Web Analytics is easy…and hard.
Two of the worlds leading experts, Avinash Kaushik and Eric Peterson have been having a long term discussion on whether analytics is easy or hard. Am I going to answer the question once and for all. It is both. Now you might be wondering how I can claim to know …
How to find out which sites sold spammers your address
Once of my coworkers shared this link today on a Gmail feature that allow you to track which site sold your email address. The idea being that if it violates their privacy policy you can sure them. – I have tried something similar in which I create an email address with …
When your idiocy comes back to bite you
Tom Lukiwski, an MP from Saskatchewan was caught on tape making some homophobic remarks. “Well let me put it to you this way. There’s As and there’s Bs. The As are guys like me. The Bs are homosexual faggots with dirt under their fingernails that transmit diseases,” Lukiwski says. Now, …
Air Canada’s $25 fee is a feeble cash grab
There is an article yesterday about Air Canada beginning to charge a $25 fee for extra storm service. This is a plain and simple cash grab. Think about it. What times of the year are you liable to get caught in a storm….winter. So anyone paying for this extra service …
Air Canada’s $25 fee is a feeble cash grab
There is an article yesterday about Air Canada beginning to charge a $25 fee for extra storm service. This is a plain and simple cash grab. Think about it. What times of the year are you liable to get caught in a storm….winter. So anyone paying for this extra service …
TTC ticket collector rakes in $100Gs last year
So there was this story on the cover of the Toronto Sun this morning. Personally I think the paper is a sensationalist piece of crap and normally isn’t worthy of anything more than a passing glance and a snicker, but this story caught my eye. It is about Candido Barreiro, …
Why Earth hour is a colossal waste of time
You have probably heard a lot of hype around this Earth Hour idea. It started in Sydney Australia by the World Wildlife Fund. Unfortunately it is a lot of hype around an issue that we can do very little about. Now before you go all eco-crazy on me let me …