Ramblings

Best Companies To Work For In BC

I just received my December issue of BC Business magazine. This is the issue where they tell which companies are the best to work for. You would think in high tech British Colombia the best employers are high tech firms like EA Canada (headquartered in Burnaby) or Sierra Wireless (headquartered in Richmond). Not on your life. The best company to […]

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Remembering James Kim

Searchers locate the body of missing CNET editor in Oregon wilderness, two days after wife and children rescued. Kim, 35, left his family’s stranded car Saturday morning searching for help and never returned. Arrangements are being made to transport Kim to the Oregon State Police office in the town of Central Point, Ore., for a medical examination, according to police. […]

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The Net

The Digg Coup

It’s been said many times that Digg users don’t click on ads so webmasters shouldn’t brother trying to game the system because they’ll just end up losing money due to extra bandwidth cost. I can see why this is being said because I’ve experienced it first hand when this blog received its first few Diggs. You may recall this post: […]

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Top Posts Of October

I have updated the Top Posts page for October. This is the page where I keep all the posts that received the most views, reactions or comments. Out of the 78 posts made last month, 21 of them qualified for Top Post status. Reader recommendations created the Top Posts page. Rather than have you surf through the entire blog to […]

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The Net

Snap Preview Anywhere

Snap Preview Anywhere is a new free service that gives your visitors a preview of the sites you link to. When a reader hovers over a link, it large preview screen pops up showing what the site linked site looks like. This helps gives readers an idea on whether to visit the site or not. You can see a demo […]

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Preparing To Party It Up In Vegas

I’ve been spending most of today compiling the invite list for my party at the 2007 Consumer Electronics show. The CES is just a month away and already I’ve received a ton of requests for meetings and many invites to other parties. If you want to know where these parties are, you can check out the TTZ party list. The […]

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The Net

ValueClick Offers Video Advertising

I just received an email from ValueClick about their new in-stream video product, launching tomorrow, that will serve video ads to your site/blog. Looks like this is ValueClicks’ answer to Google’s video ads. Dear John, As our valued publisher partner, you continue to play a key role in helping us build the Internet’s premier online advertising network. Thank you! In […]

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Visa Extension Granted

Sarah’s parents are here on a visitor’s visa, which is good for six months. They have been enjoying their visit to Vancouver a lot and I’ve been having a great time showing them the sites and sounds of the best city in the world to live in. However, what they most enjoy is their new granddaughter. They have been a […]

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