Alternative views on usage-based billing

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There is no doubt that usage based billing (UBB) is the hot topic among Internet users right now. While I don’t want to pay more for Internet access than anyone else, I also don’t think we’re looking at the problem in the right way, trying to address the real issues at hand, nor pushing for [...]

Starting a new job: Joining eCrypt Technologies February 1st

I’m happy to announce that starting February 1st I’m going to be joining the encryption startup eCrypt as their full time web-social media-community manager guy. This is a very exciting time for me, the new product that eCrypt has in the works is quite cool and could very well spark a whole new interest in [...]

Tablets Aren’t Instead of Devices, They Are With Devices

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Another school (this time in the U.S.) announced that it is requiring iPads for all students which is cool (I’m not sure on the requiring part as much as the using part), but before people really start thinking about iPads as replacements for other technologies (well maybe paper textbooks) I wonder if it’s better to [...]

Whither Public WiFi?

It struck me recently that if iOS 4.3 really includes a personal hotspot option (please, oh, please Telus turn this on when released), that maybe we’ll start to see a decline in public wifi at cafes, airports, etc. Of course, I’m not talking about decline in WiFi as a protocol, but rather why would places [...]

Apple, Don’t Kill Newspapers! Offer In-App Subscriptions

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I’m a huge fan of the Vancouver Sun (Postmedia, really) iPad app, it is (as I said initially) part of my daily routine of reading the news. Now, I know that Postmedia doesn’t push all the articles from the Sun (or other papers) to the app, but that’s okay. Kobo came out with real subscriptions [...]

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