My optical drive in the powerbook is flaky. Oh well.
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Friday, June 30, 2006
saddest use of a macbook pro ever.
My optical drive in the powerbook is flaky. Oh well.
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Thursday, June 29, 2006
Our new IT guy... Okay not really.
Our new IT guy... Okay not really.
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Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Ambient launches a blog with the Globe and Mail
So here's some news... The Globe and Mail has asked Ambient to write a blog on their website: 90 days in the life of a startup. We're thrilled to have been asked and think it'll be a great opportunity to raise our profile.
The blog is here.
Over the next little while I'll be posting about the things we're up to at Ambient, questions we have for our readers (all of us are smarter than some of us, and we'd love to have everyone's help in shaping our roadmap). Hopefully it'll even help us find some.stellar candidates to join the team (did I mention we're growing? :)
So that's it... We've got a blog, we're growing, we'd love for you to have a look, meet our team and tell your friends.
The blog is here.
Over the next little while I'll be posting about the things we're up to at Ambient, questions we have for our readers (all of us are smarter than some of us, and we'd love to have everyone's help in shaping our roadmap). Hopefully it'll even help us find some.stellar candidates to join the team (did I mention we're growing? :)
So that's it... We've got a blog, we're growing, we'd love for you to have a look, meet our team and tell your friends.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Thank you Nokia
Nokia was kind enough to send us a few handsets for
testing/demonstration/etc. a little earlier today. Just wanted to say
thanks... well be telling folks about 'em soon.
Sunday, June 25, 2006
I`m not making this up.
I`m not making this up.
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Cirque's Delirium
Saw Cirque Du Soleil's Delirium show at the Air Canada Centre last
night. Generally? Pretty good. A little confusing I suppose...
there's not really a story... it's just the dreams of the main
character. Okay, I get it... maybe... but if you want to look at a
cool, quasi-random movie about quasi-random dreams, with an engaging
story? Akira Kurosawa's dreams... add it to your list.
The show was opened up by a Canadian performer, Nitza. I think she
was okay... but couldn't really tell... the guys who were responsible
for the sound mixing did a horrible job, and you could barely hear
her (much less make out the words) over all the instruments. (The
drummers were awesome, though.)
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Ron riding to the office.
Ron riding to the office.
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Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Monday, June 19, 2006
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Highly sophisticated?
Highly sophisticated?
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Saturday, June 17, 2006
Friday, June 16, 2006
I hate Laguardia...
1) Flight delayed over 2 hours... actually more Air Canada's fault at
Pearson... okay... they'll be hearing about this tomorrow. If
anyone's had luck getting stuff out of airlines for bad delays, let
me know.
2) The United lounge CLOSES at 8 PM... yeah... really... same w/ the
Continental lounge. Are you kidding me?!?
3) There are (I'm not kidding) mice/rats running around the gate
area. Now, in truth, they're kinda' cute, and if I had a snack on
hand, I'd absolutely be sharing... but mice running around the
terminal? Come on folks. (BTW, I wish I had a better camera/zoom on
my phone to get a picture of one of these guys... they really are
pretty cute.)
The lounge closes at 8? You suck United..
The lounge closes at 8? You suck United..
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Video advertising conference in New York.
Video advertising conference in New York.
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Thursday, June 15, 2006
Air Canada check-in at SFO
Possibly the worst check-in counter in existence... anyone else with
me on this one? What I wouldn't give for an automated check-in kiosk
here...
Anyway... on the flight, just boarded and got an announcement about
the current score in the hockey game. Now, I don't even like hockey
and I think that's pretty cool... go Air Canada :-)
WiFi planes might be cool...
But I have to admit I love the disconnectedness of flight... I can
catch up on reading, sit on my laptop and crank on work... and look
out every once in a while and enjoy the view... I wonder what an
office lease up here would cost :-)
Sunday, June 11, 2006
*You* should own *your* content
An excerpt from TextAmerica's Terms and Conditions...
Textamerica.com may use, sell and/or share with its affiliates any information provided by you on this website, including your name, e-mail address, usage patterns, and uploaded images and text.
Ouch.
Saturday, June 10, 2006
RocketBoom and BoingBoing working together
Heard it first here ... this'll be pretty cool. Let's see what
happens :-)
Anyone have support friends at RIM?
Bought a Berry from eBay... PIN's not been released by previous owner
on Cingular. Have been told that the folks at RIM can release the PIN
so I can get my email working w/ Rogers... anyone know someone I can
ping about this? :-)
(and yes, I'm also pinging the ebay seller, but I'm not known for my
patience.)
Friday, June 09, 2006
Acetech Ontario (Deerhurst) summary: what I learned.
So the conference was overall pretty terrific... met some great new
people, and got to see a bunch of other folks I haven't seen in a
while. Got some great insights into business strategy generally, and
some thoughts on how to get better in my role.
Strangely... tech CEO's don't use Wiki's in Canada. Scary. Really
scary. Why? Because those who "get it" (and by it, I mean the kind of
simple collaborative technology that's going to help their business),
use them...
A few strange things... I played a lot of squash while up here... Ron
(our partner @ Celtic House) and I played on Thursday AM, around
7:00 ... I went to bed around 2:30.. to make things worse, there was
a scotch tasting the night before. I enjoyed the tasting... I
*really* enjoyed the tasting. Squash was... interesting.
Then after dinner on Thursday night Wael (CEO @ Third Brigade), Robin
(VP at Ventures West) and I played a bit of squash... then returned
to some drinking. I went to bed around 2:40. Squash was at 6:45 (with
Ron again)... though this time there was far more Coca Cola consumed
than alcohol, and the game was actually a blast... though I feel sore
and feeble.
Speaking of feeble... I got my first round of golf in. I still don't
like the game... we'll see if that ever changes... now I've at least
played. It was gloomy, cold and somewhat rainy... not exactly the
best conditions for a first game. The first few holes were pretty
miserable... towards the end I was beginning to pick up some of the
basic chunks of stroke mechanics... but I have to say, if I have the
choice between 40 minutes on the court, and 6 hours on the green...
I'm signing up for some squash.
Off to SF in a few hours... should be a great trip.
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Second day at AceTech
Quick notes:
- Marshall Goldsmith kicked things off today. He was amazing. I tend to get pretty frightened when I hear about "leadership coaching", etc. as it tends to be pretty fluffy stuff. Not Marshall.
- A bunch of other terrific talks by Eric Goodwin, Ian Curry, Jan Kaminski and Jim Iuliano.
- Nobody's used the Wiki :-(
- Marshall Goldsmith kicked things off today. He was amazing. I tend to get pretty frightened when I hear about "leadership coaching", etc. as it tends to be pretty fluffy stuff. Not Marshall.
- A bunch of other terrific talks by Eric Goodwin, Ian Curry, Jan Kaminski and Jim Iuliano.
- Nobody's used the Wiki :-(
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
First day at Acetech
So I'm at the end of the first evening at AceTech Deerhurst, which so far has been a relaxed sort of day. I managed to get a minute to set up at wiki for the conference... to be honest, I'm pretty interested in not just the usage itself, but who (if anyone) decides to use it. Wiki's are a great backchannel at most tech conferences... so we'll see how useful a group of tech CEO's finds it to be.
Also, I thankfully got a few hours to spend in my room just working on things (the conference kicks off tomorrow AM), and even had a little bit of time to catch up on some reading. I have to say... LOVE Front Row on my MacBook Pro... I set the MacBook on the desk, grabbed a seat on the bed with my book, and picked music with the Apple Remote... I don't think I'll travel without it again.
Also, I thankfully got a few hours to spend in my room just working on things (the conference kicks off tomorrow AM), and even had a little bit of time to catch up on some reading. I have to say... LOVE Front Row on my MacBook Pro... I set the MacBook on the desk, grabbed a seat on the bed with my book, and picked music with the Apple Remote... I don't think I'll travel without it again.
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Friday, June 02, 2006
CheapTickets weirdness
Okay, so I shouldn't complain too much, I just saved about 20% on a
flight (same actual flight numbers both ways) by booking it through
CheapTickets.com instead of Air Canada's website (thanks Mobissimo).
Anyway... when you're done a transaction on CheapTickets it say
"you'll receive your transaction confirmation email in 24 hours." Now
while I don't think it'll take that long, it's been at least 20
minutes... which is a far cry from Air Canada's website, which will
often send you your original flight confirmation email while you're
in the middle of seat selection (now that's fast).
oh well... if AC had just given me the same price on the flight (did
I mention it was the same actual flights both ways?), this would have
been easier for everyone :)
Thursday, June 01, 2006
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