Now
This is a /now page, inspired by Derek Sivers. You should consider making your own! I keep a more complete list of my recently active projects here.
Derek just wrote a new post about these pages. I updated this page 2026-06-09
Startup Festival!!
I'm heading to Montreal for....my 16th startup fest!
Founders' Club 2.0
I ran Founders' Club for years, weekly, out of my coworking space in Guelph. I'm working to redesign it in a manner that makes it accessible across geographies, ie virtual.
We are up and running, you should really apply here and join us!
I'm writing more about it here, including a more academic take in my The Human Infrastructure Gap post.
Cowork with me!
I'm back hosting a pop-up coworking day July 15th at Royal City Brewery. Register at my Builds Together site if you can join me.
I have a really great guest joining us for the lunch discussion!!
New Opps
I'm no longer with Vantage. I'll post more shortly about what's next but I am certainly open to hearing about any opportunities you feel I should consider. Please share and say hello if you have any!
Medical Updates
A close family member was hospitalized this week with symptoms that looked like a bowel obstruction (severe vomiting and abdominal swelling). Doctors initially treated and investigated it that way and briefly considered inflammatory causes like Crohn’s.
Surgery was ultimately needed to determine the cause.
During the operation, surgeons discovered Meckel’s diverticulum, a congenital pouch in the small intestine that about 2% of people are born with but that rarely causes problems.
They removed it, and the bowel itself looked healthy (just inflamed from the episode), so the underlying issue should now be resolved.
About 2% of people are born with Meckel’s diverticulum, but only about 4–6% of those ever develop complications, meaning this kind of situation happens in roughly 1 in 800–1,200 people overall.
They are now recovering while their digestive system wakes back up after surgery.