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End of FeedOnThis

2011-03-20T15:37:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, I haven't posted any articles since 2009 as I was too busy working on other projects. I will leave this blog online but will officially end all activity on it. Hope you've enjoyed my articles. Cheers

DASH - The Real-time Career Management Tool

2009-12-19T04:06:00.000-08:00

Twitter has been a revolution in many aspects. Not just a new mean of communication between friends, it is also a way to follow influential individuals or companies and stay up to date with industry news. As I've written in a past article, Twitter has somehow replaced RSS feeds in many ways for many people. One of these ways is to stay up to date with job opportunities matching your criteria of

Geico.com Caveman commercials

2009-12-02T03:08:00.000-08:00

Geico, a US car insurance company, has been airing TV commercials since 2004 featuring cavemen. Not living in the United States, I had never seen them before. They have a whole bunch of these ads running but quite frankly, not all of them are funny. I will still include a short compilation of several of these ads below, just for those of you who have never seen them before. This video made my

The (never ending) Battle of Status Updates!

2009-11-19T03:39:00.000-08:00

MSN Messenger and other chat programs probably didn't know at the time they would initiate such a massive trend when letting people add a short personal message next to their nickname. Yes, I do believe they're at the origins of this.And now, it just seems like every major website is releasing an "Update your Status" option! The battle for the What's on your mind? between Facebook and Twitter has

"Assassin's Creed Lineage" series

2009-11-18T04:28:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow is the Australian release date of the Assassin's Creed sequel on Xbox 360. I have played the first game and absolutely loved it. The graphics were impressive and the gameplay/storyline clearly different from what I had seen before. I was slightly disappointed by the repetitiveness of the missions but this did not stop me from wanting the much anticipated Assassin's Creed II.In order to

Do you know the SEO rapper?

2009-11-18T02:45:00.000-08:00

The SEO rapper has been posting videos on his Youtube channel talking about SEO/PPC and other related topics. He has definitely reached a niche audience but went viral via a several now-famous videos, some of which are over 2 years old. If you don't know him, have a look at some of the videos below. I actually did learn quite a few things from his SEO tips :)Paid Search 101Social Media

Grooveshark and Internet Music Streaming Sites

2009-11-13T16:56:00.000-08:00

Internet radios and online music libraries have been at the center of my interests in the recent years. I have been using many services such as Pandora, Last.fm, We are Hunted and the French Deezer just to name a few. All with libraries containing millions of tracks, it is easy to find the streaming music you like and create your favorite playlists that you can listen to over and over again...

The Android Market gets a sister version for netbooks: Insyde

2009-11-02T02:34:00.000-08:00

Android, the now famous mobile phone operating system (OS) developed by Google is becoming increasingly successful for many reasons: It is open source, free, and can easily be adapted to many devices, screen sizes and uses. Moreover, the Android Market (where anyone can download free or paid applications) has now exceeded the threshold of 10,000 apps. This is even more impressive knowing that

Dunlop Volley Warehouse hilarious ads

2009-10-31T20:47:00.000-07:00

It seems like some brands will do pretty much anything in order to attract the attention of the consumer and create some buzz around their product or service. The other day, I came across the brand Dunlop which decided to advertise their shoes in a very funky out-of-the-box strategy. It actually took me some time to understand they were selling shoes! Some people might not understand, others

ICANN's decision to Internationalize Domain Names

2009-10-28T05:53:00.000-07:00

The ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is currently meeting in Seoul, Korea in order to decide on whether or not the domain names should be opened to other alphabets. So far, websites could be in any language but their domain name (URL) would remain latin alphabet based. The only "internationalization" of the domain names remained in the extension (.cn for China or .jp

The Google Story video

2009-10-26T17:56:00.001-07:00

Soon after its 11th anniversary, the Google UK youtube channel has released this animation video retracing the story of Google from the time it was created. It lists mosts of its main innovations, achievements or purchases in a nice artistic way.Not just a simple company presentation video, this clearly wants to show the importance of Google, the wide variety of its services and products, and its

Vodafone recreates a Tchaikovsky symphony using 1000 mobile ringtones!

2009-10-23T03:28:00.000-07:00

Vodafone New Zealand has been very impressive with the following ad. They have recreated the 1812 Overture from Tchaikovsky using nothing but mobile phones and their ringtones. A lot of patience was needed to assemble the 1,000 mobile devices onto vertical panels in a precise order.Triggered by an automated SMS-sending system, each and every mobile phone saw its screen switch on along with the

Alan Sailer, High Speed Photographer

2009-10-17T18:19:00.000-07:00

Most of you have probably seen this famous picture of an apple being shot and photographed with a high speed camera. I am not quite sure who is the actual author of that picture but there is someone else whose work is well worth looking at. Alan Sailer is an American photographer who made these type of shots his specialty. Shooting various objects with an air rifle, he has set up a system that

Youtube reaches 1 Billion views per Day!

2009-10-09T09:15:00.000-07:00

The video sharing website Youtube has just announced reaching the symbolic and impressive threshold of 1 billion video views per day! The Youtube co-founder and CEO Chad Hurley has announced the (good?) news in a post on the website's blog entitled "Y,000,000,000uTube"! I am more than amazed by this massive number, even more when I know that back in January 2009 (so only 9 months ago), the

Facebook introduces the "Gross National Happiness Index"

2009-10-08T01:55:00.000-07:00

This week, Facebook introduced the "Gross National Happiness Index" or GNH. This index is meant to track the overall feelings and moods of the Facebook users.Facebook has, obviously, access to all the status updates of its users. With over 300 million users worldwide, these private or public testimonials can be considered as a pretty accurate index of what people feel, as a whole.You are probably

Fontcapture - Your own handwriting as a font!

2009-09-30T02:10:00.000-07:00

Enough of the old outdated fonts such as Comic Sans MS! In fact, enough of pre-formatted fonts that come in the Microsoft Office pack! Downloading new fonts to further customize your paperwork, slideshows or website is an old trick. Sites such as 1001fonts or Urban Fonts offer a (very) wide choice of fonts, ranging from professional ones to free ones.However, creating your own font was for a

Collection of Australian Google logos

2009-09-28T04:07:00.000-07:00

I arrived in Australia in March 2008. It now seems like ages ago and this post confirms this feeling! With time I have seen the google logo change in many diverse forms, often to represent a national holiday, some invention or famous person's anniversary.What started as a little folder with 3 or 4 logos quickly grew bigger! Obviously, I haven't been on Google EVERY SINGLE day for over a year so

Media facts and figures: New video

2009-09-27T02:26:00.000-07:00

Following my post a month ago that featured a couple of videos about Social Media and other web facts, here is a new version of the now famous Did you know? video. This new video features updated statistics and new figures illustrating what the digital world has become in 2009.Enjoy the video!Did you know? 4.0

Is Twitter killing RSS feeds?

2009-09-26T23:25:00.000-07:00

This is a question I have been asking myself for quite a while now:With Twitter becoming a major way of sharing content and becoming one of the main tools to drive traffic to your website, are RSS feeds meant to disappear?I have been using RSS feeds for years, maybe even for a decade now. I've always loved it, for its simplicity of use and for staying in touch/up to date with many websites. I

Sydney goes Sepia! Red dust sunrise

2009-09-22T14:29:00.000-07:00

This morning was quite amazing and nothing like I've ever seen! Around 6:45am, I woke up by a bright red light coming from outside. Still half asleep, I thought to myself a sunrise like this would make a nice picture. So I got up and this is what I've witnessed like hundreds of thousands of Sydney residents... It has been going for over an hour although it is slowly fading away.Click to

Pictogram animation videos

2009-09-20T05:10:00.000-07:00

Here's a quick post to introduce you to an ad for Entenmann's Little Bites Muffins. I thought the pictogram animation was simple, fun and different from the other TV ads. I find the graphics well designed although not such a new concept. I couldn't help noticing the similarity with several other videos on the internet including this music clip from the Norwegian electronic band Röyksopp.Remind Me

Publishing a story online

2009-09-20T00:15:00.000-07:00

Here's an interesting video created by thumb, a "digital media design" company for the RealWire web portal.This animation video will show you why and how a story should be published in the online world, taking into account all the different social aspects of what Internet has become. Worth a look for all the sceptics out there :)Other animation videos from RealWire are available here.

Monopoly City Streets - Nice Google Maps mashup

2009-09-18T16:58:00.000-07:00

In order to promote their new Monopoly City game, Hasbro, Toy & board game company that owns Monopoly, has launched on the 9th of September an online version of their game.I am sure everyone has already played Monopoly, even if it is a long time ago as a kid so I won't remind you the rules!However, the great thing about this game is that you won't be playing on a traditional board with a limited

Customize your Traffic Sources using Google's URL Builder tool

2009-09-10T22:20:00.000-07:00

I first read about the Google URL Builder on Didier's blog (in French) and decided to write an English article about this very useful tool. If you are monitoring your blog or website’s traffic on Google Analytics (GA), then this article might be of great help!For obvious reasons, one important part of web analytics is the study of your traffic sources. For those who are not familiar with the

Where the hell is Matt? Or how to turn a viral Hit into a Flop!

2009-09-04T19:44:00.000-07:00

I think everyone has seen the video from Matt Harding entitled "Where the Hell is Matt?". If you haven't, then you've probably lived under a rock for the past 3 years!Posted in 2006, the video has been what I would consider a major hit on the web, accumulating over 14 million views so far making it one of the best viral videos of all time.Original "Where the Hell is Matt?" videoBut what is viral