Month: November 2007
November 30, 2007
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Apples are tasty. Don’t forget that folks!
November 29, 2007
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I’m tired but it’s too early to go to bed. Or is that just orthodoxy?
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wait I need to check my email, oh sorry, my electronic mail. 🙂
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Anything used 1.9 Million times on the web http://tinyurl.com/2jfkhs qualifies as a “word” in my book.
November 21, 2007
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Safari just crashed. I think that is – literally – the first time I’ve ever had that happen. Firefox crashes more than Lindsay Lohan.
November 18, 2007
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BTW, I’ve reconsidered the whole “@someonestweetname” thing – I’ll do it now that I’ve figured out that I can build context into the reply.
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I used 100% of my allotted characters on my last tweet.
November 17, 2007
November 15, 2007
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Bell is SO dumb about the Net. “Gordon & Frank” ads feature Gordon uploading a “Lil’ Frank 1987” video to the site but Bell didn’t post it!
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Hey, Twitter was on CSI tonight!
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Woody Allen’s “Zelig” is a MUCH better film then I remember from when it first came out.
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“Insane for Domain Names” – brilliant
November 14, 2007
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“2.0” as a modifier is pretty much as meaningless as “next generation” now. We need “2.0” 2.0.
November 12, 2007
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Toronto may be foggy but my head is clear.
November 10, 2007
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A Young Person’s Guide To Punk Rock — The Undertones
Punk for me (I was a teen when it all started) was always very much about my generation. At the time I don’t think I noticed how incredibly young we all were.
Behold the zit-filled faces of The Undertones, looking like they had to ask their mums if it was okay to go out on a school night to shoot this video for Teenage Kicks:
https://www.youtube.com/v/wAtUw6lxcis
And because the Internet is making everything instantly available, here’s footage of the band actually recording the song:
It’s quite incredible that what is arguably one of the best pop songs ever just happened to be used as an example of how records are made!
Yes, I do mean it when I say I think Teenage Kicks is one of the “best pop songs ever”. Who can argue with lyrics as unpretentious as this:
Are teenage dreams so hard to beat
Everytime she walks down the street
Another girl in the neighbourhood
Wish she was mine, she looks so goodI wanna hold her wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night
I’m gonna call her on the telephone
Have her over ‘cos I’m all alone
I need excitement oh I need it bad
And its the best, I’ve ever had
I wanna hold her wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night
I wanna hold her wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night
I only saw The Undertones once, opening for The Clash but I’ve always had a soft spot for them.
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Did I Really Say “Good Vibes”?
Nestor E. Arellano (the “E” is to avoid him getting confused with all the other Nestor Arellanos out there — sorry Nestor I couldn’t resist) interviewed me on Thursday for an ITBusiness.ca article called “Good Vibes Stem The Tide Of Talent Turnover”.
One of the things I’ve learned as a manager is that my team has to understand why they are doing what they are doing, see challenge in the work, and enjoy the physical act of working (i.e. like the people and environment the work gets done in). If you don’t get those right, it’s very tough to keep anyone engaged. If they’re not engaged, they might stick around if times are tough but given options (as people most definitely are being given right now), they won’t stick around for long.
November 7, 2007
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Snow! I had to get out the scraper to clean off the car this morning. Winter Wonderland indeed.
November 6, 2007
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More cowbell!
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Hurray, Last.fm beta works with Leopard. I can scrobble tunes to my heart’s content.
November 4, 2007
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Just paid for Twitterific – if I use something this much I feel good about paying for it. About to do the same for Taskpaper.