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  • Live DadCasts and Lessons Learnt

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    Johnny Canuck
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    So last Monday night we held our first live DadCast in Montreal’s trendy Mesa 14 restaurant with Montreal systems biologist, photoblogger and awesome Dad André Nantel; let me just say that we had a blast… André is a great guy to talk too with so many awesome stories, and not just geeky ones either although…

  • iPhone gets UberTwitter – But Why?

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    iPhone gets UberTwitter client, BlackBerrys have one less reason to exist — Engadget: “The major distinguishing feature being touted is something called UberView, which allows access to links within tweets without exiting the app or opening up a new window within it.” I have still have to ask why? Twitter for iPhone does a pretty…

  • Update to the GMail Keyboard Shortcut graphical cheat sheet

    Update to the GMail Keyboard Shortcut graphical cheat sheet

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    Thanks to a post over at the Google Operating System blog I became aware of a couple new keyboard short-cuts when using GMail. The two now short-cuts aren’t documented but they work as advertised: b will create a new e-mail with both the CC and BCC fields displayed, while d will create a new e-mail with…

  • Adobe Going Public with its Audition for Mac Beta

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    Adobe offers public beta of Audition for Mac: Adobe has introduced a public beta of Audition for Mac, its professional audio toolset for recording, mixing, editing and mastering. You can join the free public beta for Audition for Mac here. As I mentioned in my last post: iLife 11 • Garageband: The Podcaster’s Crippleware, Adobe…

  • Is it Too Little, Too Late for hp Palm?

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    Five future Palm devices pop up in webOS 2.0 code? | BGR: “Well, the folks over at WebOS Internals have been pouring through SFR’s webOS 2.0 code and have stumbled upon five device code-names: Stingray, Mantaray, Broadway, Windsor and Roadrunner (Palm Pre 2). “ I often wonder if the ship has sailed for Palm WebOS.…

  • Apple and Near Field Communications

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    iPhone 5 will be remote computing on steroids | 9 to 5 Mac iPhone 5 will be remote computing on steroids | Apple Intelligence: “The scoop is that use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technologies at Apple extends beyond personal security and payment systems and will also include solutions for remote computing on steroids. As…

  • BGR on the MacBook Air

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    Apple MacBook Air review | BGR: “Soon, all laptops will not require moving parts, they will also offer almost instant boot times, run cool, run fast, and they’ll be thin. Because thin is in.” It’s hard not to drink the Kool-Aid when they mix in a 40 oz of Vodka. The review is good, but…

  • Secre-Terrible Jobs

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    I am now so bad at writing in English that iI’m actively inventing words to express my extreme dissatisfaction with folks who are content at doing insanely repetitive task simply because someone with more money then common sense told them too. Secre-terrible Jobs: Doing the same repetitive thing over and over simply because some HiPPO1…

  • BlackBerry PlayBook Demo Highlights from Adobe MAX

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    I just posted the following comment on the Blackberry’s Developer’s Blog article BlackBerry PlayBook Demo Highlights from Adobe MAX. Seriously?! Your choices should be 1) Java, 2) C/C++, or 3) both. Anything else might sound like a good idea in the meeting room but good friggin’ luck in the real world! Check out Tiobe’s stats…

  • REALLY??

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    The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : What’s the #1 most crazy idea Steve Ballmer has ever heard?: “‘You’re going to take an iPod and add a radio to it and turn it into a phone? And you’re going to charge five hundred dollars for a phone? A phone that plays music? Well, good luck…