Posted on July 5th, 2008 by Jobe Roberts
Last time it was Yahoo swallowing Flickr, now my YouTube & Google accounts have been linked to the collective.
Um, ok. Now what? What exactly just happened? Don’t worry, they’ve simply merged the member databases and now you can probably share information between the sites. Oh, and by the way your gMail contacts can see [...]
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Posted on July 4th, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
Worse than highjacking… but actually naming a new tax after you! That’s right… it could have been the new “Mitel Tax” or “Entrust Tax” or “iotum Tax”. In this case, it’s The Green Shift Tax.
Green Shift happens to be a Toronto based consultancy specializing in corporate environmentalism. [...]
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Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
1. Choose a target that everyone loves to hate: for example Canadian duopoly / cableCo / wirelessCo Rogers.
2. Choose a cause that everyone lusts for: for example the Canadian launch of Apple’s iPhone.
3. Put them together: for example, Rogers has the most expensive plan on the planet for the iPhone.
4. Choose [...]
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Posted on June 26th, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
In 1941 a ballpoint pen cost $9. With such a high cost, trusty Consumer Reports built this pen testing machine to compare how long different brands of pens would last. Nearly 70 years later, consumers are still being pillaged by the ink cartridge pirates…
A short history of ink gouging:
1888 - John [...]
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Posted on June 26th, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
The interweb has done it again! A video ad for US-based department store JC Penney is working viral magic. It’s winning praise from ad agencies and You Tube fans. It even won an award at the Cannes Advertising Award last week. It even has the potential to transform JC Penney’s boring [...]
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Posted on June 22nd, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
As a kid, watching old 50s & 60s sitcom reruns I came to realize the inevitable. To get a raise or a promotion you had to invite the boss over for dinner. There was no other way. You always referred to him as Mister… Your lovely stay-at-home wife was always given [...]
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Posted on June 18th, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
There’s eight food groups that really count!
Toys - Corn - Butter - Beer - Music - Steaks - Cakes - Apple.
In that order!
via Engrish
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Posted on June 18th, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
In my early formative years as a designer (LOL) I believed the usability testing hype: it reduces dev costs, it makes products better, it makes customers happier. Soon I realized that was just crap spewed by “usability testing professionals”. The problem with the usability testing mantra is that it assumes all designers [...]
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Posted on June 17th, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
Registering at a new social net site can be frustrating when your well-known tag/ID/handle/nick is already taken. “hey, someone else has Mitch69???” DANG!
Even offline, the issue of nicks can be contentious! In Wichita Kansas, C-Thug is a very sought-after nickname!
Sgt. Lem Moore said in a police briefing this afternoon that [...]
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Posted on June 16th, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
Using its Terms and Conditions as an excuse, Microsoft is deleting any XBox gametags (aka userids) containing the word “gay”. As reported by WebGuild, Microsoft explains that its platform is meant to be an inclusive and safe environment. This means Richard Gaywood (his real legal name) has to create a new [...]
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