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TabletMac Now Available for $699*

January 21st, 2010 Mitch Brisebois 1 comment

Who knew? Everyone is waiting for the Chosen One's product announcement, yet a Mac tablet has been available for a while. Axiotron will take *customer-supplied Macbooks and for 7 bills or so turn it into a swanky tablet. The downside is that it's still a bulky, heavy, full featured laptop. Pretty ...

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Wordle Innovation: Build your own Christmas party game

December 10th, 2009 Mitch Brisebois 1 comment
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Ages ago we wrote about the wonder of a little java app called Wordle - which creates stylized word clouds from text or urls. This year we got the idea to use Wordle to create a family game for our upcoming Christmas gathering. Simply search the lyrics of your favourite xmas tunes ...

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Christmas Zombies: Aim for their heads!

October 12th, 2009 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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Hallmark - the greeting card monopoly that rules the "DAYS". I have to admit, this company is smart - it's outlived the e-card fad (which was killed off by spammers) and still finds a niche online. One of my favourite corporate blogs is Shoebox, one of Hallmark's business lines. Here's a design ...

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The Irony of World Usability Day

September 27th, 2009 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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The 5th annual World Usability Day is coming up on November 12th. This is where people raise money to rid the planet of usability once and for all! Ok not really. It's meant to showcase usability research and draw attention to design issues such as sustainability. What it usually becomes though is a scattering ...

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We’re Following Pee-Wee.

September 23rd, 2009 Mitch Brisebois 2 comments
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Nothing should really surprise us when it comes to Twitter. Fabulous kiddie-host / porn-theatre-patron Pee-Wee Herman began tweeting yesterday. 4 tweets thus far, 20,621 followers! All this to promote his new live stage show premiering November 8th in Hollywood. It's all just a wonderful game, isn't it?

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Chasing Cougars in NYC: Wrong kind of viral

September 22nd, 2009 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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Milton street is a lovely historic New York neighbourhood. I remember walking down there 15 years ago. Suddenly, strange real estates signs are popping up. Fake signs. Jules Cobb Real Estate points to ABC's new show Cougar Town, starring head cat, Courteney Cox. I'm not really sure about ...

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YarnBombing: Re-knitting the urban fabric…

September 16th, 2009 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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ok - I promise to ease up on crochet puns! Yarn Bombing has become a phenomenon in the deeply secretive underworld of rebel knitters. Spun out in 2005 in Vancouver by designers Mandy Moore and Leanne Prain, the site weaves wimsical urban images of "knit graffiti." Counter-culture couture! Double-knit bravado! A ...

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Friday Night YouTube > Kids in the Hall

September 4th, 2009 Jobe Roberts No comments

Kids in the Hall and YouTube seem made for each other. Of course, you don't need to wait until Friday night to watch them.  With YouTube you can watch as many episodes as you want, but be careful if you watch too much your head might explode or the very least you'll knock yourself ...

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Kid-tribution House Party

June 25th, 2009 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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We've written before about SM friend Gene DeRose's House Party. House Party launched a Kid-tribution House party hapenning August 15. Apply to host a Children International party to explore child sponsorship. The party pack from House Party includes a Family Feud game! Woot! Apply now! Social Media for ...

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