This April’s Fool’s Day, inspired by the classic prank, Cat Facts, I decided to create a SMS chatbot that would spam people with “Matt Facts“. I don’t normally do much pranking, but this seemed like a good opportunity to build a silly little chatbot and have a bit of harmless fun. What People Said The […]
Category: Lifestyle
Announcing MattFacts™
UPDATE: Happy April fools’ day! The team here at matthewfoy.ca is excited to announce a new subscription-based service for our loyal customers: MattFacts™, the best way to stay up-to-date, while on-the-go. (Or– during these trying times– while at home.) MattFacts™ delivers fun, Matt-related facts. With a MattFacts™ subscription you can expect to: Be armed with […]
Does Ottawa Have Relatively Bad Public Transportation?
OC Transpo gets a bad rap. Just today a colleague was telling me that they heard that Ottawa was one of Canada’s worst cities in terms of public transportation according to some ranking in 2019. I know we all love to complain about OC Transpo, but this came as a surprise to me because at […]
Why I Don’t Drive
A personal lifestyle choice that often surprises people is that I don’t own or operate a personal motor vehicle– I don’t even have my license. To the previous generation, this concept is pure anathema, but to me and many of my peers, this is becoming the new normal. Here’s why. 1. It’s not Economical Transportation […]