Archive for September, 2008
« Previous EntriesIs Anything Off the Record?
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008A little while ago, I was quoted in a blog post following an e-mail exchange.
At first, I was a little surprised because the exchange wasn’t an interview or a Q&A. But then I realized that I was talking to a blogger, and the rules of engagement are different. In the blogosphere, pretty much everything is [...]
Tumbling off the Apple Cart?
Monday, September 29th, 2008With the U.S. economy in “crisis” (Geoge Bush’s description, not mine), it comes as no surprise that everyone’s looking for victims.
The freshest specimen seems to be Apple, which has been riding high for the past four years on the aura of Steve Jobs, robust sales of iPods and Macs and the mainstream embrace of Apple [...]
So, What’s In it For Me?
Saturday, September 27th, 2008Update: The irrepressible Jason Calacanis has proclaimed that “50% to 80% of the venture-backed startups currently operating will shut down or go on life-support (i.e. 3-4 folks working on them) within the next 18 months”. Matthew Ingram boils down Calacanis’ key messages.
Anyway, back to our original programming, which is focused on an important element that [...]
Firefox 3.0.2 - Evil!
Friday, September 26th, 2008It looks like the latest version of Firefox (3.0.2) may not be ready for prime time. Lots of complaints that extensions that aren’t compatible and disappearing bookmarks.
You figure Firefox would be at its best behavior now that Chrome’s on the scene and looking for any chance possible to lure Firefox users over to the dark [...]
Are Political Lawn Signs an Anachronism?
Friday, September 26th, 2008As some of your may know, there’s another election happening in North America other than Obama vs. McCain.
In Canada, Stephen Harper is looking to turn a minority government into a majority so he can do all kinds of wonderful things to Canada (e.g. new, restricted copyright laws) with far less hassle. In any event, one [...]
Five Questions with….SoftShell
Friday, September 26th, 2008My mother is a Luddite with a capital “L”. But the reality is she’s pretty typical of the 60+ demographic that find computers far from user-friendly.
What’s interesting is that for all the hype about Web 2.0, meeting the computing and Web needs of a huge population hasn’t received nearly as much love or attention.
London, Ont.-based [...]
Bell’s Brilliant Strategy: Charge for GPS!
Thursday, September 25th, 2008Armed with a gazillion dollars in debt (Actually, $30-billion give or take a few dollars) if a private equity buy-out is consummated, Bell Canada’s new corporate mantra is: more cash flow, more cash flow.
In practical terms, what it means is Bell needs to squeeze as many dollars as it possibly can from consumers without squeezing [...]
PlanetEye Wins Fast 50 Award
Thursday, September 25th, 2008With the recent launch of our new design, there has been a lot of working happening behind the scenes to make PlanetEye one of the world’s leading online travel planning destinations.
So, it’s exciting and gratifying to be recognized as one of Canada’s Companies-to-Watch Award as part of the 2008 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards. The [...]
Common Craft Tackles Search
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008I’m a big fan of the Common Craft videos, which explain technology in plain English that anyone can understand - even my mother (aka The Luddite).
The latest offering looking at doing effective Web searches. You have to love how it uses “mullet” as an example.
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Tracking the the Conversations
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008When it comes to social media, everyone talks about being part of the conversation. As a result, there’s a lot of talking happening on blogs, micro-blogs (Twitter, et al) and social networks.
One of the challenges is trying to listen to all these conversations. If you’re interested in a particular idea, issue, trend, company or person, [...]