Author Archives: mfagan

Acquisitions

I think there are two web companies in the last few years that I’ve really wrote here about how great I thought they were, JotSpot and Feedburner. Now 2/2 acquired by Google… of course, let’s hope this purchase goes better … Continue reading

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Popfly

Popfly – I heard about this first though email, but it’s all over the web as well. Microsoft has done an amazing job of making it really easy to combine web services, and I only hope that the output itself … Continue reading

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You Are What You Grow

You Are What You Grow – this is a very true and depressing story of the massive implications of the US’s farm bill, which everyone should read. Via del.icio.us.

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SmugBlog: Lifetime free Pro accounts to developers

SmugBlog: Lifetime free Pro accounts to developers – now that is a smart idea

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Don McMillan

Thanks to PowerPoint: sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying I found out about Don McMillan. The first two clips on there are absolutely fantastic. That lead me to his site, where part of his demo video had … Continue reading

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EMI, Apple Are Announcing Sale Of Non-DRM Music for $1.29/song

EMI, Apple Are Announcing Sale Of Non-DRM Music for $1.29/song – I only follow the music business peripherally, but this could be the start of things that tip the balance in the right direction. Or it could be just a … Continue reading

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Greening businesses, one step at a time

Greening businesses, one step at a time – somehow I got dragged into writing an article for my campus paper this week about an event (Environment and Business conference) I was attending. Anyhow, writing for a newspaper just felt really … Continue reading

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Systems Design Engineering Workshop Projects

2006-2007 SYDE 461/462 Workshop Projects – I’m no big fan of my school itself, but I’m a huge fan of the students. Today I checked out the systems design engineering fourth-year project on display and pretty much every one of … Continue reading

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BarCamp / BarCampWaterloo

BarCamp / BarCampWaterloo – went to the third BarCampWaterloo today, it was pretty cool. It’s always neat being able to talk to people without first mentally determining how to explain it, where you can throw out words like microformats and … Continue reading

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London Free Press – Local News – Ban on clotheslines put through wringer

London Free Press – Local News – Ban on clotheslines put through wringer – so for a couple of weeks I’ve been pondering putting together a one-page poster infosheet to convince people to hang-dry their clothes rather than use appliances. … Continue reading

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