The Twitter redesign – it’s about the people
Written on December 12, 2011 at 7:30 pm, by wunderbar
Yes, the Twitter redesign is different. No, there are parts of it I don’t like either. But yes, it is better for Twitter. Too much is being made of how it’s changing too much and it’s not the same way it was 5 years ago. People say the same thing about Facebook, and last time Read more...
The Rapidly Changing Internet – Online Advertising
Written on December 6, 2011 at 10:17 pm, by wunderbar
The internet. Probably the greatest invention of the information age. It is revolutionizing how we do everything. From communication, to shopping, to consuming information, to advertising, to working, and much more. Unfortunately the internet is advancing and changing so much that it can be hard to adapt to. Unfortunately this is leading to some pretty Read more...
Playing politics on social media
Written on August 12, 2011 at 6:40 am, by wunderbar
Politics and religion. If you ask your parents or grandparents the two things that should never be talked about among family, that that is it. They will say that no good can some from talking about politics or religion in large groups, because often times someone will have a strong opinion that most others will Read more...
Shaw puzzles by increasing speed on extreme
Written on April 28, 2011 at 6:46 pm, by wunderbar
On April 20th, Shaw increased the bandwidth speed on their high speed extreme from 15Mbps to 25Mbps. They have done this after a lengthy customer consultation spanning the month of February over the concept of Usage Based Billing. I’ve been thinking about this off and on since I heard about the increase, and even though Read more...
The Shaw Customer Discussion Sessions
Written on March 23, 2011 at 9:22 pm, by wunderbar
On March 21st, I had the opportunity to attend one of the Shaw Internet Customer Consultation Sessions. It was a good session, and I had so much to say that I actually had written 1500 words down in a blog post that I completely scrapped before starting this one. That may seem excessive, but after Read more...
Shaw Customer Discussions – First Impressions
Written on March 21, 2011 at 10:19 pm, by wunderbar
Today was my day to participate in the Shaw customer discussions on Internet billing. It was a 2 hour session that turned into 3 hours, followed by coffee with a couple people. I will be posting a lot more about this in the coming days, but for tonight I just wanted to get out some Read more...
The New Shaw Reality-Bandwidth caps: wrapping it all together
Written on January 14, 2011 at 10:20 am, by wunderbar
As of January 1 of this year, Shaw has implemented some very significant changes to it’s internet pricing structure that is going to affect a great number of users in the future. They have decided to place a cap on how much data every user can download per month, and are starting to charge overage fees for Read more...
The New Shaw Reality – Bandwidth caps: How this came to be
Written on January 9, 2011 at 7:24 pm, by wunderbar
Editor’s note: This is article #2 about Shaw’s new bandwidth caps. For article #1, please click here I received such a large response to my first post about the new Shaw Bandwidth caps, that I feel that I need to write more. I have had many questions, suggestions, and comments from people who want to know Read more...
The new Shaw internet reality–Bandwidth caps
Written on January 7, 2011 at 8:53 pm, by wunderbar
Editor’s note: This is part 1 of a three part series about Shaw’s new bandwidth caps. For part 2 click here, for part 3 click here As of January 1, 2011, Shaw is implementing a pretty significant change into how it charges for internet service. The company is going to begin enforcing bandwidth caps on Read more...
The school closure debate
Written on April 13, 2010 at 11:33 am, by wunderbar
Ok, so I know I haven’t posted a real blog post in a very long time. And I’m not going to promise that I’ll do it more regularly, because I seem to go in spurts, but today, I have something I need to get off my chest, and 140 characters just won’t do. There has Read more...