Amidst all the hype about social commerce, Facebook just launched its first test of Facebook Deals among several US cities. Deals is Facebook’s new group-buying platform, which competes with other sites like Groupon, LivingSocial, and Google Offers. All which allow users to receive daily deals on products and services relative to their location. Groupon, the [...]
Category Archives: Technology
2010.09.15 – 2:44 pm
Making Future Magic: iPad Light Painting
“Making Future Magic” is an exploration of the future of media conducted by creative communications agency Dentsu London in collaboration with R&D experts Berg. This film explores playful uses for the increasingly ubiquitous ‘glowing rectangles’ that inhabit the world. The video was a created by using long exposures which captured the iPads movement through space [...]
2009.09.16 – 11:47 am
Way to Freak Out the Luddite!
I’m about as far from an early adopter as you can get. I generally get a bit freaked out by even the notion of new technology and often find myself wondering just why we need most of this stuff. If it were up to me we would probably all be sitting around outdoors, drawing pictures [...]
2009.03.28 – 7:18 pm
Vote Earth For Earth Hour, 8:30 PM March 28, 2009
At 8:30 PM local time, wherever you live on planet earth, switch off your lights and vote against global warming! With the goal of 1 billion people switching off their lights as part of a global vote, Vote Earth is a global call to action for every individual, every business and every community. A call [...]
2009.01.29 – 6:41 am
The Future of Applications
While catching up on some of my latest industry news today on Twitter I found a very cool web application that pretty much takes the term interactive website to a new level (thanks @bongobrian). SUMO Paint is a fully functioning image manipulation and painter program. What sets it apart from other such software is that [...]
2009.01.28 – 11:07 pm
Gravid Beardies!
Our bearded dragons, Cree & Bella have been acting strange for a few days, and now we know why. One of them has started laying eggs. Here’s the live feed of our beardie cam: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hot-tomali Share and Enjoy:
2009.01.23 – 10:29 pm
New Purdy’s Website Launched
Hello! We are excited to let you know that we just finished launching a brand new website for one of Canada’s largest chocolate retailers – Purdy’s Chocolates! If you had ever visited the old Purdy’s site – you’ll notice a ton of changes. The design better reflects their branding, the navigation is much more intuitive, [...]
2009.01.12 – 2:15 am
Will Video Games Defy a Recession?
In spite of recent layoff announcements at some of the world’s biggest and most successful video game companies, there is mounting evidence that the video game industry will not only escape a recession, but it may continue to continue grow through it in spite of sales drops in other media industries like movies and music. [...]
2008.11.26 – 1:43 am
Twitting or Twittering?
Hey all, Wanted to let you all know that a bunch of us have joined Twitter are beginning to really experiment with it. Some of you are probably thinking “Well way to catch up with everyone else”, but we’re not behind, we’re going for the second-mover advantage. Yep that’s it. Everyone’s been able to experiment [...]
2008.11.24 – 7:28 pm
Quit Now & Win
Hey Everybody, If you are a smoker and live in British Columbia, you’ll be happy to know that the best quit smoking program ever was launched today – Quit Now & WIN. All you have to do is sign up on the website and quit smoking between the dates of January 6th and February 2, [...]
