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Author: Johnny Canuck

  • Why I Love Indie MAc.Apps!

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    This little snippet of conversation, which I hope Julien Smith doesn’t mind me using to prove a point here, is exactly why I love the slew of awesome indie apps available for Mac OS X. Whether, it’s other apps from Ambrosia, Rogue Amoeba or Panic, reactions and immediate feedback from the likes of Daniel Jalkut…

  • Skype for Mac 5.0 Goes Gold, Only Deserves Bronze

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    My biggest complaint is that it’s still too big and adding users to a call is still a bit of a dark art. Skype also seems to be in a real hurry to ditch audio calls in favour of premium video conference calls which just seem to make everyone involved feel awkward. The reality is…

  • Mint.com Shows You How to Crack The Credit Card Code

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    Cracking The Credit Card Code | MintLife Blog | Personal Finance News & Advice: “Budget Planner Software – Mint.com” For the would-be hackers, security freaks or shopping cart developers, Mint.com just made your life a lot easier. I’ve been developing e-commerce for almost 15 years and didn’t even know this. pwned ;( UPDATE I’m being…

  • DadCast Episode 37 • Applecentric ForkBombr

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    Nearly Live From The Wendyhouse Studios of Valois Bay… This week we had to sequester all of the Dads into their own man caves and home studios to avoid any risk of catching a Meat Space virus or bug. So we all jumped onto Skype where we were joined by a slightly chilled but otherwise…

  • DadCast Episode 36 • The European Adventure

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    Nearly Live From The Wendyhouse Studios of Bournemouth UK… In our year end International Extravaganza, Francois and Steve travel to Europe (UK and Switzerland) while the Steph tends to the rink and Ben and Eric spend some well deserved relaxing time with their families. Chris Allen joins the Dads to discuss PS3s and parhaat suomenkieliset…

  • App is Chosen as Word of the Year

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    “App” chosen as word of the year by American Dialect Society: “Short for ‘application,’ ‘app’ received 69 votes from the linguists in the society. Speaking to MSNBC, the Dialect Society’s executive secretary said ‘I think this past year there wasn’t anything clearly dominant. But there’s no question ‘app’ is a very powerful word.’” My 11th…

  • New iOS 4.3 Gestures: Tatsumaki Zankuukyaku

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    Video of New Multi-Touch Gestures on iPad iOS 4.3 – Mac Rumors: “his beta release contains a preview of new Multi-Touch gestures for iPad. You can use four or five fingers to pinch to the Home Screen; swipe up to reveal the multitasking bar; and swipe left or right between apps. We are providing this…

  • DadCast Episode 35 • Wiki Leaky Who?

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    Nearly Live From The Wendyhouse Studios of Valois Bay… Part TWO of December 2nd show where Steve, Stéphane and François put on their big boy pants, sit down and discuss the recent Wiki Leaks controversy, the TSA aggressive pat-down fiascos, and the value of social medias like Twitter in civil disobedience cases. The Adam Savage…

  • Merlin Mann Hits CMD-Q on Quicksilver

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    It is done. Adieu, Quicksilver. | kung fu grippe: “ It is done. Adieu, Quicksilver. It was a good run. So long, old friend. I love LaunchBar—but she’ll never be another you.” Merlin Mann of 43Folders and my personal fave, Kung Fu Grippe, is finally calling it quits on Quicksilver. I’m not sure if I’m…

  • Ninja’s Unbox the Galaxy S

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    This is another must see video by Quebec animator Patrick Boivin: Ninja’s Unboxing