Remembering The Seattle Coffee House

May 19, 2011

I recently wrote a letter to the editor of The Chronicle Journal regarding the proposed mega-Tim Hortons on John Street and Junot Avenue: I realize that with a mega-Tim Hortons comes idling cars, traffic congestion, noise and decreased property value, but when I heard there were plans to build a Tim Hortons in my old [...]

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Unwanted Calls – Episode #1

May 18, 2011
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They call us at the most inconvenient times, try to sell us the strangest things, and no matter what we do, we can’t seem to stop them. So I’ve decided to record and podcast all my telemarketing calls. In today’s episode, I received a call from “The Windows Company.” And no matter how hard I [...]

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Live Blogging Jack Layton’s Rally

April 19, 2011

I’ll be live blogging Jack Layton’s rally on Wednesday at 5pm just like I did Harper’s. You can follow along here when it starts, and be sure to signup for a reminder.

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Live Blogging Stephen Harper’s Thunder Bay Rally

April 18, 2011

Stephen Harper is holding a rally at 7:15pm EST in Thunder Bay. I’ll be live blogging the rally. You can follow along here:

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Live Blogging the Leaders Debate

April 12, 2011

Come back here at 7pm EDT today and follow along as I live blog the Canadian leaders debate.

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Political Blogging

April 10, 2011
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Just a quick update. Here’s what I’ve been up to lately: With the upcoming election I have decided to start a political blog. It’s called, Which Pill to Swallow. The name comes from a statement Michael Ignatieff made about deciding to go through the red door or the blue door. Hearing it made me think [...]

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When a client says, “I used to do…”

February 15, 2011
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Watch out when a client starts saying things like: “I used to do a lot of design work…” “I’m a bit of a graphic artist myself…” “I do a bit of programming in my spare time. NoSQL style databases are more efficient than relational databases.” These are warnings signs that your client is a control [...]

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iOS SDK Tip: Don’t Store Your Data in IBOutlets

February 4, 2011

Here’s a quick tip for iPhone and iPad developers: Don’t store your data in objects that are referenced as IBOutlets–objects created by your view–as they will be gone when your view is not being displayed and a memory warning was triggered. In other words, to protect your data you should create instance variables in your [...]

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Make a Popup Window Like Popup Domination for Free

January 29, 2011
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If you’re one of those Internet marketing people looking to make big bucks through affiliate marketing and email lists, I will show you how to make one of those modal pop up windows similar to what Popup Domination offers, for free using open source tools and a little HTML and JavaScript.  All for free! I [...]

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Think Local for New Ideas

January 28, 2011
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If you want to create a killer app, think local. Don’t try to solve a big problem or try to tackle a large audience. Target the audience that is around you. If your idea is good, it will catch on and then you can scale. Seek out partnerships with local organizations with talented and skilled [...]

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