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I was looking through an old ALF Marvel comic book from 1989, when I found this wonderful ad for a new monster cereal. Franken-Berry asks "A NEW Monster cereal! What is it?" Count Chocula replies, "YUM! Marshmallows in my TUMMY MAKE this NEW cereal so frightfully YUMMY!" Yes... Yummy Mummies were born. In an age ...

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Wakefield may have lost its steam train this summer, but it has gained a new community web portal named the Wakefield Stomp. A few weeks ago we launched the site to a limited audience to test it out, get some feedback and determine whether or not this site would be useful for the Wakefield community. This public ...

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Too bad he died in 1931. I am forever frustrated by the lightbulb industry. Why doesn't anyone focus on the quality and efficiency of artificial light. There's so much potential for innovation. Incandescent tungsten lamps are energy hogging relics from the last century. Compact fluorescents are evil little dweebs that ...

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Yeesh - technically that's one of the names for my discipline... It's also been Ergonomics, Usability Engineer, UI guy, GUI designer, Usability Designer, Software Ergonomics... arg the list goes on. One of the worst is Human Factors. For years I was a member and TG exec of the Human Factors and Ergonomics ...

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If you know the term Common Look and Feel - CLF 2.0, then chances are you know that the deadline is fast approaching (December 2008).  Across many Canadian Government sites progress is being made to convert content to meet the new standards.  Being fully compliant means far more than just converting html pages; it also ...

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What is it with Microsoft lately? It seems intent on eating its young! Earlier this year, MS made more noise about Exchange being supported on iPhone than touting its long suffering Windows Mobile platform. A couple months ago, it announced that Windows Mobile 7 would be delayed. Insiders claim that ...

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Andy Uprock is a b-boy artist based in Syndey, Australia. He transforms urban streetscapes into works of art using techniques that are grafitti-like, yet non-destructive. His installations have been seen in New York, Paris, London, Tokyo... Unfortunately, no Canadian cities so far. Where did the inspiration ...

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So who's coming close to a great enterprise-class social media product? IBM. Who'd have thunk it. Based on the venerable Lotus platform, BlueHouse incorporates many of the 12 ideas in the previous post. Surprisingly (especially given that IBM is not prone to usability) this is a remarkable web 2.0 app. On October 10, ...

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Most social network platforms are basically Facebook clones. Deploying them into enterprise would make them stick out like cheap Nevada bordellos. So why hasn't someone developed a platform designed specifically for enterprise? What's wrong with them? They're designed for a large user base with high variants of interests. Users group themselves organically - ...

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