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Toronto tech scene in the papers

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Thomas Purves

In case you missed it, there was a nice article by the Post’s David George-Cosh yesterday on the Toronto tech scene including DemoCamap and MobileMonday. It’s a good reminder that, on the whole, these events have been a very good … Continue reading →

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Noise Aggregators

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Thomas Purves

Jevon has a great post up today on how the new trend towards social aggregators is missing the point. I’ve called these things underpants business models. Collecting a lot of people’s seemingly-useless personal stuff in one place, but then, through … Continue reading →

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Twittersquatting

Posted on March 23, 2008 by Thomas Purves

http://twitter.com/newyork taken http://twitter.com/losangeles taken http://twitter.com/tokyo taken http://twitter.com/calgary available http://twitter.com/sex taken http://twitter.com/sexy taken http://twitter.com/sexkitten taken http://twitter.com/women available http://twitter.com/men taken http://twitter.com/hotgaynerds available http://twitter.com/snowfurbikinibabes available http://twitter.com/sports taken http://twitter.com/cycling taken http://twitter.com/football taken http://twitter.com/rockpapersisors available http://twitter.com/business taken http://twitter.com/pleasure available http://twitter.com/microsoft taken http://twitter.com/cornflakes taken http://twitter.com/IBM taken … Continue reading →

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