Nothing is established for eternity in this world, and all that you can count on is what is renewed and struggled for every day." — B. Traven

CJ Cooney is a writer passionate about communication, ideas, culture and history. He is a freelance writer, author, strategist, historian, blogger, and coder. As a historian he has uncovered centuries old secrets about Canadian historical figure the Honourable Edgar Dewdney and is currently working on a biography of Dewdney. As a consultant he helps organizations craft high-performance strategies and business narratives. Believing the English language mankind's greatest achievement to-date, he writes a daily blog devoted to English words and phrases on the verge of extinction.

A Booty of Words is now in finer stores. Also @ Amazon.

Currently working on a dictionary devoted to the linguistic treasure contributed to the English language by the pirate William Dampier.

Jolting Days Aboard the California Overland Express in 1860 hit Amazon.com and finer stores March2, 2010. @ Amazon.

Unattainable Treasure: A Grim Journey to the Goldfields of British Columbia's Cariboo in 1862 hit Amazon.com and finer stores Feb 1, 2010. @ Amazon

The Art of Enterprise Architecture for Business Architects will be ready later in 2010. Enterprise business architecture (EBA) is the business of alignment. It is important because strategic planning is important. This book explains why alignment is important and introduces real-world tools—the models, catalogs, and interactions—that can help enterprise business architects achieve enterprise-wide alignment and help the enterprise achieve outcomes critical to strategic and tactical success. Check out the book's website.

For 150 years we assumed Dewdney was a sliver-spoon snob and card-carrying member of the English ruling elite. Turns out he was more Artful Dodger than pedigreed English gentleman. This article presents some of my archival discoveries in support of a radically new narrative on the true origins of Edgar Dewdney. In the Edmonton Journal, Brian Titley (author of The Frontier World of Edgar Dewdney) says: "I am delighted to read articles like this, since it shows that history is always a work in progress and is subject to constant revision and reinterpretation." The Artful Dewdney appears in the journal British Columbia History. I'm currently working on (and re-working) a biography of Dewdney..

This blog explores English words and phrases on the verge of extinction. It's a web dictionary for word nerds, lovers of English, and the linguistically ambitious. The great canons of literature and non-fiction are scoured in search of endangered words. A new rare and endangered word is posted every day, seven days a week. You are most welcome. Check it out.

For as long as there's been too much information to keep in one brain, folks have been writing things down. Wikichucks! provides a framework for quickly and easily writing stuff down for later reference. In short, Wikichucks! is a searchable outboard brain (a windows-based desktop wiki) that helps you manage all the info-widgets you'd never remember unless you stored them centrally in your personal wiki. More