Today is a sad day for our friends up north in Canada – Jack Layton, leader of the National Democratic Party (NDP), passed away this morning at the age of 61 after multiple battles with cancer. The Globe and Mail has a nice tribute to Layton and pretty much every Canadian media outlet is currently writing about his death. For those with no clue who he is, his Wikipedia entry provides a detailed background on his life and work. I never had the privilege of meeting Jack Layton, but certainly knew of him and read about him / saw him…
Aug 22
Facebook Now Reminds Us Of What We Posted One Year Ago?
When did Facebook start showing you "On This Day in 2010"? Is this new? Or something I’ve just not noticed? While in Facebook today, I noticed this box appear on the right side above the sponsored ads: Now, I’ve subsequently…
Aug 22
A Monday Morning Reminder About Those Best Laid Plans…
It’s Monday morning. For me, summer is effectively over. My vacation week ended yesterday. It’s time to get back into the flow of work and life and get out there and kick some serious _____. I was up early and went for a 5K run this morning focused on speed and came in just over 8:30/mile even while pushing the jogger stroller the whole way. I had all sorts of blog posts planned… I knew I had to run out to Staples to get a printer cartridge so that my fax/printer/scanner could fax out a document (a rant for another…
Aug 12
Looking For IPv6 Application Migration Case Studies To Include In The Book – Care To Share Yours?
As I have continued to talk and speak about IPv6 and issues around migrating applications over to IPv6, one of the themes that has repeatedly come up is that developers are looking for examples of people who have gone through the migration from which they can …
Aug 12
Node.js Knockout Contest Coming Up August 27 – Will You Compete?
Do you know Node.js? If so, have you thought about joining the Node.js Knockout contest starting on August 27th?
It’s basically a 48-hour contest to see which team can create the most awesome Node.js application, as decided by a panel of judges. The …
Aug 12
PodCamp NH Begins Tomorrow (Sat, Aug 13) in New Hampton, NH
If you live in New Hampshire (as I do) and are interested in all things related to social media: blogging, podcasting, digital marketing, Twitter, Facebook, and so much more, PodCamp NH is happening tomorrow, Saturday, August 13, 2011, from 8:30am…
Aug 05
Friday’s Humorous Video: 10 Reasons Why We Hate Facebook
Admit it… at least one of these (and perhaps many) will make you laugh… If you found this post interesting or useful, please consider either: following me on Twitter; adding me to a circle on Google+; subscribing to my email…
Aug 04
Voxeo’s Hiring a VP of Marketing – Come Be My Boss!
Here at Voxeo, we’re looking to hire a VP of Marketing! We’ve got a great team of people in our marketing group who are doing an amazing amount of work… and we’re looking for someone to lead that team and…
Aug 03
MarsEdit Offline Blog Editor For Mac OS X Has a New (Minor) Version Out
Yesterday Daniel Jalkut released a minor update to MarsEdit, my favorite offline blogging tool, and while the 3.3.2 release itself was really just about bug fixes, I thought I’d mention the tool again here on this blog for those who…
Aug 02
Facebook Acquires eBook Maker Push Pop Press – See The TED Video To Understand
Is Facebook going to get into eBook publishing? That was the first question I had when I saw the news that Facebook has acquired Push Pop Press, developers of a very cool eBook technology that was used mainly by Al…
