April 2010
Enjoying the conversation between Microsoft developers about the difficulties in imagining what it feels like to be a computer crashing
Precedent-setting Afghan detainee ruling due today... →
Speaker to deliver 45-minute address after Question Period on who rules supreme in Canada: Parliament or Prime Minister’s government
Gaining pay walls and losing page views →
In the ongoing struggle to determine how to make money, the for-pay news industry is fixated on three key metrics:
advertising spends; time spent (e.g., page views, minutes viewed); and reach…
Canada is about to find out if its government is in contempt of Parliament & has, in essence, broken the law: http://tgam.ca/McR
Canada is about to find out if its government is in contempt of Parliament & has, in essence, broken the law: http://tgam.ca/McR
State of the Web 2010 →
Lots of good data on the latest trends in the Web design industry
Strangely, seats are never a problem to find on the company shuttle when it’s a sunny Friday - “WFH” emails seem to increase, though
Privacy police take aim at social media giants -... →
10 international privacy regulators, including Canada, agree to jointly investigate, audit and penalize companies such as Google and Facebook that violate privacy laws
Years ago, I argued against anonymously tracking what people read; now you can “like” a story about privacy invasions: http://tgam.ca/ML4
Findig it hard to relax while reading something that makes me so frustrated
1.1 billion served →
NPR opened its content to everyone via an API and has solved its distribution problem
Thinking May 1 might be a complete reset
Everything’s gone green
World Bank opens data →
Freeing access to more than 2,000 financial, business, health, economic and human development stats
Tough reference guide →
A comprehensive blueprint defining the de facto UI conventions for touch devices like the iPhone and Surface
Facebook links likes →
Facebook creates an interesting new dynamic for self-identification by linking “liked” products pages to the person actual profile interests
OH: You know it’s serious when the bring in Bill Nye the Science Guy
CSS raindrop →
Nice example of what CSS gradients can do with some minimal code.
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms →
Twenty-eight years ago today, the British government enacted a law that officially ended it’s legal authority over the country of Canada. With the passage of the Canada Act, 1982, however,…
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms →
Have you read the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms lately? It’s 28 years old today http://bit.ly/charterofrights
With the entire management group distracted, the rest of the company threatingly eyes Piggy’s glasses
Good coffee this morning
Debating if the person on the company shuttle was inspired by, or is actually the inspiration for @hodgman’s “PC” character
On a day like today, with weather like this, the final word is Linda’s
U.S. TV news continues using “overseas” as a synonym for “international” - even in newscasts showing Mexican immigrants being arrested
Where Microsoft beats Apple →
Joe Clark aims his immeasurable knowledge of type straight at the company loved by designers
Is it strategery, coincidence, conspiracy, or just the pack running after what’s been deemed the next monied psychographic?
Fonts on the iPhone and iPad →
A list of the 22 and 44 fonts natively installed on each respective device
SFGate.com cartoonists wins Pulitzer →
First time an online-only publication has one the prestigious prize for editorial content
Disco sucks and so does war
Opera Mini on the iPhone →
Apple approves the Opera mobile browser for use on its iPhone and iPod - could Fennec be next?
Strangely inspired, despite missing the bus
Losing at Uno…
Correction: not going to the Henry
Going to the Henry
