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Re: The Revolt Against the Redesign: Facebook’s Friends Are Now Its Biggest Frenemies

Web Dating — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:50:36 -0000

It gives me an opportunity to discuss things!

Re: The Apple Tax In Canada

Alexi Kordov — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:21:13 -0000

US product tax. Although Apple deserves to be criticised: so should most other manufactuers and distributors who charge higher prices in the CAnadian market, than in the US. I know we are generally a little richer here.. but it is still unfair.

Re: Is WiFi Safe For Kids?

Mark1224 — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:30:14 -0000

I have a Linksys WRT54GL router set to factory settings. I bought it to change the firmware to Tomato so I could use it to test antennas at my TCC College Wireless class. My wife, child and I started having chest pain. Also we had pain in the calf which felt like it was in a vein and a full body ache for months. This was bad enough we were testing everything in the house and had seen many doctors. I even bought a Trifield EMF meter looking for a electrical problem. When my four year old started hurting all the time I shut off the router out of desperation and within a few days we all felt 10 times better. It took some months of being exposed to its RF before we started hurting. I have also noticed alot of women i know having thyroid problems in the past few years. This also bothers me and they don't have WAPs. I hope this helps someone.

Re: 2008 Future Shop Boxing Day Sale is a Christmas Eve Fail

Online Store — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:27:24 -0000

We heard the feedback to last year and we have responded. Online shopping is growing rapidly, especially with a trusted company like Future Shop. We have aggressively tested the site and are working diligently in the days leading up to Boxing Day with our E-Commerce Teams, Call Centre, and external partners including Canada Post that we deliver a better experience for our customers.” -- this are all true..

Re: Air Canada’s Twit Storm

Trisha — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:34:34 -0000

aww, thanks for the link. And you are right about everything you wrote. Blogging can be your best friend and worst enemy...all in the same week.

~Trisha

Re: The Paradox of Free

Roger Kingkade — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:47:13 -0000

Free can work very well for music. It still does in some places like myspace. The internet has brought people together in a marketplace that only the consumer seems to understand. iTunes works because the perceived value and quality are in line in the consumer's eyes. I see this model being the basis for many future content delivery systems. People who see value in the New York Times don't see the value in the paper stock. They see the value in the content. I don't see that changing.

Re: Can You Smell Your BS?

graememcranor — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:13:47 -0000

Yeah, you're the host.

Re: Can You Smell Your BS?

Jeremy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:09:03 -0000

I agree with Nick, I use the wife too to gauge if it "really" matters.

Re: Can You Smell Your BS?

Nick Amado — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:44:56 -0000

Nice post! Much agreed! I use my wife as a way to gauge if something is important as she is not in the same industry. It is so easy to get caught up in the everyday bs of your own work.

Re: Times Square or Twitter?

Buzz Bishop — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:59:00 -0000

Here's how the San Francisco Zoo measures Twitter success http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: Times Square or Twitter?

buzz — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:23:44 -0000

Here's another way to think of it:

Traditional advertising media counts impressions.

Social media *makes/changes/affects* impressions.

Re: Twitter’s YouTube Moment

buzz — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:47:39 -0000

Thanks Shireen.

I really appreciate the ease of embed too. There were widgets before, but they all relied on RSS hacks to make it happen. Having a native twitter embed streamlines the process.

Re: Twitter’s YouTube Moment

Shireen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:26:18 -0000

I hadn't realised the usefullness of Twitter lists till I read your post. It just seemed like more work to me -- a duplication of TweetDeck groups, really -- to go through the people I follow and divide them into lists. For what purpose? Now I know. I also have been wanting Twitter widgets for my blogs and even individual blog posts and have tried to create work-arounds for eons. It's great to see Twitter finally gets it. Thanks for writing about this!

Re: The Age of Influence

Terry O'Reilly — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:08:20 -0000

Hi Buzz - thanks for the kind words. Mike Tennant and I have written a new book titled "The Age of Persuasion: How Marketing Ate Our Culture" and it hits bookstores Oct. 27th. If you'd like to do an online Q&A, or something, just let me know.

Cheers,

Terry O'Reilly

Re: Are Bloggers Just Cheerleaders?

buzz Bishop — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:00:38 -0000

Back in the spring I addressed this issue with a post called Bloggers Are New But Are They Media. Some of the arguments raised in that discussion can be applied to this post as well.

I should add that I'm not trying to place myself above the crowd in this discussion. I have a good old case of Catholic guilt about some of the cheerleading I've done in the past and the self-imposed "obligations" I have felt to offer support for announcements.

Re: The Paradox of Free

buzz — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:27:49 -0000

Vanity Fair gets in on the discussion of Murdoch's plans:

http://www.vanityfair.com/b...

Re: The Paradox of Free

buzz — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:25:19 -0000

Perhaps. But with more reliable distribution channels for free information vs free music, it's a much taller mountain for the paid model to climb.

The model is being broken in terms of iPhone apps. ESPN is charging for theirs, the WSJ is charging $2 a week for theirs. Since the pay model is the starting point on the mobile front, perhaps there's a way for it to evolve into the web. But it's going to be a much longer, slower shift than what we saw with music.

Re: The Paradox of Free

Raize — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:51:30 -0000

The same will happen with newspapers. Someone (like Apple) has to lead the charge. It looks like it will be Murdoch. In the short term, his newspapers will lose readers which, like you say, will go to other sources. But in the long run, even the CBC and WSJ will trend towards a paid model. At that point their will be segregation...bloggers vs. real journalists. The latter being free (and of lower quality) and the former being paid (more thorough, and of higher quality). People are always willing to pay for a premium product. This case is no exception.

Re: The Paradox of Free

Raize — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:48:38 -0000

I disagree with your theory because it is an oversimplified analogy.

When iTunes first launched, artists and record labels didn't really know what platform would best suit their needs. iTunes was simply another option and music was still freely available on underground networks. What I'm trying to say is that it took time for iTunes has become the "norm" and as more and more artists started putting there music on their, more and more of their fans followed.

Re: Foursquare > Google

Brett T. T. Macfarlane — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:25:42 -0000

Nice summary, some great things to look for. I look forward to testing Foursquare in Seattle this weekend.

Would be curious to learn their business model - Google would seem the obvious exit but with a few lines of code they could add the functionality to current applications. Michele created guides to sell tires back in the day, what complimentary product would derive similar value from incorporating Foursquare today.

Re: iPhone In The US

landovan — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:43:59 -0000

To avoid those US data roaming rates, you can use WiFi to hop on the net when you need it. Depending where you're travelling in the US, finding a Starbucks can be much easier than an open WiFi signal. With a Starbucks registered card, access to WiFi is free in their stores. You can register your (free) card in Canada and it will work there.

A note of caution: making a connection is not as simple a process as one would hope. Give yourself some time the first time you try this in the US.

Re: Debunking The Apple Myth

Rob Raymond — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:26:19 -0000

So what about the most important invention of our generation? The personal computer.

Who invented that?

Re: NFL Tackles Twittering Stars

Vidar Brekke — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:02:25 -0000

For those who are reluctant to go on Twitter, there is a great iPhone app the allows you to track the tweets of all the NFL players (as well as football reporters). It's called Realtime Pro Football '09"

Re: NFL Tackles Twittering Stars

2wicky — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:05:28 -0000

Ocho Cinco actually "quit" tweeting last week for some reason, but just resumed the other day again. He's one of the more entertaining athletes on there and he definitely would tweet during games if he could. But I do think his quitting was NFL or agent related, they have to be quite careful on how much they expose (see Michael Beasley).

Re: Amazon Kindle Coming to Canada?

John — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:07:31 -0000

The Kindle is the future and Canada is stuck in the past. What a joke.