RenderMan to the rescue

Contained in today’s Globe And Mail is the latest issuse of TQ, the paper’s quarterly technology magazine. I wrote the cover story about wireless security hacker Brad “RenderMan” Haines. He’s a talented white hat hacker based in Edmonton, and the profile raises a lot of important issues about wireless security. The full text is up on the Globe’s website, and …

Ms. Julie and me

The Quebec Writers’ Federation has come up with a wonderful campaign to help raise the profile of Quebec’s English-language authors. It’s called Love Ms. Julie and I was lucky enough to be included.
Ms. Julie is, according to a description of the program by Quill & Quire, a “saucy Quebec librarian with a thing for Quebec writers.” The character is featured …

UPDATED: A night at the Press Club, a grant from the Canada Council

I’m back from attending the National Press Club Awards Dinner in Washington on Monday. I spent the morning at the Newseum, and you can read my report about it here. I also had lunch with Slate’s Jack Shafer.
That evening, I attended the awards dinner and was lucky enough to meet two other winners in the press criticism category: David Folkenflik, …