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Tesla Motors Full UX Throttle

August 11th, 2007 Jobe Roberts 1 comment
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Tesla Motors will soon be releasing the Tesla Roadster (fall 2007). It's an incredible work of art and engineering. Who wouldn't fall in love with such a sexy car? I know, we've all been embarrassed to say things like that out loud lately. But here's the catch, it's all electric. The car ...

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Eco Media Player: battery-free music

August 10th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois 1 comment
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Coming soon from Trevor Baylis Brands is a wind-up mp3 player. The Eco Media Player will give you 40 minutes of play time on 1 minute of crank time. The cool thing is that it also doubles as a charger for your cell phone. Trevor Baylis is an outspoken ...

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Google ads that degrade the Facebook UX

August 10th, 2007 Jobe Roberts No comments
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Facebook has been doing its best to fight off spam. In particular, they've been keeping a close eye on their API developers. I'm quite happy to hear this. Way to go Facebook! Unfortunately, they have not been so diligent with regards to the Google ads that they have on their site. ...

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Time-dork T-shirt usability

August 9th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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For 45 Euros, you too can proudly display the current time for everyone to see... why??? not really sure. Especially that you'll be stretching your neck out to see the time yourself (upside down!). We're also not sure what the usability of this clock is - but you REALLY DON'T want ...

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“Waiter, there’s spinach in my Coca-Cola”

August 8th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois 1 comment
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Did you know that driving a Hummer is actually GOOD for the environment! (drive more = be more green) yep. And did you know that ridiculing others in public actually helps them BUILD self-esteem! (saw it on Dr Phil) yep. And did you know that Coke is actually a ...

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The Moving eXperience: Bell Canada already recognizes Quebec sovereignty

August 7th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois 2 comments
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When it comes to telephony, in Canada we have two major players (Bell & Rogers). Canada - like most countries is divided into provinces (just like states.) Next week, I'm moving from the province of Quebec to Ontario. So the nightmare commences... I've been a Bell customer in both provinces for ...

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Fast Food Pirates: Who wins the “truth in advertising” award?

August 6th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois 3 comments
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The latest Simpsons / Burger King commercial has Homer eating a delicious Whopper... What gets me is that my REAL whopper has NEVER looked like the CARTOON whopper. We suspect that all of television fast food doesn't come close to looking like the real thing. I was going to head to town ...

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What would you do with 2 million unique monthly visitors?

August 5th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois 1 comment
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...and 67 MILLION page views per month? Sell the site! Rumour has it that Sparkpeople founder Chris Downie is ready to accept an offer of $75million. The site is currently the third most popular diet site in the US. From diet to dating... The Sparkpeople deal had Plenty Of Fish ...

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On the road with urlish license plates

August 5th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois 1 comment
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I was stuck in traffic yesterday behind a tourist from Florida... I've seen the sunshine state plate before but never noticed the url for MyFlorida.com The web's come a long way. So far only Maryland also displays the state url on its plate. I wonder if Missouri "The Show Me" state ...

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