ohryan.ca

A Web Developer in Winnipeg

  • Time Travel

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    I often think about what it would be like for teenage Ryan to be transported 25 or 30 years into the future… as you do. What aspects of culture or technology would surprise him the most? The two things I come back to over and over again are tattoos and FaceTime. Tattoos I don’t even […] Continue Reading

  • The Implicit Contract of The Internet

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    Earlier I posted this… …and I’ve realized that this is actually something that’s been bothering me for some time. I’ve been living in public online – posting details about my life that might have historically been seen as private, right out in the open – for decades now. Especially during the heyday of web 2.0. […] Continue Reading

  • Bemidji, Minnesota

    Bemidji, Minnesota

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    Alternate Title: Fuck North Dakota and their bullshit. Let’s do our cross-border shopping in Bemidji! For the uninitiated, it’s quite common for Winnipeggers to take weekend trips to Grand Forks or Fargo, North Dakota to stock up on weird American junk food variations not available in Canada, cheap booze and (historically) good deals on just […] Continue Reading

  • Thoughts on Threads

    Thoughts on Threads

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    Threads Launched. My overall impression of threads 48hrs in are pretty “meh.” If anything, it’s proving just how mature of a product Twitter really is at this point. It’s missing simple things that we’ve taken for granted, like gif integration. It’s missing more substaintial things hashtags and a way to actually see posts from people […] Continue Reading

  • I Need To Found A Town

    I Need To Found A Town

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    …if I want to be allowed to register the domain name neudorf.ca. I’ve always thought it would be cool to register a domain for my surname so that I could give my family @neudorf.ca email addresses and website subdomains. Or even just as a bit of nerd cred. Unfortunately, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority won’t […] Continue Reading