Star b5 article
Great article in today’s Toronto Star about b5media: Blog network b5media has Write stuff to attract advertisers
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That was built with WordPress?
Yesterday, we at b5media launched the third of our unique look at the blogs within our channels. Splendicity is a new portal which pulls content from over 70 Beauty & Style blogs within the network, and pulls it all into a customized WordPress instance. This follows on the launch of Bizzia last week to highlight Read More
The tech industry in a downturn
We’ve heard how todays economy affects Joe the Plumber and Joe Six-pack, but what about JoeTek? This economic downturn has been compared to the Great Depression in the 1930′s, but the technology sector as we know it today wasn’t around at that time. The dot-com bubble bursting 8 years ago was more of an indicator Read More
Canada’s Do Not Call Registry
Those annoying telemarketing calls are almost a thing of the past! Canada has adopted a Do Not Call registry so that you can tell those companies that you don’t appreciate recieving random calls everyday! The main registry You can add your number to the registry at the Canadian Government National Do Not Call List website. Read More
Brand new server cluster at b5media
This past week, the technology team at b5media threw on the afterburners to get us moved onto an entirely new infrastructure. After months of planning and investigating a dozen hosting providers, we have finally flipped the switch on the next phase of growth. Having outgrown our previous datacenter and infrastructure, we have moved to brand Read More
5 things every web developer should know about IE8
The next version of Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 8 went to Beta 2 yesterday, on its final path to release, probably this fall (although Microsoft hasn’t announced a final release date yet). Although I almost exclusively use Firefox for my browser, anyone that is designing or developing sites needs to be aware of some of Read More
Rogers modifies pricing for the iPhone
In Canada, Rogers is the only wireless provider that will be offering the iPhone. They are the only ones with a GPRS network capable of 3G, so the monopoly is technological, not just contractual. When they released their pricing, it certainly showed their monopolistic tendencies. In fact, Rogers is known for charging ridiculous fees for Read More
Connected at the cottage
For us, sitting out on the cottage deck on a Sunday morning with a coffee and a newspaper has been the tradition for three generations. This weekend, we brought our son Jack, the fourth generation, up to the cottage for the first time. There was no coffee for him, and he didn’t read the newspaper Read More
Move along…
The last year and a half has been a wonderfully exciting and eye-opening experience into the world of “Green”. When Green Living Enterprises realized that they had an opportunity to have a real content-rich website instead of their “About Us” site, they jumped on it with both feet. The Green Living Online team was able Read More
TSN.ca publishes some traffic numbers
It’s been awhile since I’ve seen some up to date traffic numbers from TSN.ca, but as they rolled out their new look and feel, they released some of their numbers. Today, TSN.ca attracts an average of 4.9 million unique visitors and 90 million page views per month. This is more than double the monthly traffic Read More
TSN.ca relaunches
Big shout out to the gang at tsn.ca! Looks like they have done a relaunch with a completely different look and feel. They’ve moved to a horizontal navbar for the main and sub navigation, improved the branding, overhauled the colour scheme, and done some really slick font effects for headlines using flash. This is the Read More
Shutting down for Earth Hour
Okay, this Earth Hour thing is a huge amount of hype! (not necessarily in a bad way) The entire issue of the Saturday Star is all about shutting the lights out, and it seems everyone was talking about it today. According to Treehugger, Canada has as many people registered as our friends to the south, Read More