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Geo Surfing the Twittersphere with TrendsMap
Real time mapping of twitter keyword trends mapped out around the world. Small oddities to consider with these maps, the tweets seem to be identified by internet service providers, so there are groups of words around major cities such as Montreal but...
Social Paranormal Media
Few movies scared me more than The Blair Witch Project. The movie was a word-of-mouth phenomenon. It seems Paramount Pictures is trying to replicate this success for Paranormal Activity with Social Media word of mouth. Instead of focusing on the ...
This is Ca.ca: Where have all the good domain hacks gone?
A domain hack refers to integrating the top-level domain within the web site’s name. This was all the rage many years back when del.icio.us launched. The name was so clever that it fooled Yahoo into actually spending tens of mega millions of...
210 Years of Information Architecture
Thomas Baekdal is a wonderful UX futurist. Based in Denmark, he provides a more “northern” view of the typical European user experience (imho). Last week he published his take on where people got their information over a 210 year span. ...
iPeriscope for iPhone + Skype
What do you think about my new product idea? Introducing the iPeriscope. This nifty add on lets you see yourself on your iPhone for video conferencing. Note the suction cup and the transparent periscope diagram showing us how it works! Of course,...
Energy Recovery = Energy Savings
All around us, energy is being wasted. For instance, every time we step on our car brakes, all that kinetic energy is dissipated as ‘waste’ heat by means of friction. Instead of slowing the car down using friction, the Tesla Roadster es...
Tiny Tomatoes? Spam and My Feelings of Inadequacy
From reading most of my e-mail, I’d get the sense that most of my things are just too small: my various organs, my education, my endurance, my parties, my intimacy with Jennifer Aniston… Recently, it’s come to my attention that m...
Babe Ruth: On the web, old bands never die…
All week, I’ve had this riff in my head. Frustration. Can’t identify the song or the band. Finally… yes. Sugar Ray sampled the song in Fly… the band? ugg… brain struggle… Babe Ruth! Their big 1972 hit - Th...
Startups For Humanity: Crank up the volume!
The Habitat for Humanity credo is “Give a hand up, not a hand-out.” The international program helps build housing for the working poor with a combination of sweat-equity, volunteer work, community goodwill, and affordable mortgages. ...
Magazine 2.0: The many faces of Jen Campbell
After profiling Coilhouse (New York) and Display (Saskatoon) we got a few pointers to local Ottawa art magazines. One of my favourites is Dharma Arts. In the latest issue, there’s an in-depth feature on artist Jen Campbell. The panoramic ...
SlowCast to Reach Your Audience In Time
The Internet is a Lot Slower than You Might Think. We’re so used to thinking about the internet as instantaneous. It’s on, so we’re connected. If I do something now it will show up a few seconds somewhere else. If you use VoIP...
We Live in Public: Tragi-dotcom-documentary opens at Sundance
We Live in Public has been nerly 10 years in the making - and it opens at Sundance this week. Director Ondi Timoner has followed Josh Harris around since 1999. Josh is perhaps beyond description - a former dotcom entrepreneur millionaire, internet ...
Robot Chat with Your Customers
If you think Jabberwacky chat is cool lame - ok for what it is - then you should check out MoxieChat. It lets your customers think they’re dealing with cute robot girls. (That are up tirelessly throughout the night waiting to text chat.) Y...
The Power of Negative Thinking: I Hate Perfume perfume
Here’s a Brooklyn-based perfume company selling a line of scents named “I Hate Perfume”. Created by olfactory artist Christopher Brosius (CB), the tiny lab bottles feature a wide range of natural environmental fragrances. I’...
