Wanted: A twitter/comment plugin combo
When I post an entry (such as this one), I have a wordpress plugin (called Twitter Tools) that sends out a tweet (meta-linking update: like this) telling...
Think City Electoral Reform Survey
I'm reprinting this from Think City's last email message out. Please read and participate! ------------- Vancouver and many other BC municipalities suffer...
Thoughts on the iPad
Like a huge number of people, I was highly anticipating the release of the Apple iPad. After watching the announcement, my initial response was...
Vancouver Foodbank Tweetup Fundraiser - Dec 2 @ Library Square Public House
Let's raise some money for the Vancouver Food Bank! This year, more than ever, the Food Bank needs our help - more people need their services, and...
15 years of web development! (Bloor & Bedford)
I was reading Mark Pilgrim's Post on the history of the <img> tag & realized that yesterday (November 1st) marks the 15th anniversary of the...
BCHydro Power Outage Alerts: A suggestion
Today, when the power went out at work, the first thing I did (after getting my laptop tethered to my phone) was to go to the BC Hydro Power Outages page,...
Greasemonkey VPL Catalogue Listings Script for Amazon
So David Eaves posted "5 Municipal apps I'd love to see". One of them was an extension of an existing Greasemonkey script to search local library...
The power of Twitter & the "Ellen Effect"
So, on Thursday, one of my clients, the Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association (VOKRA) was linked to from the Ellen DeGeneres Show's Blog, after being...
My PVR and my vision for my TV-viewing future
I've been thinking lately around the business model for Cable/TelCos & PVRs, and it seems to me that the current model is likely to be short-lived,...
Vancouver Jazz Festival iPhone App
This year, the Vancouver Jazz festival added a new tool for all its attendees to use: a "Mobile Companion", for the iphone (free, from the app store [NB:...