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Mailbox.app – First Impressions
in AppsI got access to mailbox.app last night around midnight, have been using it all day. My very brief review: The ability to mark emails to “read later” seems clever and works fairly well. It’s smart enough to know if it’s 1am and you tell it to read an email tomorrow, you actually mean at the […] Continue Reading
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Cause and Effect and IKEA
in WinnipegWith the fervor surrounding the grand opening of IKEA’s Winnipeg store (their first new market in Canada since 1982, btw), the media, Twitter, bloggers, internet-trolls, your mom are all giving IKEA way to much credit. They are confusing cause and effect. IKEA this year and The Jets return last year are not revitalizing our fair city. They are […] Continue Reading
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My 2012 Podcast Recommendations
This morning I wrote an email to a good friend who’s finally taking a real interest in podcasts, after years me trying to convince him to start listening to something, anything. The email ended up being fairly comprehensive, so I’m going to repost it here. He already listens to No Agenda, Industrial Strength Nightmares and […] Continue Reading
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Windows 8 Review
in ReviewLast week Microsoft Canada invited me to a hands-on demo with Windows 8 and their Surface RT tablet. The demo consisted of a hotel room, 3 Microsoft PR People – the business guy, the soccer mom and the xbox guy – and all the Windows hardware they could “fit in one suitcase” (they mentioned that […] Continue Reading
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Seth Godin Teaches a Good Lesson About Design
in Websites[A guest post by Karam Debly] Through a friend, I learned that Seth Godin put out a call on his blog for developers to apply to build a mobile app. I wrote the following in my application. “I’m writing to tell you that I don’t think your blog, which i love, warrants an app. We […] Continue Reading