Technology

Cloudstorming

June 19, 2010 · 1 comment

Is it me, or is it becoming harder and harder to come up with an original idea? I mean, the next time you think you have one, start Googling. Chances are, you’re going to find other ideas that are strikingly similar to your own. They might even have a Wikipedia page. Maybe it’s because people [...]

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No Rest for the Wicked

August 7, 2009 · 1 comment

The problem with winning the rat race is you’re still a rat. – Lily Tomlin I remembering listening to a radio broadcast almost a decade ago (probably on the CBC) about how electric lighting steals our sleep (more from NPR and Wikipedia). As recently as the late 19th century, people were averaging several hours of [...]

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Wordcamp Bandito

July 11, 2009 · 2 comments

So this morning I presented at Wordcamp Montreal. I tried to keep it very participatory, and hope that my audience learned as much from me as I learned from some of my audience members. In fact, I’m still there, so I’ll make this brief. My presentation was called WP-MU 101: How to Install & Avoid [...]

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Mining the Cloud

June 18, 2009 · 0 comments

The root problem facing newspapers (and other mainstream publishers) isn’t so much falling ad revenues. That’s just a symptom of a greater problem. The bigger problem facing mainstream publishers is that ad technology hasn’t caught up with content technology. Right now, there are so many ways to publish and distribute content. But there really aren’t [...]

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Open Source Haiku

February 5, 2009 · 2 comments

Infinite monkeys writing infinite code that nobody will own.

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A few months back, I was thinking about how mobile communities would bridge the divide between physical spaces and digital networks. Coming from a humble video bloggers such as myself, that kind of preaching might have come off as, well, a little preachy. So recently, I elaborated on the thought: Through technologies such as GPS, [...]

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Sequel Nokia E71 Review

October 3, 2008 · 3 comments

So today I send back my Nokia E71. Since my last review, it’s grown on me. I’m slow to adapt to new technology that way. I’m going to miss this funky little mobile device. iPhone Version

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I’ve been hung up on mobile lately, but I haven’t touched on mobile gaming ’cause, well, I don’t give a poop about video games. What I do give a poop about, however, is online gambling, and recent developments might have online gambling in the US moving toward regulation and being legal again. So I thought [...]

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