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Aydin’s Generational About-Face (book)

October 2nd, 2007 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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Aydin Mirzaee (a local co-founder of BokNow) has caught the blogging bug, and he's off to a great start! Today he writes about the strange awkward feeling you get when your dad adds you as a friend! I guess online social networks hasn't eliminated the complex issues of in-person social networks! Welcome to our ...

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The ABXY Society: Gamey and alphabetically challenged

October 2nd, 2007 Mitch Brisebois 1 comment
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Ever wonder why most video game controllers have A and B buttons and X and Y ones? Why not A, B, C, and D? According to the history of ABXY (available at ABXY.org - who knew?) The labelling was first created by Nintendo for the original NES. Speculation has it that ...

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Anyone Can Play HTTP: Radiohead’s web experience

October 2nd, 2007 Mitch Brisebois 1 comment
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Radiohead announced with great fanfare this week that their new album will be released on October 10th. They have no label - it won't be in stores - nor on iTunes - only at their website. If you choose the download, they claim you can also choose the price (I guess that means ...

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Mr Lube: Using technology to imbed pursuasive marketing

October 2nd, 2007 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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For routine maintenance tasks, procrastination is the common human thread: think oil change for your car... The little sticker they place on your windshield isn't going to fix anything. A convincing email WITH AN INCENTIVE... yeah! Dear Mr Brisebois, According to our records, your Jeep Liberty should be just about due for its oil ...

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Fear the Bubble! Facebook app sells on eBay for $20k

October 1st, 2007 Baxter No comments
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Holy eCrap! The two guys behind the Facebook app "I Am Hungry" apparently just sold it, along with a few hours of consulting work for a cool $20,100. Is this a joke?? Better get to work on my Facebook app "I Ate Your Cat"! [tags]Facebook, eBay, I-am-hungry[/tags]

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Dell pimps out BadAss products

October 1st, 2007 Fake Alec No comments
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Yo iWeannies! Get on the program here... Vista rocks! And now, Dell knows it too and they're pimpin' out some badass products! No, NOT bad products! NOT assinine products! BadAss products! And not to be outdone by Dell, HP has announced it's SKANKY laptop line, just in time ...

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