Category: Blog
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There’s no App for this.
Let’s leave modern tech and all the shiny behind for a minute, to concentrate on a more fundamental level of existence: survival. We are frail creatures whose needs are very basic in biological terms; food, water, shelter and security. Everything that we do is an unconscious derivative of these needs. We’ve accomplished much for our…
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Mobile Browser Woes
Via XKCD Funny enough I started my new job today and without knowing what kind of hardware I would be assigned or what the new corporate firewall would allow me to do, I’ve had to rely pretty heavily on Mobile Safari. Even though it’s pretty damn powerful and the screen size of the iPad is…
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Why I Love Indie MAc.Apps!
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…
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Analogy was a German and Italian psychedelic rock, progressive rock band
Bandwidth is not electricity or gas! So please stop your inane comparisons and suggestions that we “rip-out the electricity meters” or “give as away for free!”
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Of Coffins, Nails, and Innovation
Recently our national department of influence and lobbying – the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission or CRTC (our version of the FCC) – approved of usage based billing for internet service providers. This means that owners of the big pipes can charge the little providers of your access for all the bits and bytes they send…
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Skype for Mac 5.0 Goes Gold, Only Deserves Bronze
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…
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New iOS 4.3 Gestures: Tatsumaki Zankuukyaku
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…
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An open (rant) letter to Canadian banks
Right after my daughter was born we opened an RESP for her, a family RESP as we were planning to have more children. We opened it at TD Canada Trust because the MER on their e-Series funds is practically non-existent. And all was good (well almost, read Mike Holman’s blog or his book for details…