tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21111573560712927012024-11-01T03:44:05.811-04:00When my day ends and inspiration strikes, I come here to vest my thoughts.Jouarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806230626269073836noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111157356071292701.post-64699933699542510922013-05-16T21:22:00.001-04:002013-05-16T21:22:17.173-04:00

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This past week we successfuly published a new app for iPhone and iPod Touch to support the Shaw Exo WiFi network. The app, available from download from http://shaw.ca/wifi/app/, allows users to find WiFi zones that Shaw has deployed across Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton, and Winnipeg (and growing). It is a relatively simple app that uses a data feed with location information to display locations

Jouarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806230626269073836noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111157356071292701.post-19916801226923202922012-01-29T18:54:00.002-05:002012-01-29T18:55:15.871-05:00

As I finish up packing for my flight to Calgary tomorrow, I wonder if entertainment is as portable as we all seem to think? Yes, of course I will be bringing iPhone, iPad, and laptop, but the question is; how much do they contribute to my entertainment once there is no connectivity? While the pervasiveness of the Internet is certainly growing, with faster than ever wireless networks and

Jouarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806230626269073836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111157356071292701.post-20521131201473230062012-01-28T10:01:00.001-05:002012-01-28T10:05:15.299-05:00

One of my moments of truth happened at the Web 2.0 Forum in San Francisco a few years ago. During her keynote speech, Mitchell Baker, Chairperson of the Mozilla Foundation planted an idea that would forever change my perspective on mobile technologies: it is not the device that is mobile, it is the individual. This simple statement was my "there is no spoon" revelation from The Matrix.&nbsp;The

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CES is a couple of weeks over, and the Internet is filled with articles about the best of, worse of, and trends; but it is never too late to put in my fifty cents. While I didn't get to see as much or attend as many conferences as I would have liked, it was still a very exciting time. My biggest take away: connected TVs are the next frontier. Of course, connected TVs couldn't come without the

Jouarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806230626269073836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111157356071292701.post-17663558237971304172011-12-22T08:31:00.001-05:002011-12-22T09:03:55.387-05:00

How times have changed! I remember just a few years ago putting together a website would take sweat and tears, and today absolutely free content management systems allow someone with a bit of skills to setup and launch a site within hours. There is no point in reviewing content management systems, plenty of blogs out there have done that proficiently, but there is something to be told about the

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This week I've been taking a break from work (with some interspersed conference calls every now and then) to try and gather myself for all there is to come in the next year. These are exciting times, where companies no longer wonder the value of digital products and simply demand how fast can we get them to market. It is a dream come true for digital product developers only clouded by the stress

Jouarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806230626269073836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111157356071292701.post-22271241997899279932011-12-08T14:50:00.001-05:002011-12-08T14:52:55.787-05:00

So, we didn't win... but it was still a fun night that gave me a chance to connect with old friends I had not seen for quite a while. At least we now have a clear goal: to develop award winning products.

Jouarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806230626269073836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111157356071292701.post-47029932705114704622011-12-04T16:31:00.001-05:002011-12-04T17:35:03.995-05:00

Amounting to half a dozen posts over the last five years is beyond embarrassing. It doesn't matter that I do keep another blog for bed time tales (www.themailthread.com/tales/) or that during this time I completed my masters degree (and wrote a significant number of essays for school) and have been faced with increasingly difficult job challenges. It is unjustifiable, but it is a fact. Working

Jouarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806230626269073836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111157356071292701.post-69948291389155682122009-11-20T08:48:00.001-05:002011-12-04T17:35:26.058-05:00

It has become a challenge for newspapers to survive in the digital world, and while most of them have embraced the Internet as a new medium to deliver their content, many are lagging when it comes to being ahead of the curve. The evidence is in the facts: Classifieds used to be a newspapers owned industry, however the top online classifieds companies today are not associated to any newspaper (

Jouarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806230626269073836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111157356071292701.post-48271685367982194652007-11-24T15:48:00.000-05:002011-12-04T17:35:33.630-05:00

The Internet was supposed to be this extraordinary place, with no boundaries and scarce rules, where information was supposed to flow freely; and users were to be happy about their free access to this precious wealth of information. What happened?On the one corner stand newspapers and other publications, everyday giving you more content at absolutely no cost. Even the last few advocates of paid

Jouarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806230626269073836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111157356071292701.post-25815782915562472072007-08-29T22:51:00.000-04:002011-12-04T17:36:34.876-05:00

I am not the first to say it, but I will say it louder. The Internet is completely overloaded!There is not one single original idea that doesn't find replicators (multiple replicators may I add), leading to an increased number of repeated offers with no significant improvements from one to another. For some time we had two champions to choose from: either MSN or Yahoo! for web portals, Yahoo! or

Jouarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806230626269073836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111157356071292701.post-23682062192657237572007-08-27T22:35:00.000-04:002011-12-04T17:35:42.536-05:00

Seriously...I am baffled at the nascent web applications that are simply creating virtual working spaces, thus enabling users to work seamlessly anywhere they go. Personalization is no longer in the machine you are using (at home, office, or school), but on the Internet, allowing users to carry their persona wherever they go.Applications such as Netvibes were incredibly impressive; a

Jouarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806230626269073836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111157356071292701.post-87100229192045773632007-06-04T21:33:00.000-04:002011-12-04T17:35:54.206-05:00

Ever since the Internet made its way to the vast masses, it has managed to wow us with its ever evolving technology. Many have been able to turn their ideas into reality (some more successfully than others) making available for the masses an universe of online tools on every imaginable category. The most recent wave has come in the shape of what has been smartly coined as "Social Networks".

Jouarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806230626269073836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111157356071292701.post-37496717065931119262007-06-02T22:58:00.000-04:002011-12-04T17:36:10.434-05:00

Okay, I am not saying YouTube.com doesn't offer a great product that has come to stay. I find it amusing like almost everyone else and see its value as a new form of entertainment for some, and a form of expression for others. What I find hard to believe is that this library of non-sense videos will ever be a threat to conventional television. And I extend this belief to all forms of online video

Jouarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806230626269073836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111157356071292701.post-89294745913076651382007-06-01T22:35:00.000-04:002007-06-01T22:58:18.087-04:00

I guess the most difficult part of getting a blog started is writing your first few lines. You sit with plenty of ideas and motivation, but your fingers freeze facing the challenge of coming up with something that shows wit and brains.So, without further ado, let's kick off by making the introductions and talking about motivations and objectives.I've been involved with the digital advertising

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