Category Archives: Web
Creative replacements for online “captchas”
BusinessWeek had an interesting article about two companies with products that aim to replace the traditional online “captcha” (that squiggly word you have to decipher before completing an action on many websites). In typical online fashion, these methods mix advertising … Continue reading
Track BlackBerry PlayBook Visits in Google Analytics
If you run Google Analytics tracking on your website you may have noticed that it does not recognize the BlackBerry PlayBook as a mobile device, as a unique operating system, or a specific browser type. I was curious how many … Continue reading
Jetman on Facebook – Greatest Game Ever is Back!
Jetman is back. In my first year at the University of Ottawa, a simple little Facebook game consumed much of my time. Lucky for my GPA, Jetman disappeared quite quickly after it was acquired by another company. Nearly 3 years … Continue reading
WordPress tip: If you edit the Twenty Ten theme…
Tip: If you edit the Twenty Ten theme that WordPress comes with… DON’T edit the original version, copy the directory and build off of a copy. Updating WordPress overwrites the Twenty Ten directory. wiping out your custom version! How did … Continue reading
Time for a Twitter Vacation
Its about halfway through August and I have got a ton of stuff going on. Too much to mention really. September is going to be the start of some exciting times, as well as my return to school after an … Continue reading
Student Papers Need to be Online
Since I have been a student at the University of Ottawa, The Fulcrum – the university’s English language newspaper – has been the place that I turn to get the latest news about what is happening on campus. While working … Continue reading
MISA Club website redesign is live!
As the VP Marketing/Creative for the MISA Club at the Telfer School of Management, I managed the project of building a new website for MISA. After a lot of design revisions and scrapping various drafts throughout the summer, the new … Continue reading
Adding Send to Instapaper into Google Reader
Google Reader added a way to share posts in a number of other services, such as Facebook and Twitter. In addition, they offer a way to build your own custom links right into Google Reader. Upon seeing this, I immediately … Continue reading
Bit.ly is going to be big
Or so TechCrunch seems to think. Reading TechCrunch for the past month I have noticed one thing, they have found a way to link to their story about Bit.ly Now almost everyday. Bit.ly is definitely an interesting service. The company … Continue reading
Where is Meebo for the iPhone?!?
UPDATE FEB 15, 2010: It has landed, check out Meebo for iPhone! Meebo was quick to release a webapp for the iPhone before native iPhone apps were allowed. Now that the App Store has been open for over a year, … Continue reading