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A Web Developer in Winnipeg

  • Boingo: The Best $10 I’ve Ever Spent

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    Last week I was stuck at O’hare overnight. I noticed a bunch of large signs proclaiming “free wi-fi terminal wide.” Upon trying to connect to the internet, I discovered that these hotspots were run by boingo and only “free” for customers of certain telcos. While I feel that wifi is an amenity that should always be free, like public restrooms, Boingo was only $10/month. I had some calls to make and figured I’d probably save money by using Skype instead of my $1.95/min roaming cell phone.

    After signing up for boingo, I realized that had a 3 month free promo running. So I actually only paid $2.50/month. Even better!

    It was not until I came back home that I realized the genius of boingo. Turns out, boingo is actually a partner on all the major wifi networks in North America. Meaning that I can use my boingo account to log in to any Bell hotspot at Starbucks and various other random places around the city.
    In case you’re not aware, Bell normally charges $8 PER HOUR!

  • 4 Interesting Things

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    Caught up on my RSS feeds today, found some interesting bits & bobs I thought I’d share.

    Pepsi embarks on $1.2B rebranding effort
    Looks a little weird, I’ll reserve my final judgement once I see some packaging. 


    via brand new

     

    Banksy opens a faux pets store in NYC – thnx Ron
    …complete with mechanical chicken mcnuggests pecking away at BBQ sauce, genius. 

     

     

    Demo of Fennec Alpha 1, the new mobile browser from Mozilla – via ajaxian

    Fennec Alpha Walkthrough from Madhava Enros on Vimeo.

     

    AppLoop iPhone application generator! – via Techcrunch
    This looks incredibly promising! I’ll be trying it out shortly.


    iPhone Application Generator Demo from AppLoop on Vimeo.

  • The Best iPhone App – Taskbar Notifier

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    In my opinion, the single greatest omission from the iPhone has got to be the lack of global notifications. Every other phone I’ve owned in the past 6 years has had an icon for thing like new sms and missed calls, visible from every menu. The iPhone does not.

    Taskbar Notifier fixes this. It adds configurable notification icons for new email, sms, voicemail and missed calls to the iPhone’s top bar.

    This app alone is worth jailbreaking your iPhone for.