I attended another wonderful event by Vancouver Tech Journal . I am very interested in climate change and am in the process of figuring out how I can get involved. I am an Entrepreneur In Residence (EIR) for Foresight Canada, but I haven't been able to do more than that. The "#vtjtalks: How BC Climatetech Could Save The World" was a great opportunity to understand what is happening in Vancouver regarding climate tech. More investment in climate tech Mike Winterfield ( @mikewinterfield ) from Active Impact Investments explained that in general, the investment trend was slowing down, while climate tech hit the 1 billion investment mark. Also, Sithu Ranamukhaarachchi from Creative Destruction Lab mentioned that Vancouver was an excellent place to start, since they have their lab here, which is the only lab focused on climate other than their Paris lab. The constraints in Canada As exciting as it seems there was also a discussion that 90% of that funding was toward growth...
Photo by Aaron Burden / Unsplash Why? I have started this blog to push myself to become a better writer and also a better communicator. I need to level up my vocabulary and use proper language to articulate and communicate complex concepts I have in my head. But I also find reading and writing effective for a couple of other reasons. Give space for your mind to wander When you dream, your brain processes all the information that you have consciously and unconsciously accumulated. When you are doing a task, you are focus (hopefully) only on the task at hand. There needs to be space to let you materialize your thoughts. I think reading and writing give you that space and depending on what you read and write, it will strengthen certain "brain muscles". The practice If you are a bad writer, write more. Have what you have ready A bit related to the original motivation but preparation makes you better and confident. I was listening to Tim Ferris and Kevin Rose discussion, Tim me...
Photo by Ekaterina Shakharova / Unsplash Technology divide My mom is now 77 years old. Since COVID she hasn't travelled much and her main activities is to walk around her apartment in Kobe, Japan. It makes me worry more now that I am living in Vancouver, Canada. I would call her every month or so, get on zoom so I can see her face. I would usually use the kids as an excuse to have the web meeting. She is very persevering. In other words she doesn't ask for help when she needs it. She had a 5 year old Windows PC that was starting to make the zoom call difficult. She also had a smartphone but.... (We got to actually use it, but gosh!! it was such a piece of junk! You had to press hard on the screen to have any button respond. Fujitsu, your product is awful!) No function to do web calls. And she couldn't download and use Line (the equivalent of Whatsapp in Japan) The hurdles When I visited her in early July, she wanted to change her phone because Fujitsu will not support any ...
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