable (legible!) for computers

    August 11th, 2024

  29. #361: Fuzzy conversation feelings

    August 4th, 2024

  30. #360: Cutting back to grow more

    July 28th, 2024

  31. #359: Time outside, time well spent

    July 21st, 2024

  32. #358: An hour writing this newsletter

    July 14th, 2024

  33. #357: Eat your vegetables!

    July 7th, 2024

  34. #356: Human-sized places

    June 30th, 2024

  35. #355: Mostly complete

    June 23rd, 2024

  36. #354: Sharing in abundance

    June 16th, 2024

  37. #353: Outdoor meals and Home Depot hauls

    June 9th, 2024

  38. #352: Facing west

    June 2nd, 2024

  39. #351: Running back from Italy

    May 26th, 2024

  40. #350: Eat, sleep, rest, repeat

    May 19th, 2024

  41. #349: Digital reading lessgoooo

    May 12th, 2024

  42. #348: “Frozen in an uncomfortable slouch”

    May 5th, 2024

  43. #347: Grab bag

    April 28th, 2024

  44. #346: Clean the tabs, share the links

    April 21st, 2024

  45. #345: Books abound

    April 14th, 2024

  46. #344: Endless Saturdays

    April 7th, 2024

  47. #343: First quarter updates

    March 31st, 2024

  48. #342: The usual moves

    March 24th, 2024

  49. #341: Continuing themes

    March 17th, 2024

  50. #340: Blackbirds are back

    March 10th, 2024

  51. #339: Sure, winter, see ya later

    March 3rd, 2024

  52. #338: How it goes these days

    February 25th, 2024

  53. #337: Love and friendship (and data and government)

    February 18th, 2024

  54. #332: Wintry neighbours

    January 14th, 2024

  55. #331: Benchin’, cattin’, linkin’

    January 7th, 2024

  56. #330: So, we made it

    December 31st, 2023

  57. #329: Another year’s books

    December 24th, 2023

  58. #328: omg me too

    December 17th, 2023

  59. #327: Hoorah for “blank time”

    December 10th, 2023

  60. #326: Bring on the winter of (inter)dependence

    December 3rd, 2023

  61. #325: Independent living depends on a healthy land

    November 26th, 2023

  62. #324: Responding to change (links on)

    November 19th, 2023

  63. #323: Change for thee, but not for me?

    November 12th, 2023

  64. #316: Home from Japan

    September 24th, 2023

  65. #285: Links on data, exploitation, and hunkering down

    February 19th, 2023

  66. #284: Holding on

    February 12th, 2023

  67. #283: Existing in melancholy

    February 5th, 2023

  68. #282: Snowy brain

    January 29th, 2023

  69. #281: Links on recordkeeping and more

    January 22nd, 2023

  70. #280: Living by the clock, by the light

    January 15th, 2023

  71. #279: More rest

    January 8th, 2023

  72. #278: 2022 to 2023

    January 1st, 2023

  73. #277: 2022 reads

    December 25th, 2022

  74. #276: Passing the baton

    December 18th, 2022

  75. #275: Assurance

    December 11th, 2022

  76. #274: See also

    December 4th, 2022

  77. #273: Transcripting

    November 27th, 2022

  78. #272: Extremely online

    November 20th, 2022

  79. #271: Promises to self

    November 13th, 2022

  80. #270: Constitutional unconstitutionalism

    November 6th, 2022

  81. #269: Crises abound

    October 30th, 2022

  82. #268: Convo dump

    October 23rd, 2022

  83. #267: Serious links™ on work

    October 16th, 2022

  84. #266: Public delivery

    October 9th, 2022

  85. #265: Calls continue

    October 2nd, 2022

  86. #264: Work, birds, tech, munipoli

    September 25th, 2022

  87. #263: Technicalities

    September 18th, 2022

  88. #262: Five years!? A thank you

    September 11th, 2022

  89. #261: Holding pattern

    September 4th, 2022

  90. #260: Learning in crisis

    August 28th, 2022

  91. #259: Just the links

    August 21st, 2022

  92. #258: A shout to the wind

    August 14th, 2022

  93. #257: Hot brain links

    August 7th, 2022

  94. #256: Malleable words

    July 31st, 2022

  95. #255: Welcome to the party, pal

    July 24th, 2022

  96. #254: Slow links

    July 17th, 2022

  97. #253: Systems

    July 10th, 2022

  98. #252: Broken social scene—wait, I mean, contract

    July 3rd, 2022

  99. #251: Internalized stress

    June 26th, 2022

  100. #250: Decommissioned

    June 19th, 2022

  101. #249: Half caff

    June 12th, 2022

  102. #248: Financialized nesting dolls

    June 5th, 2022

  103. #247: Busy rest

    May 29th, 2022

  104. #246: Climate unpredictability

    May 22nd, 2022

  105. #245: L’aride follie del viver mio

    May 15th, 2022

  106. #244: Sunny springtime links

    May 8th, 2022

  107. #243: Anniversary treat

    May 1st, 2022

  108. #242: Forces for good

    April 24th, 2022

  109. #241: Abundant, virtuous futures

    April 17th, 2022

  110. #240: April again

    April 10th, 2022

  111. #239: Spring (tab) cleaning

    April 3rd, 2022

  112. #238: Links on ambition, resilient building, and more

    March 27th, 2022

  113. #237: Doing our parts

    March 20th, 2022

  114. #236: Seeking beautiful moments

    March 13th, 2022

  115. #235: Chase the sun (redux)

    March 6th, 2022

  116. #234: War in real-time, in all its ugliness

    February 27th, 2022

  117. #233: Goodbye (?) to the occupiers

    February 20th, 2022

  118. #232: Savouring silence

    February 13th, 2022

  119. #231: Acoustic assaults

    February 6th, 2022

  120. #230: Occupied

    January 30th, 2022

  121. #229: Playing for team public

    January 23rd, 2022

  122. #228: Where have the snow days gone

    January 16th, 2022

  123. #227: Melancholy and drama, but peace

    January 9th, 2022

  124. #226: Digging roots

    January 2nd, 2022

  125. #225: A few books feed us well

    December 26th, 2021

  126. #224: Staring down the barrel, at least the memes are good

    December 19th, 2021

  127. #223: Fragments

    December 12th, 2021

  128. #222: What we lose

    December 5th, 2021

  129. #221: Outrunning the food coma

    November 28th, 2021

  130. #220: Stories within stories

    November 21st, 2021

  131. #219: Silent commemoration

    November 14th, 2021

  132. #218: One week down

    November 7th, 2021

  133. #217: Surviving November

    October 31st, 2021

  134. #216: Registering intent

    October 24th, 2021

  135. #215: Leaves pass to soil

    October 17th, 2021

  136. #214: A brief rom-com review

    October 10th, 2021

  137. #213: Truer histories

    October 3rd, 2021

  138. #212: Star Trek days

    September 26th, 2021

  139. #211: Paths (not) taken

    September 19th, 2021

  140. #210: Little reading

    September 12th, 2021

  141. #209: September, you’re finally here

    September 5th, 2021

  142. #208: Reading and movies

    August 29th, 2021

  143. #207: August free fall

    August 22nd, 2021

  144. #206: Democratic event(s)

    August 15th, 2021

  145. #205: Let’s get nerdy

    August 8th, 2021

  146. #204: Cool sunsets

    August 1st, 2021

  147. #203: Parables

    July 25th, 2021

  148. #202: Boredom, boiling frogs, and miscellany

    July 18th, 2021

  149. #201: Summer dreaming

    July 11th, 2021

  150. #200: “You give me life”

    July 4th, 2021

  151. #199: Loading

    June 27th, 2021

  152. #198: Cooking, staying hungry

    June 20th, 2021

  153. #197: Responding to violence

    June 13th, 2021

  154. #196: Doors Open (online)

    June 6th, 2021

  155. #195: 215 children

    May 30th, 2021

  156. #194: What’s on the mind

    May 23rd, 2021

  157. #193: Lilacs

    May 16th, 2021

  158. #192: The world is cool

    May 9th, 2021

  159. #191: Anniversaries

    May 2nd, 2021

  160. #190: To what grounds us

    April 25th, 2021

  161. #189: Furious, heartbroken—but not surprised

    April 18th, 2021

  162. #188: Daydream believer

    April 11th, 2021

  163. #187: Sunshine escape

    April 4th, 2021

  164. #186: Rainy day people

    March 28th, 2021

  165. #185: Spring—change, or not

    March 21st, 2021

  166. #184: On we go

    March 14th, 2021

  167. #183: Reporting thoughtfully

    March 7th, 2021

  168. #182: Keeping it light

    February 28th, 2021

  169. #181: Close to home

    February 21st, 2021

  170. #180: Another day older, closer to the grave

    February 14th, 2021

  171. #179: Chase the sun

    February 7th, 2021

  172. #178: Coding by any other name

    January 31st, 2021

  173. #177: Gettin’ sauced

    January 24th, 2021

  174. #176: Working (again)

    January 17th, 2021

  175. #175: This week in anti-democracy…

    January 10th, 2021

  176. #174: Zoom zoom

    January 3rd, 2021

  177. #173: Revisiting

    December 27th, 2020

  178. #172: Five books for the year

    December 20th, 2020

  179. #171: Ugh, algorithms

    December 13th, 2020

  180. #170: PolySeSouvient

    December 6th, 2020

  181. #169: Waiting

    November 29th, 2020

  182. #168: Adventuring

    November 22nd, 2020

  183. #167: For the love of knowledge

    November 15th, 2020

  184. #166: Trivial links

    November 8th, 2020

  185. #165: Blowing hot air

    November 1st, 2020

  186. #164: Argh

    October 25th, 2020

  187. #163: On Mi’kmaw waters

    October 18th, 2020

  188. #162: A sense of perspective

    October 11th, 2020

  189. #161: Leafing through

    October 4th, 2020

  190. #160: Books at hand

    September 27th, 2020

  191. #159: COVID crime

    September 20th, 2020

  192. #158: Rainy morning adventures

    September 13th, 2020

  193. #157: Maintenance, care, attention

    September 6th, 2020

  194. #156: Week in review

    August 30th, 2020

  195. #155: TV time and world-building

    August 23rd, 2020

  196. #154: Remembering (how) to relax

    August 16th, 2020

  197. #153: Roads

    August 9th, 2020

  198. #152: Rain day thoughts

    August 2nd, 2020

  199. #151: Some links

    July 26th, 2020

  200. #150: Virtual community

    July 19th, 2020

  201. #149: Snapshots of the week

    July 12th, 2020

  202. #148: Halfway through 2020

    July 5th, 2020

  203. #147: One link to listen

    June 28th, 2020

  204. #146: Heat, work, history

    June 21st, 2020

  205. #145: Who’s watching?

    June 14th, 2020

  206. #144: What to say

    June 7th, 2020

  207. #143: A difficult week

    May 31st, 2020

  208. #142: To your taste

    May 24th, 2020

  209. #141: New shelves

    May 17th, 2020

  210. #140: In memoriam

    May 10th, 2020

  211. #139: Beautiful words

    May 3rd, 2020

  212. #138: Wordy cookbooks

    April 26th, 2020

  213. #137: Day off reading

    April 19th, 2020

  214. #136: Parliament carries on

    April 12th, 2020

  215. #135: Personal websites

    April 5th, 2020

  216. #134: Do nothing struggles

    March 29th, 2020

  217. #133: Sims

    March 22nd, 2020

  218. #132: Now so fast, history so slow

    March 15th, 2020

  219. #131: Finding focus

    March 8th, 2020

  220. #130: 2x3 links (misc, archives) and a phrase

    March 1st, 2020

  221. #129: Spring, feelings, readings

    February 23rd, 2020

  222. #128: Family time

    February 16th, 2020

  223. #127: Collected links

    February 9th, 2020

  224. #126: Mining my messages

    February 2nd, 2020

  225. #125: Facilitating access

    January 26th, 2020

  226. #124: Snow slow

    January 19th, 2020

  227. #123: Retreat to the wholesome

    January 12th, 2020

  228. #122: Archives and walking and links

    January 5th, 2020

  229. #121: Engage!

    December 29th, 2019

  230. #120: This year’s books

    December 22nd, 2019

  231. #119: Top shelf (think books, not booze)

    December 15th, 2019

  232. #118: Thirty years later

    December 8th, 2019

  233. #117: Principles of parliamentary practice

    December 1st, 2019

  234. #116: Web links

    November 24th, 2019

  235. #115: P-p-p-policy!! (Or, what Lucas does at work)

    November 17th, 2019

  236. #114: A parliamentary (precinct) tour

    November 10th, 2019

  237. #113: Stories beyond the data

    November 3rd, 2019

  238. #112: Public service

    October 27th, 2019

  239. #111: Functions of a living situation

    October 20th, 2019

  240. #110: The sites I visit

    October 13th, 2019

  241. #109: The slump

    October 6th, 2019

  242. #108: Models for decision and action

    September 29th, 2019

  243. #107: A drop-in space

    September 22nd, 2019

  244. #106: Bookmark finds

    September 15th, 2019

  245. #105: Travelling in place

    September 8th, 2019

  246. #104: Through the eyes of another

    September 1st, 2019

  247. #103: Structure

    August 25th, 2019

  248. #102: A geography of intentional sound

    August 18th, 2019

  249. #101: Happy days

    August 11th, 2019

  250. #100: Living principles

    August 4th, 2019

  251. #99: Levels of critical digital work

    July 28th, 2019

  252. #98: Questions for learning

    July 21st, 2019

  253. #97: Digital government and civic tech

    July 14th, 2019

  254. #96: Opera

    July 7th, 2019

  255. #95: Let’s take a walk

    June 30th, 2019

  256. #94: Words and links

    June 23rd, 2019

  257. #93: Accessible public spaces

    June 16th, 2019

  258. #92: A working carrying capacity

    June 9th, 2019

  259. #91: Doors Open

    June 2nd, 2019

  260. #90: Walking toward a social summer

    May 26th, 2019

  261. #89: Three blobs of words

    May 19th, 2019

  262. #88: Grounding history

    May 12th, 2019

  263. #87: A day off

    May 5th, 2019

  264. #86: Look up

    April 28th, 2019

  265. #85: Valuing openness

    April 21st, 2019

  266. #84: Thinking frames

    April 14th, 2019

  267. #83: Boomer empowerment

    April 7th, 2019

  268. #82: Making time for music, for silence

    March 31st, 2019

  269. #81: A family day

    March 24th, 2019

  270. #80: Communicating depth

    March 17th, 2019

  271. #79: The signs

    March 10th, 2019

  272. #78: I, you, we (maybe?)

    March 3rd, 2019

  273. #77: Words I avoid

    February 24th, 2019

  274. #76: The 80s and links

    February 17th, 2019

  275. #75: Standing in place

    February 10th, 2019

  276. #74: When you want to get out and read

    February 3rd, 2019

  277. #73: The wholesome social network

    January 27th, 2019

  278. #72: Libraries, physical and digital, visible and invisible

    January 20th, 2019

  279. #71: Rockeuses, and leaders as facilitators

    January 13th, 2019

  280. #70: What we remember, and why

    January 6th, 2019

  281. #69: Returning home and time’s triptych

    December 30th, 2018

  282. #68: Reading (and writing) heals

    December 23rd, 2018

  283. #67: Speeches from the throne, thinking tools

    December 16th, 2018

  284. #66: Scattered

    December 9th, 2018

  285. #65: Working and rest

    December 2nd, 2018

  286. #64: No choice

    November 25th, 2018

  287. #63: Competing priorities at Laurel Creek Conservation Area

    November 18th, 2018

  288. #62: Blogroll

    November 11th, 2018

  289. #61: Thinky thinky

    November 4th, 2018

  290. #60: Thinking geographically

    October 28th, 2018

  291. #59: Three pairs of links

    October 21st, 2018

  292. #58: Digital history and digital humanities

    October 14th, 2018

  293. #57: Thanksgiving break

    October 7th, 2018

  294. #56: Dropping in

    September 30th, 2018

  295. #55: Communities of care

    September 23rd, 2018

  296. #54: Repeated experiences

    September 16th, 2018

  297. #53: Writing in books, a personal history

    September 9th, 2018

  298. #52: A year in (review)

    September 2nd, 2018

  299. #51: Learning and escaping through simulation

    August 26th, 2018

  300. #50: We shape the land

    August 19th, 2018

  301. #49: Learning languages, loving words

    August 12th, 2018

  302. #48: Cool recipes for a hot day

    August 5th, 2018

  303. #47: Turn to the local

    July 29th, 2018

  304. #46: Heat

    July 22nd, 2018

  305. #45: Humbly human

    July 15th, 2018

  306. #44: Working (remotely)

    July 8th, 2018

  307. #43: Centennial

    July 1st, 2018

  308. #42: Creative constraints

    June 24th, 2018

  309. #41: Historically minded

    June 17th, 2018

  310. #40: A quantified, incentivized life

    June 10th, 2018

  311. #39: Here I go again!

    June 3rd, 2018

  312. #38: Pacifism

    May 27th, 2018

  313. #37: Working (together)

    May 20th, 2018

  314. #36: Science fair!!

    May 13th, 2018

  315. #35: Working

    May 6th, 2018

  316. #34: Portable pasta party kit

    April 29th, 2018

  317. #33: Keep going

    April 22nd, 2018

  318. #32: Season 2, episode 22

    April 15th, 2018

  319. #31: Regularly local

    April 8th, 2018

  320. #30: M*A*S*H

    April 1st, 2018

  321. #29: On the environment

    March 25th, 2018

  322. #28: Robots!

    March 18th, 2018

  323. #27: Editing

    March 11th, 2018

  324. #26: Presenting work

    March 4th, 2018

  325. #25: The importance of internet access

    February 25th, 2018

  326. #24: Ode to the road

    February 18th, 2018

  327. #23: Some links

    February 11th, 2018

  328. #22: Life is long

    February 4th, 2018

  329. #21: Complex, connected problems

    January 28th, 2018

  330. #20: Profiles and interviews

    January 21st, 2018

  331. #19: Thinking about time

    January 14th, 2018

  332. #18: “Feed”

    January 7th, 2018

  333. #17: Constant questions

    December 31st, 2017

  334. #16: Three welcome books

    December 24th, 2017

  335. #15: Small victories

    December 17th, 2017

  336. #14: Our faves are problematic

    December 10th, 2017

  337. #13: The Seven Year Itch

    December 3rd, 2017

  338. #12: Bye Bye Birdie

    November 26th, 2017

  339. #11: What’s a personal bio good for?

    November 19th, 2017

  340. #10: Research reading

    November 12th, 2017

  341. #9: Modern monopolies

    November 5th, 2017

  342. #8: Civic tech

    October 29th, 2017

  343. #7: A revealing week

    October 22nd, 2017

  344. #6: Veritable listening

    October 15th, 2017

  345. #5: Newsletter recommendations

    October 8th, 2017

  346. #4: Loving libraries

    October 1st, 2017

  347. #3: Conversational contributions

    September 24th, 2017

  348. #2: Questioning labels

    September 17th, 2017

  349. #1: Earthworming

    September 10th, 2017