Things I think about or just find and want to share. https://craigmcn.ca/ Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:05:44 +0000 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:05:44 +0000 Jekyll v3.10.0 I raid streaming services the way locusts do a field: wait for the whole season, subscribe just long enough to devour it, then leave. Weekly episode drops are the industry's attempt to stop me, and it isn't working the way they think. Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:45:00 +0000 https://craigmcn.ca/weekly-episodes-are-back-and-nobodys-happy-about-it.html https://craigmcn.ca/weekly-episodes-are-back-and-nobodys-happy-about-it.html technology productivity streaming Opinion Thoughtful Thursday This week's instalment of Music Monday is Redemption Song. The 1980 Bob Marley and the Wailers original and a 2003 cover by Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer. Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:45:00 +0000 https://craigmcn.ca/redemption-song.html https://craigmcn.ca/redemption-song.html covers music video Bob Marley and the Wailers Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer People Music Monday Calls are good, occasionally great, and almost never used for the right reason. The real defence of the phone call isn't nostalgia, it's picking the channel that actually respects the other person's time to think. Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:45:00 +0000 https://craigmcn.ca/in-defence-of-the-phone-call.html https://craigmcn.ca/in-defence-of-the-phone-call.html technology productivity social media Opinion Thoughtful Thursday This week's instalment of Music Monday is (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me. The 1964 Lou Johnson original and a 1983 cover by Naked Eyes. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:45:00 +0000 https://craigmcn.ca/theres-always-something-there-to-remind-me.html https://craigmcn.ca/theres-always-something-there-to-remind-me.html covers music video Lou Johnson Naked Eyes People Music Monday The office didn't kill the phone call so much as expose what it was never good at. The real failure isn't Slack or email versus calling, it's how rarely any of them get used with any care. Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:45:00 +0000 https://craigmcn.ca/the-office-killed-the-quick-call.html https://craigmcn.ca/the-office-killed-the-quick-call.html technology productivity social media Opinion Thoughtful Thursday This week's instalment of Music Monday is You Can't Hurry Love. The 1966 The Supremes original and a 1982 cover by Phil Collins. Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:45:00 +0000 https://craigmcn.ca/you-cant-hurry-love.html https://craigmcn.ca/you-cant-hurry-love.html covers music video The Supremes Phil Collins People Music Monday We've built an entire etiquette rulebook around the phone call, from asking permission to text before you dial to policing speakerphone in public. None of it existed fifty years ago, and all of it adds friction to a tool that used to have none. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:45:00 +0000 https://craigmcn.ca/the-new-rules-of-phone-etiquette.html https://craigmcn.ca/the-new-rules-of-phone-etiquette.html technology productivity social media Opinion Thoughtful Thursday This week's instalment of Music Monday is Blackbird. The 1968 The Beatles original and a 2002 cover by Sarah McLachlan. Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:45:00 +0000 https://craigmcn.ca/blackbird.html https://craigmcn.ca/blackbird.html covers music video The Beatles Sarah McLachlan People Music Monday Nobody answers the phone anymore, and it's not because we've gotten rude. It's because the phone still expects a live response in a world built entirely around asynchronous ones. Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:45:00 +0000 https://craigmcn.ca/why-nobody-answers-the-phone-anymore.html https://craigmcn.ca/why-nobody-answers-the-phone-anymore.html technology productivity social media Opinion Thoughtful Thursday This week's instalment of Music Monday is Hallelujah. The 1984 Leonard Cohen original and a 1994 cover by Jeff Buckley. Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:45:00 +0000 https://craigmcn.ca/hallelujah.html https://craigmcn.ca/hallelujah.html covers music video Leonard Cohen Jeff Buckley People Music Monday