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Category Archives: things about which I am not ambivalent
Paragraph-level commenting for Wordpress
August 24, 2009 – 7:15 pm
Digress.it is a Wordpress plugin enabling threaded, paragraph-specific discussion on posts and pages
The financial crisis cloud has no silver lining
January 14, 2009 – 9:14 pm
The New York Times has a decent (though it strangely focuses a bit too muich on her appearance and clothing) article on Naomi Klein. One of the things that caught my attention was her interpretation of the genesis of the New Deal:
The New Deal is usually told as a history of F.D.R., she said, but [...]
Ontario launches anti-poverty plan amidst economic turmoil
December 8, 2008 – 8:19 pm
The Ontario government has launched a comprehensive anti-poverty plan that is receing warm reception from advocates like the 25in5 Network for Poverty Reduction. The fact that this has taken place during particularly bad times for Ontario’s economy is all the more impressive, and makes me proud to be an Ontarian–not something that happens every day. [...]
How not to do a call to action
November 7, 2008 – 9:00 pm
As any email marketer knows, your call to action is a crucial element of your campaign. When tweaking your text can double your conversion rates, you can’t afford to ignore it. Even a 5% increase in conversion rates can translate into huge sales if you’re talking about thousands of customers.
So why PayPal, a company who [...]
Trademarking our everyday lives
October 7, 2008 – 6:16 pm
From the “wrong on so many levels” department, the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee has trademarked “with glowing hearts,” a line from the Canadian national anthem, and threatens to sue those who use the line in Canada. From the CBC article:
The committee is so serious about protecting the Olympic brand it managed to get a landmark [...]