About
I’m Doug Langille, an IT leader at Nova Scotia Community College where I spend my days navigating AI integration, institutional change, and the eternal question: “Can we just use Excel for this?”
This site documents the experiments, the failures, and the occasional wins from someone actually implementing all the stuff LinkedIn gurus talk about.
What You’ll Find Here
Weekly articles on:
- AI in practice – What works, what breaks, what’s worth your time
- Productivity systems – Plaintext workflows, knowledge management, digital craftsmanship
- Higher education innovation – Implementing change in institutional environments
- Honest post-mortems – How I broke it three times before it worked
Published every week except when I don’t (holidays, existential crises, etc.).
Who This Is For
You’re an educator, IT person, or innovation advocate who:
- Is sick of thought leadership theater
- Wants to know what actually happens when rubber meets road
- Prefers “here’s what failed” over “5 transformational frameworks”
If you want a guru, keep scrolling. If you want someone figuring this out beside you, stick around.
Fair Warning
This is explicitly labeled as brain-droppings:
- The workbench is messy
- The takes are lukewarm
- The self-awareness is debilitating
- The markdown obsession is real (fight me)
You’ve been warned.
Beyond This Site
I also write dark fiction at Darkling Whim. Two separate worlds. This one has black coffee. That one has whiskey in it.
📍 Nova Scotia, Canada
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For current projects and what I’m working on right now, see Now.