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iPhone hardware could be expensive for existing Rogers customers
July 9th, 2008 at 1:07pm | 3 CommentsIf you’re a current Rogers Wireless customer (as I am), you may have assumed that you will be able to get an iPhone for the advertised prices of $199 and $299 for the 8GB and 16GB respectively by signing a 3-year contract. However, this is not necessarily the case. I called Rogers today and asked ... read more »
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Working from home, not for me
January 28th, 2008 at 8:42pm | 1 CommentIn July last year, I started working full-time for my company, Zenutech Inc. I knew working from home would be a bit of an adjustment, but I couldn’t have predicted the challenges. At first it was great. Get up around 9am, shower, eat, and install myself at my desk for the day. Then after a ... read more »
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Blog Action Day – The Environment
October 16th, 2007 at 12:03pm | 3 CommentsSo apparently I missed blog action day yesterday. Since it involved such an important topic (the environment), I figured I’d put in a late post anyways. Today I went to the CMA‘s web site and completed the Do Not Contact Service registration. I’ve heard rumours that it doesn’t work very well, but hopefully it will ... read more »
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Reopening coal mines in Cape Breton
September 27th, 2007 at 9:42am | 1 CommentI’m a regular listener of The Current on CBC Radio One, but Monday was the first time I sent an e-mail voicing my opinion. It turns out it was good enough to read on the air this morning, so I figured it’s good enough to post here. You can check out a podcast of the ... read more »
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Monetization of Facebook
July 31st, 2007 at 3:41pm | 3 CommentsI started writing a comment for Markus’ post about Facebook monetization, but it got long and post-worthy. Basically, Markus said that Facebook’s only two options to improve their advertising situation is to better position ads or find advertisers willing to pay higher CPM rates. I would argue there’s a third option that the Facebook team ... read more »
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Power to the people
July 12th, 2007 at 1:10pm | 1 CommentMatt’s post pointed me to this article about film studio execs failure to understand their industry. I’ve previously expressed my frustration with the movie industry, their lack of understanding of what people want, and their unwillingness to make changes in their industry. This article strengthens that argument on another front. One of the best parts ... read more »