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[12 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]

The CTV Olympic Consortium (disclosure – I work for CTV) has really gone above and beyond in their coverage of the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. So much so that even the New York Times has noticed in a recent article:
“Everything live,” he said. “Watch what you want, when you want, how you want, and provide experience on TV, V.O.D., online, mobile and in theaters. We’ve combined the live component Canadians are familiar with from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation with NBC’s high production level.”…
“People shouldn’t have to change their media consumption …

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[30 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Microsoft makes things very hard sometimes.

I have to admit, after years of using Microsoft’s Windows XP on my home network, and hearing the online complaints of the Vista crowd, I was reluctant to make the switch over to Windows 7. Lack of product support from Microsoft for XP ensured that using it on a new machine wasn’t a viable option anymore, even if it still is a “great” OS. And by “great” I mean that it usually won’t crash when I try to print something or use the Internet.  So eventually, I downloaded and installed …

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[21 May 2008 | No Comment | ]

I am lucky enough to be able to attend mesh 08, Canada’s premier web conference, as a contributor to the MeshTV group today and tomorrow.  Keynote presentations were given by Ethan Kaplan, Warner Bros. Records Head of Technology, and Dr. Michael Geist, one of Canada’s most outspoken defenders of Internet privacy, and a professor at the University of Ottawa.  Both were excellent and I suggest catching highlights on the MeshTV channel on mdialog.  The highlight of today for me was the Video is Everywhere panel, with my boss, Andre Gaulin …

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[1 Apr 2008 | No Comment | ]

gMail now provides Custom Time! Check it – http://mail.google.com/mail/help/customtime/index.html
The beta user comments are awesome:

Gmail: Google’s approach to email via kwout