Techne without Teleology is too much effort with too little purpose. Teleology without techne is too much belief with too little action.

Owen Brierley: Master of Masters

Renaissance Master: Aaron Flynn. Staying in the pocket, and staying in Edmonton.

Techne is how you do what you do, when you do what you do.

Techne: the world's oldest question, and its oldest answer.

From Edmonton Global article written by Emily Rendell-Watson. The Renaissance Masters of the Digital Age walk among us. I have uttered...

We make games. Who should take this course? You. You should take this course. You should take this course if you love building things....

We met and started working together in 2012 at the IDEA Summit hosted by The Banff Centre. We share a background in performance and...

Thinking big enough to think about games. In his 2013 book on philosophy and ecology, Timothy Morton provides a useful approach to...

...and we are merely players... ...unless we decide to become makers... When Shakespeare's Jacques gave the famous speech in As You Like...

Why games are as energizing - and essential - as electricity. When Richard Costello of the advertising firm came up with the phrase: "GE:...

Link to free audibook at bottom of page. High quality audiobooks all share one thing in common: professional production. In the academy,...

You are the goose that laid the golden egg. ...and you remember what happened to the goose in that story... Have you ever seen a movie or...

Edmonton: Canada's most creative city. I am a Calgarian. I love the city, its people, and the magical environment that holds them more...

Highway 2...the Danger Zone Have you ever heard one of those quotes that tells you to focus on the journey, and not the destination? I am...

One Day, Two Cities, Two Talks I get a lot of requests to do speeches and workshops. Unfortunately, I have to turn most of them down....

Research Methods in the Digital Age. I get to work with some of the most interesting people on earth. Nothing makes me happier than...

A simple exercise for improving...everything. Five years ago, I developed and began using a practice with my students, collaborators and...

I want the note. I love learning. In my work, I try to constantly find areas where I can learn and grow. In my collaborations we often...

A Speech (with practical tools for you to try) delivered as part of the Data Empowerment Series, iLab, University of Calgary.