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Monday, February 11, 2008 4:57 PM

Air Canada Mobile Check-In: Let's Try This Again.....

A few weeks ago I attempted to use Air Canada's mobile check-in.  I've been jealously watching the Blackberry carrying passengers walk onto the plane after a quick flash of the screen of their device.  My first attempt did not go well. 
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007 10:58 AM

Webware: Apple apps on Windows...not so great.

Rafe Needleman thinks that the current batch of Apple apps on Windows isn't as impressive as Apple makes it out to be. He also thinks it is a ploy to convert more Windows users (a point I agree with). He points out that Safari is not an application people
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007 10:51 AM

The CN Tower Goes All Colourful With New LEDs

The folks at Torontoist aren't big fans. I think it's about time the tower got some light - maybe not neon, but something is better than nothing.
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Friday, May 18, 2007 8:53 AM

Tip: Want To Save Paper?

One thing I cannot stand is needlessly printing out paper copies of emails, online purchase receipts and other confirmations, web pages with interesting articles, recipes, directions - basically anything that you want to keep "just in case" for later.
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Thursday, May 03, 2007 5:08 PM

Rick is looking for a new way to get to the gate....

A timely post from Rick about airport travel, especially given the amount I am flying this month. "First, would you pay for a simple, dedicated security line? Not the line cut to get into the security scrum rather the whole metal detector, shoes off,
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Thursday, May 03, 2007 3:17 PM

Star Wars - Adult Swim / Robot Chicken Video

Ok. This is just funny. http://www.starwars.com/community/news/media/chickentrailer.html
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Friday, April 27, 2007 4:04 PM

Community Connection: Are User Groups Dead?

An interesting post from Rodney on the future of User Groups on the IT Pro Community Blog. "You probably think I am crazy. You are probably thinking about the 30+ IT pro user groups in Canada with 10,000+ members with monthly attendance at meetings surpassing
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Friday, April 27, 2007 3:48 PM

Our Events Go Green(ish)

Anyone who attended our recent Unify Tour event in Toronto may have noticed that we had our friends from Bullfrog Power onsite during the event. I have talked in a past post that I switched the power I use at home to Bullfrog (something I feel great about).
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Friday, April 27, 2007 3:10 PM

Out In The Cloud: Interview With Rick Segal

Over on the Wellington Financial Blog , my friend and power-blogger Rick Segal is the subject of a featured interview. A few interesting quotes: Question #3. Is the Angel investor network in Canada robust enough? Answer: No. Another 10 million dollars
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Friday, April 20, 2007 2:50 PM

Searching For Search

Well, this is interesting :-)
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007 7:19 PM

The Sun Shines On Vancouver

What's the great thing about running events in Vancouver? The weather. (well, when it's not raining anyway) I snuck out at lunch and went down to Falls Creek.......gorgeous day.
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007 4:23 PM

The Fight To Save Internet Radio

Interesting Article Here . On my Sonos , we listen to a lot of Internet Radio. It's great and it would be a shame to see stations like Radio Paradise come to an end.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007 5:34 PM

Fame.... even the self-proclaimed Web 2.0 kind...goes to your head....

http://valleywag.com/tech/robert-scoble/is-he-a-sociopath-245715.php Robert......... too cool for even SXSW? del.icio.us tags: Scoble
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Wednesday, January 03, 2007 11:43 AM

Heli-Boarding Photos From The Holiday Break

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Tuesday, November 28, 2006 5:28 PM

Metric On The Plane To Seattle

It's not often I sit beside really interesting people on the plane when I travel alone.... this time I had the pleasure of meeting some of the members of the pseudo-Canadian band Metric . They were on their way to Seattle to record a new album after 260
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