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When the going gets tough, the tough have a training montage

Posted on November 8, 2016 by adacc

Unforeseen circumstances. It isn’t a phrase that makes you jump for joy. Instead, it is a vaguely menacing combination of words that foretells of something throwing your plans off the rails. For me, it was a leg injury. If you … Continue reading →

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Math is hard.

Posted on September 18, 2016 by adacc

Math. Few people tell me that they love math. It brings back memories of sitting in a small, windowless room, back in grade 11, with my math tutor. My tutor smoked cigars. Lots of cigars. He smelled like a giant … Continue reading →

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The Olympics versus Accountability

Posted on August 25, 2016 by adacc

Routines are great. Sure, they can be difficult to get up and running, but once you have one, things don’t feel quite right when you miss part of it. For the last many months I have been going to the … Continue reading →

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What I Learned this Summer – 2016 Edition

Posted on July 29, 2016 by adacc

I am about 1 month early on my traditional “what I learned this summer” blog post, but I’m learning so felt the need to write it down!  For those following along at home, here are the lessons covered: 2012, 2013, … Continue reading →

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Push It Real Good – Version Control in Real Life

Posted on July 20, 2016 by adacc

Several weeks ago, Chris gave Ada and I a mini-workshop on “version control.” Wondering what that is? (I certainly was, at the time) In non-programmer’s terms, version control describes how, when several people are working on the same code, they … Continue reading →

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What Would Goal Buddy Say – Part II

Posted on June 17, 2016 by adacc

I have been mastering small (and some medium-sized) goals, like working out every other day, purchasing a study manual for the APCAT (the written entrance exam for EPS), volunteering twice weekly at the John Howard Society, and driving around with … Continue reading →

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What Would Goal Buddy Say?

Posted on May 20, 2016 by adacc

Support can make or break a goal. When we circulated a survey several months ago, asking the general public how (and if) they would use an app to help them achieve a goal, a large number of respondents indicated that … Continue reading →

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The Scary Sun and Other Things

Posted on May 6, 2016 by adacc

  I spent the better part of last Sunday doodling on an ancient version of Photoshop (ver. 5.5, but I’m dating myself), working on the welcome screen for our Goal Buddy App. I laboured over rolling green hills (going to … Continue reading →

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Goals – One Bite at a Time

Posted on April 16, 2016 by adacc

We have been in the “goals” mindset at SMP for a quite a few months now, as you’ve doubtless noticed. We (and by “we” I mean “Chris”) spend most of our time on the programming end of things, but also … Continue reading →

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Stats tell you a lot…or do they?

Posted on March 1, 2016 by adacc

I vividly remember my stats professor, back when I took my undergrad degree. He had a nearly unintelligible Croatian accent, barely spoke above a whisper, and liked to write on the overhead with squiggly scribbles as he spoke/whispered. In short, … Continue reading →

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