2FatDads

Author: Johnny Canuck

  • DadCast Episode 12 – The 2010 Gold Rush

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    Nearly Live from the Wendyhouse Studios of Valois Bay… Pardon our momentary outburst of Canadian Pride while we review the Vancouver Winter Games and bask in the glow of Canada 14 Gold medals. The most amount of for any host nation and the most amount of total golds for any winter games. And to cap…

  • DadCast Episode 11 – Short Track, High Speed… Long Podcast

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    Nearly Live from the Wendyhouse Studios of Valois Bay… The Dads have now discovered that Schultzter has been living in the second floor Kitchen and Bathroom showrooms of Home Depot rather than finishing his  home renovations. This week they talk a little more about Google Buzz, Crossing the Social Streams and the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.…

  • Life with Google Buzz: Week Two

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    DBYU9RPXY7MG After a week of living in Google Buzz and reading all of the variant reactions from the Twiteratti and the established voices in the social media sphere good and bad. I finally pulled the plug on the noise. The amount of hacking I had to perform in order to get my Google Profile and…

  • DadCast Episode 10 – Maybe You Left It On Foursquare

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    Nearly Live from the Wendyhouse Studios of Valois Bay… The Dads have now completely abandonned their search for Schultzter after losing The Burg down a well in Chambly and are now simply looking to find the rest of the show. Along the way they ramble along about Foursquare, Google Buzz, Epic CEO resignations and how…

  • Google Announces GMail Buzz

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    In this week’s TWiT #243, Kara Swisher of AllThingsD.com talks about how Google has often missed the mark in their social networking because they hold off releasing products form the Labs until they are completely satisfied that it can be automated 100%. Whereas, most of the successful social networking start-ups have heavily focused and even…

  • Three Weeks With An Android – Part DEUX

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    One of the perks of being the resident geek, is every once in a while a new smart phones lands on your desk and your asked to review it and give it your honest opinion. Just before Christmas , my bosses gave the gift of an Android. In fact Samsung had launched their HSPA capable…

  • BlackBerry Release OS 5.0 for the Storm on Bell

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    Just as I was putting my finishing touches on my already overdue Samsung Galaxy review, a little bird told me that Bell and BlackBerry had quietly released the long-awaited OS 5.0 for the BlackBerry Storm 9530. Now other devices also got the 5.0 nod, but since I use a Storm daily for work, this is…

  • Rolling Your Own ShortURL Service

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    Today we are announcing the 2FatDads.com ShortURL service, this is the first product or service that 2FatDads has ever launched. And it is very much in pre-beta form right now. In fact this post should be the first link to actually use the service itself, and the only people who will have access to it…

  • MMOGCG: Foursquare vs Gowalla

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    There is a new MMOGCG in town, and you play with your GPS enabled smartphone. What’s a MMOGCG you ask? Doesn’t everyone know about Massively Multiplayer Online Geo-Caching Games? I guess not, well let me explain then.

  • Three Weeks With an Android: Part ONE

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    Just before Christmas, I was given the chance to test out the brand new Samsung Galaxy on Bell’s brand spanking new HSPA+ network. This was a really cool demo opportunity too.  Basically it went like this:  No Strings Attached, I get a Galaxy for my personal use, unlimited local minutes, unlimited SMS and most important…