July 2008
“Canadians will be able to register on a do-not-call list to screen out pesky...”
– CTV.ca | Do-not-call list to go live on Sept. 30, CRTC says
Google testing “AdSense for Games” in bid to shake... →
19 Things NOT To Do When Building a Website |... →
WatchFont Conference - CollegeHumor video
Average environments beget average work -... →
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When I glance at the frontpage on new Facebook, and see that “Sarah … and Dave …” have birthdays today I think, they’re dating?
Set up Friendfeed as my homepage. Netvibes didn’t work. Pretty sure friendfeed will do a great job of keeping me up to date.
How "EOM" Makes Your Email More Efficient [Email] →
Yesterday, I sent a quick email to let people know what time I was arriving on site. It was something simple like: “Brad will be there at 9:30AM. Thanks! EOM”. Within seconds a reply came…
Just signed up for 12seconds http://is.gd/13F6, I’ve got 10 invites if anyone wants one
Just found a whole lot of FriendFeed users using the Better Recommended GM script http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/29324
WordCamp is coming to Toronto →
If you’re a blogger, if you’re interested in a day of good discussion about social media, or if you want to know more about the best blogging platform around, you’ll want to attend WordCamp…
Merlin Mann on Why You Should Delete Dead Mail... →
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Hmm, maybe I shouldn’t save all my emails!
Productivity writer and Inbox Zero advocate Merlin Mann shares some of his recent updates to his talk about…
What if there were no stop signs? →
We don’t have clients like this in the PR world… do we?
Just saw the Dark Knight. My gods it was good!
Just had a brilliant idea for a CastRoller desktop application
Can Scanning as a Service Clean Your Desk Off? →
Does your desk look like this photo? No comment on where the photo was taken, of course… There’s hope! Pixily just launched, with a business model that could be described as “NetFlix…
On Keyboards →
There’s a design flaw in Apple’s current lineup of Mac
keyboards; easily fixed though. Obviously, someone like me has a long history
and an intense
relationship with keyboards.
The Flaw
Right…
Yankee Stadium Bans Sunscreen: Security Threat or... →
It is really hard to promote the idea that people should get outdoors, be part of their community, go out to the ball game or whatever when we read things like this. At Yankee Stadium, the…
How does one log into identi.ca in Twhirl with OpenID?
Hanging out in fairview mall with @lauralee
The new status updates page looks useful: http://tinyurl.com/6zyzla
Twhirl Adds Identi.ca, Becomes Killer App (Yes,... →
Yesterday, the big news for the identi.ca crowd was an answer to their wishes: Identi.ca is now supported in the AIR app Twhirl. Why is the support for this open-source Twitter clone so…
Don’t Unplug Your Customers →
It’s amazing how some businesses will sacrifice $10 to save 45¢.
I eat ate lunch pretty much every weekend at Aldo’s restaurant for the same reason I eat breakfast at the bakery every…
After iPhone Debacle, Is Rogers Up For Another PR... →
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I can confirm this is happening. Ridiculous. I’ll be installing OpenDNS on my router
Up here in the hinterlands of Canada, you may have heard about the giant uproar…
The rule of no exceptions →
Whitney Hoffman has published a few blog posts this week relating to the demands put upon conference organizers by last-minute registrations (see Your Failure to Plan Ahead is Not My Emergency,
Thinking that www.new.facebook.com is a definite improvement. Time will tell if a good conversation will end up happening there.
Identi.ca Implements Twitter API →
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Great move by identi.ca, means that it will be easy to port any Twitter apps over to identi.ca
When we first reported about the new microblogging service …
Big Kindle part of an Amazon textbook push? →
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a bigger kindle! it says a bigger one could be 8.5 X 11. That’s what I always thought they were until I saw Linda Mills’ at PAB. They are a fair bit smaller, and that’s a good…
Chris Brogan’s Scooter →
A series of contrasts: Chris Brogan’s Scooter.
(No, you probably won’t get it unless you know the Mayor of Podcasting.)
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5 sights the U.S. government won't let Google show... →
So much for indexing all the world’s information: There are at least 51 places you can’t see on Google Maps. One of them is the entire country of Bahrain. Alllegedly, the Bahrain’s Ministry…
This is great! http://tinyurl.com/5ofd3m
Trying Friend Feed Twitter Client from http://InternetDuctTape.com
Retweeting @caseymckinnon: OMG this is genius! http://tinyurl.com/5emecf
Playboy contest morphs into Dutch auction [Great... →
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I’d almost file a lawsuit. I see the point of voting for Violet but I’m against it just because I don’t think it’s wise to support the project.
At least four of the nine…
Found Footage: Blending an iPhone 3G →
Filed under: Found Footage, iPhone
Sure, we all worry about dropping our precious electronics (like our iPhones, iPods and Macs), however, the folks at Blendtec laugh in the face of…
Advice for entrepreneurs: Throw out that five-year... →
A couple of Getting Realish ideas spotted in Best Life magazine: Greg Gianforte is the author of “Bootstrapping Your Business: Start and Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money.” In …
It’s the little things that matter →
At the recent NASFAA conference, I was wandering around Epcot after sessions one day, and noticed this in the International Gateway:
This is on the side of a bridge at the France pavilion…
First Demo of imWell — Well.ca’s LiveChat Program... →
Last night, to a packed audience of Toronto’s Geek community at DemoCamp Toronto 18, Well.ca demoed the very first look at imWell — our very own, homemade LiveChat program. At the same time,…
Stupid infinite loops, you catch me every time
Learning Opportunity - .NET Terrarium is back! →
Bil Simser has just done the .NET Community a huge solid. Bil has dug up and re-released Terrarium to CodePlex wtih the intent to update it to use new language features and new usability…
LiquidID: OpenID + Email Aliasing = Less Spam,... →
A new OpenID provider called LiquidID has just launched a service which offers email aliasing and redirection in addition to providing you with an OpenID. The aliasing service sits on top of…
Twitter MemberCount - are you in? →
For more than 5 weeks now (that I recall) the same Twitter message has been displayed.
“We’re working to restore IM services to all users. Thanks for your patience!”
If Twitter actually did…
Gotham meets Cybertron →
Filed under: Etc., Rendered Speculation
Click above image to enlarge Comic book and sci-fi fans are resourceful bunch. While studios and publishers do their best to monetize their…
Foxtrot does Webcomics →
I was surprised and excited to find out that Bill Amend parodied Penny-Arcade, PvP, XKCD and The Joy of Tech in Sunday’s Foxtrot comic. Bill’s a good guy and it was great to get a nod from him. He’s…
Look forward to playing with the new Xbox 360 interface
Demo: Too Human →
Content: Too Human Price: Free Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions except Japan Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) BLOOD,LANGUAGE,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES,VIOLENCE] Step into the world of “Too Human,”…