- Virgin Airline in-flight instant messaging/instant flirting (with WSJ video) – Quoting Paul, “Oh. My. God.“
- Conferences and Community – I find this a very insightful read since we, the DemoCampCalgary group of volunteers, are in the early stage of organizing our first and free BarCampCalgary
- We are Living in Good Times – Love this quote, “No matter where we turned, the lesson seemed to be that the only way to success was to be extremely competitive…dog eat dog sort of competitive. In fact, the assholes always seemed to win. The good guys did, in fact, finish last. Now, the tables have turned. Because of the ability for anyone to publish their experiences, the assholes are being called out more often and people are taking them to task…strengthened by the fact that we can gather in great numbers now to fight the 800 lb gorilla.“
- Nintendo dominates in console war
- Generic Domains owned by Large Companies – [via Paul Kedrosky] – interesting list
- The first non-bank bank run
- CBC Demands Takedown of Net Libel Story Video – I think the CBC can definitely learn something from the BBC’s use of YouTube video here. The BBC currently has some videos on YouTube. We can embed the video in our site but the video will open up on a new page with BBC logo. I think that is a nice compromise. At the end of the day, stories told are to be watched and not store in a vault to be admired.
- Self Healing Plastic (with video) and extra info (with video)
- Unlocking the Mysteries of Locked Cellphones – Very insightful story. Here is an excerpt,
- “Unlocking cellphones also raises some interesting legal issues as consumers ask whether the practice of unlocking cellphones is legal. In certain respects, this is an odd question to even have to ask – no one would ever question whether consumers have the right to tinker with their car or to use the same television if they switch providers from cable to satellite, yet the telecom industry has somehow convinced the public that unlocking their phones – consumers’ own property – is wrong.“
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Thursday, 6 September, 2007 at 12:13 AM
Virgin Aireline’s new approach reminded me of a chinese businessman’s venture in pub/bar business.
But it was years ago, so he used the telephone as the flirting tool:)
There was a fixed line phone on each table, and guests can call up anyone in the bar to have a chat.
That was a big hit for a while, for people go to bars to have a little bit of fun.
Guess, that’s not the case in the air.
Thursday, 6 September, 2007 at 12:31 AM
Hi Angela,
Thanks for your comment. I wander how many years ago did the telephone thing on each table thing happen? It puts a smile on my face to think of those phones.