Grant Wilson lives in Edmonton, Alberta Canada and is currently retired from the 9-5 work-a-day lifestyle. Early in his 20's he obtained a Master's Degree in Arts (English) and later gravitated towards working and creating with computers and software. That led to pursuing and being awarded a Master's Degree in Instructional Technology. Both a head-in-the-clouds dreamer and a geek? A co-worker once called him a "hybrid" and he loves the label.
The journey wasn’t a particularly difficult one. A geocaching buddy Hugh and I trudged across lake ice early in March, 2021 to get to an island on which a “puzzle” …
A Satisfying Hike Over Lake Ice to the Domino “Puzzle” Cache Read More »
Some movies stand out from the rest. Often that’s because they do a good job of dramatizing situations from which you can learn essential truths about the human condition. The …
A recent post introduced you to my ugly mug from Tobe. It has to be said though that having a coffee mug as a souvenir from Japan is more than …
It’s over 35 years old now. These days it’s not my first or even second choice when it comes to choosing a coffee mug in the morning. But the mug …
Do you love learning new things? Yeah, me too. But if you think about it, you’re not going have someone answer that question with, “Not me! Learning’s just not my …
Zettelkasten: the Promise of A Truly Effective Method of Learning Read More »
Welcome to Part 3 of the StoryMapJS Tutorial StoryMapJS is free online software that lets you tell a story with media — including images, video or audio – and augment …
First, a preamble to set the context. I feel I need to explain why I went out of my way to create a page on the website to talk about …
This is Part 2 of a three-part tutorial on StoryMapJS. Here we’ll focus on how to build a StoryMap and in Part 3 I’ll cover how to share a StoryMap with others.
Late during my stay in Cambridge Bay, I was part of what turned out to be a memorably odd chartered ice-fishing trip. My memory is very hazy about most of …
When you’re telling others about where you’ve gone and what you’ve experienced, wouldn’t it be cool to show them the exact locations of your travels on a map while you’re …
