September 2009
136 posts
Coffee is simply better sipped slowly on Sundays.
Heading off to see the heavy horse hitch show…Gee Haw! http://carpfair.ca
RT @inspiredmag13 Advertisements That Uses Religious Concepts http://bit.ly/3r6n2H (love the Listermint and b-day wishes billboard!)
RT @naiza Thanks, Paulo! RT: @paulocoelho: Philippines flood causes dozens of deaths. You can help: http://bit.ly/1VhJak (Red Cross)
New twist on social shopping… http://www.fluid.com/
Priced out solar dormer roofs for the attic reno project. Basically with federal rebates, they are free -maybe a bit extra for sun tracking.
5 more minutes until season 4 of demented daddy Dexter.
Meet the man with a nearly uncontainable design challenge http://bit.ly/FY6Ny Freestyle puts it on the line to make Coke even bigger.
The honeymoon is over. #Dexter
Lawyers show how to make a murderer’s worn out shoes into a legal tool to help curb misfeasance by government officials http://bit.ly/UiW15
RT @felipeacosta 5 Top User Interface Designs :: http://bit.ly/HDKAh :: #ux #usability #ui (top is a strong word, but they are solid!)
Leaders have 70 days left to reach a deal to slow global warming. There is no plan B. http://bit.ly/eYVXW
Time for an update on what’s been going on at Overlay.TV. A few months ago we launched a new platform called Overlay.TV for Retail. At the time, the focus on our site was split between user-generated content and our new eCommerce video platform, but it became clear in the months that followed that interest in the UGC side was dwindling and that our energies would be better spent if we...
Loving Lily Allen at the mo. It’s not me, it’s you. Great album
Never played piano before but trying to teach kids how to play The Scientist - Coldplay !
Project 10/100 voting is live. Some very ambitious ideas. http://www.project10tothe100.com/vote.html
Heavy horses. Cotton candy. Ferris wheel. Sheared sheep. Fancy chickens. Quilt competition. Carny games. Woot. http://carpfair.ca
What do you want your community to be? http://www.unitedwayottawa.ca/index.php
Friday statement of the obvious. Ottawa is just a little cooler than Vegas.
Electric unicycle, shaped like a figure eight, unveiled in Japan. Honda U3-X http://bit.ly/12Sy7J
Congrats to Dopplr team - CEO Marko Ahtisaari and CTO Matt Biddulph - on Nokia acquisition!
Cool tool. http://pho.to Free photo manip/editing software with a pay-to-play API to add image edit/algorithms to other sites.
Admiral Lord Nelson sharing space with some unusual playthings at London Design Festival (wish I was there!) http://ow.ly/qHQG
peeps getting hacked I see - “rofl this you on here” is a phishing DM sent from accounts you are following
Wondering if sidewiki type apps take off what happens to proprietary and clumsy commenting and review tools.
sidewiki is pretty slick, getting lots of content already too!
iPhone Central says Android is not there yet…that’s good for them.
Design goodness. RT @purplehayz 26 beautiful and inspiring website footers http://short.to/rdin
Spam bot can’t find love. Tons of them announcing that they are single again this morning.
A product is actually a service. http://ow.ly/qBLK
Reviewing all the Netflix submissions. The results are not half as interesting as the research, visualizations and race to get them.
These pieces explore the move toward a more democratic form of design: for, with, and in support of the human experience. http://ow.ly/qBRz
RT @jaypiddy: Canada could take some lessons here: FCC Proposes New Rules to Ensure Net Neutrality http://ff.im/-8tz3q (via @OwenGreaves)
Sometimes I love WordPress.
Good comparison list of online video platform companies with APIs, protocols, data formats, etc… http://ow.ly/qor5
Practicing for tomorrow’s gig, performing with my son’s band.
UStream on (my) Android is awesome!!!
Sometimes sabre rattling sounds a lot like pot banging.
RT @socialmedian: Memo to Start-ups: You’re Supposed to Be Changing the World, Remember? [TechCrunch] http://bit.ly/183Mdc
#gottaloveamac
Uhoh - Apple update requires restart. Haven’t restarted since my laptop flew down the highway off the back of my motorcycle couple weeks ago
Headline fun: Google gives Apple the “You lie” outburst on Google Voice rejection. http://ow.ly/q0TO
See you in Las Vegas at Shop.Org Summit. Booth 635
I’m looking for “Two Refs, One Cup” for the officials who called no goal on a play where the puck was in the net twice last night.
It’s kind of strange that its newsworthy that you can now log into Facebook with your username. I did it. It was ok, I guess.
redmonk is good, but beyonce offers the best open source analysis of all time http://ow.ly/pNka ( @monkchips is funny )
Uncertain about your mental health? Take the Cline / Nelson test http://www.zoilus.com/documents/general/2009/002376.php
“You know the music, time to dance” First views of Halo 3 ODST http://ow.ly/pWWF
Vancouver’s Open Data Catalogue is a call-to-action for government to open datasets and enable mashups. http://data.vancouver.ca/
RT @luckthelady Clooney “I’d rather have a prostate exam on live TV by a guy with very cold hands than a Facebook page” http://bit.ly/2oCXKF