18 Dec, 2009
Posted by: j3r3my In: Beer
It was a sad day today as we had our last lunch at the Wildwood pub here in Calgary. Most of the beer tuns had been drained and only a few pilsners, dark ales and sour cherry porters remained for us to partake in. After speaking with Brewmaster Brian Smith, he mentioned that the lease [...]
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14 Dec, 2009
Posted by: j3r3my In: Music
John Mayer posted three videos on YouTube during the writing of his new album “Battle Studies”. I thought I’d post them here as they’re pretty funny, insightful and just plain good. Enjoy! Part I: Part II: Part III:
Nowadays when you ask someone to define “Social Networking” it usually brings out a string of words like “Twitter”, “Facebook”, “MySpace”, “YouTube” and the list goes on. To me social networking doesn’t happen when you’re sitting at a desk behind a computer or on the train with your cell-phone. This happens when you’re out – [...]
Jack Dorsey, the creator of Twitter is launching a new venture this week called “Square”. The business model is quite simple in that it will: enable peer-to-peer and merchant credit card transactions in the real world far beyond what’s capable today in most countries. What you get is a small dongle (which I can only [...]
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I’ve always been pretty good at interviews. Mostly because I’ve done my homework and know: what the company does, how the company makes money, what my job would entail, what my weaknesses are and how to show confidence in my skills. Aaron Swartz has a very different interview process which entails a very simple, casual [...]
I have found a great comic and it is called “What the Duck?” This one made me laugh out loud.