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Two Small, Clever Innovations

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

While running errands yesterday, I discovered two small inventions which pleased me. They’re probably not new to you, but I don’t get out much.
Too Drunk to Handle the Basket?
First, I was at the Market on Yates (”and on Millstream”–brand extension problem, there), a grocery store. They have these shopping receptacles which work as a large […]

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Google Knol Goes Public

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

As you’ve probably heard, Google Knol launched publicly today. It’s considered a more or less direct competitor to Wikipedia, as it permits anybody to author an article on pretty much anything. It doesn’t have the same degree of ‘wiki’ collaboration as Wikipedia, though–it’s more about individual experts. From the Google blog:
The key principle behind Knol […]

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What Can We Learn From the iPhone Launch Fiasco?

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

First, read about Travis’s odyssey to get an iPhone on Friday. He was tenacious, and it took most of the day, but (despite Rogers’ best efforts) he took one home. Travis cites ten problems with the iPhone launch in Canada:
So yeah, basically, from the biggest, most important factors, to the smallest details, they were simply […]

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