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App Idea: Community-Based Micro Task Crowdsourcing Called “Runner”
I was on a job site and several hours into the project, and I wanted a coffee. Anything I would have purchased would have been cold by then. I thought, why isn’t there a crowdsource app that could help...
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Shomi, The Streaming Service From Rogers and Shaw Should Raise Concerns
They’re stepping up to compete with Netflix. This is a familiar refrain from those who have spoken about the new Shaw/Rogers backed streaming service called Shomi. Here in Canada we all knew something...
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First Look: Emojli – Chatting Only in Emoji Characters
Communication is a challenge on the best of days, but what if we communicated only in small graphical characters? How would that change the way we talk to each other? A new service called Emojli opened...
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Why I Think the Tim Hortons / Burger King Merger is a Bad Fit
Passing a recently renovated Tim Hortons, I came across a small bird feeder with “Fly Thru” written on it. This small inviting touch had me thinking about how different Burger King and Tim Hortons...
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Case Study: School Wireless Solution With Ubiquiti
While installing a wireless network at a nearby school, I thought it might be a great chance to highlight the great work we’re doing in this industry space. The education sector has a number of unique...
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10 Serious Phrase-Crimes Committed Against Your IT Person
What’s a “phrase-crime”? I just made that up to describe a group of grating words that IT people hate hearing. You’ve heard it before, the phrases are like “It’s Urgent” when the user wants a...
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Apple May be Sparking a New Age of Reversible USB Cables
Among all of the usual noise that comes with an upcoming Apple announcement, a rumoured inclusion of reversible USB charging cables has caught the public’s attention. It’s hard to say why people are...
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My Thoughts on Apple’s September 2014 Event
Apple events generally need no introduction. This time around, we expect to see quite a few changes, including Apple’s eventual move into larger smartphones and wearables. What does Apple have in...
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Protecting Your iPhone 6 – The Best Stuff You Can Order Now
With the iPhone 6 starting pre-orders Friday, one of the bigger concerns for buyers is how to best protect this expensive device. If you want to get the best resale value for your iPhone when it’s...
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Logo Design, Part 1: Creating CWL’s New Image
You may have noticed a logo on this blog (where there was none). The logo you see here is part of a month-long process of proposal and redesign from graphic design firm iTQan. In the past, I thought...
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Here’s What an Email Phishing Scam Looks Like [and How to Avoid Them]
You may have seen this before. People you know are calling agitated saying you’ve been hacked. Checking your mail client, You’re SHOCKED to see that your email account has been sending out messages...
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Logo Design, Part 2: Talking to iTQan’s Mohamed About Designing the CWL Logo
Now that you’ve seen the logo design process in part 1, I thought it would be great to take a look at the company behind the work. Mohamed El Laithy is the owner of iTQan, a graphic design startup...
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iOS 8: Pondering Apple’s Newest Mobile Operating System
Almost like clockwork, every year Apple offers a new version of it’s mobile operating system, namely iOS 8. I usually grab it right away and test out what I can. You might be considering the same, but...
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Making the Most of Twitter From WordPress With a Plugin
Wordpress really gets flack for plugins. A as a blog that uses WordPress, I understand much of the criticism. I’m always interested in getting rid of plugins in favor of coding whenever possible....
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My First Few Days with the iPhone 6 – A Review
It has to sink in. This is what I tell myself whenever I’m about to start using a new phone. Today, we use phones for just about every part of our lives, and most of us hold the phone as the last...
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Talking to the Makers of WP Twitter Autopost – Vivacity Infotech
Making full use of Twitter (from WordPress) required that I find a useful way of tweeting from this blog. I had some key requirements that were more than a little difficult to meet. In the process of...
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Let’s Change the Game: A New Commenting Process
source Your comments deserve to be a larger part of each article than the second-class status they get now. They enhance what is usually me blabbering on about something or other. I have always...
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Microsoft’s Windows Event – September 30, 2014
Widely expected to be an announcement of a fresh Windows version, today Microsoft held an event that wasn’t available online. Not having this event streamed online was a disappointment. I have the...
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10 Things People STILL Pay For (That They Can Get for Free) [2009-2014]
source It can be quite discouraging. You go buy something only to find out later that you could have gotten that for free. When looking at technology, there are a number of truly inventive and clever...
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11 Amazing Tips, Tricks and Hacks for iOS 8 and iPhone 6 / Plus
Every time I get a new phone or operating system, it doesn’t take much time before I’ve worked out most things I can (and can’t) do. Tucked deep in most systems are a really cool things we can do to...
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