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Where is Catherine Winters? 19 Apr 2013 | 03:50 am
So I dropped out of blogging for a while. I’ve been: starting a business starting a relationship moving in with my partner moving offices hiring subcontractors moving offices again getting enga...
On sample sizes and the absence of a mandatory census 26 Apr 2011 | 07:50 am
With the 2011 Canadian federal election a week away, voter turnout looking to thankfully exceed 2008’s embarrassingly dismal 58.8%, the polls are starting to look extremely interesting. While earlier...
Public Consultation on the Kingsway and Broadway tower 2 Mar 2011 | 09:17 am
Are you a resident of Mount Pleasant in Vancouver? Did you know there’s a plan for a 21-storey condo tower at Kingsway and Broadway? As per Frances Bula’s site, there’s a public consultation on Sunday...
CSI Vancouver: Chad & Larry 24 Jan 2011 | 12:17 pm
Did you know? There’s been a string of robberies at Emily Carr University. The culprits: Chad & Larry, a duo of expert thieves living high off the spoils of their crime spree, hiding out in Larry’s mo...
LastPass acquires Xmarks! 3 Dec 2010 | 07:31 am
So it’s official: my bookmark synchronization platform and plugin of choice, Xmarks, will be taken over by password-storing service LastPass. Creepy in theory, but actually fairly secure, LastPass off...
Catherine needs an office! 2 Dec 2010 | 08:28 am
I’m a freelance web designer and developer. This means I don’t–yet–have an office, a staff, personal driver, nor any of the other luxuries one expects in the glamorous world of making websites. Havin...
XMarks deathwatch cancelled — but will Freemium be enough? 5 Nov 2010 | 03:07 am
So this happened. My personal bookmark syncing tool of choice, Xmarks, won’t be disappearing after all. Xmarks CEO James Joaquin writes: The Xmarks service will evolve to have both a free component a...
Xmarks Shutdown Update! 6 Oct 2010 | 05:35 am
In a followup post to last Monday’s sad news about Xmarks’ impending shutdown, Xmarks CEO James Joaquin explains some of the overhead issues and funding requirements that have led to this situation. ...
Xmarks bookmark-syncing service shutting down January 10, 2011 28 Sep 2010 | 02:29 pm
Beyond my operating system, there are a few utilities my workflow really can’t live without. Google Calendar, Firebug, Simplenote, Notational Velocity, Google Reader, TextMate, Synergy. I’ve written ...
RSS: No, I didn’t notice your new website’s theme. 13 Jul 2010 | 09:29 am
Over at the Future Shop Tech Blog, I wrote about RSS feeds, and how I organize them to stay up to date with everything from blog posts to Craigslist searches. If you’re like me and subscribe to hundr...
