I read a really salient comment today on an otherwise not terribly interesting article @ CBC News. After an article describing high-end street-walking prostitutes being herded out of Vancouver’s Yaletown in advance of the oncoming Olympic onslaught, commenter...
The answer, in my article over at GigaOM.com, is resoundingly NO. But there’s more to it than that. My argument in this piece was largely an economic one, not as much a dissertation on the independent merits of the protocols in play. I do think that the issues...
I attended the Connect09 event this evening and was pleased to see such an active, engaged turnout and such a well-organized event. Hardly the picture one would paint if they’d already drawn the conclusion that the tech economy in this province was dead. But I...
Canadians want their Kindle. The device, which Forrester predicts Amazon will sell 1.8 Million copies of during 2009, is becoming a force in the publishing industry — and may well be Amazon’s iPod. As an example of its early impact, fully 5% of the...
Correct me if I’m wrong, but every Apple product I’ve ever seen can be turned OFF (except for the iPod shuffle). In the storied annals of consumer electronics, I am betting there’s generally a good reason for this. In my naive experience, things...
Ian Andrew Bell has been bending bits into business since 1993. He created Tingle, RosterBot, RingCentral, and other things celebrated and ignominious.
He is also a Hockeyist, Motorcyclist, and Aviation Enthusiast. Follow him on twitter as @ianb or find him on LinkedIN.
