I know, it’s a blog post that’s been seen so many times since Apple announced plans to release the iPhone, what I guess about two years ago now? Such blog posts have contained hopes, dreams, and really nothing more than rumours.
Perhaps this is just another one, but several reputable news sources here in Canada (including the National Post) have reported that maybe, just MAYBE Steve Jobs of Apple will announce to all of Macworld that Apple and Rogers Communications will have finally struck a deal, bringing the iPhone to Canada.
For a while, Google’s flight tracker tool has allowed searchers to enter an airline’s flight number, showing a link to that flight’s updated information on www.flightstats.com.
Google announced yesterday that it is now included those flight stats right in the search results. See below for WestJet’s flight WS 208:
This is great for the user – a simple and effective way to find out if his or her flight is on time. Of course, WestJet guests also have the option of visiting WestJet.com’s Flight Tracker to find out the status of flights.
For as long as they’ve been around, Google has prided itself on having a nice clean home page. Users have the option of signing up for iGoogle, a personalized home page if they so wish. But by default a visitor is served the classic clean home page.
Here in Canada, we really don’t have a lot of choices for reliable DSL or Cable Internet. Bell, Telus, Rogers, and Shaw are probably the biggest… I can’t even think of anyone else right now.
What an incredible week. One of the most exciting, and also one of the most tiring!
One of the highlights of the week were the shows that Joe Morin arranged for PubCon attendees. I attended Mystere at Treasure Island and Blue Man Group at the Venetian. Both were outstanding shows, but I would have to say that Mystere was better. I did enjoy Blue Man Group, but I found the first hour to be a little slow going. The last 45 minutes, however, was phenomenal and certainly made up for any shortcomings.
Well, first of all, I had an absolutely fabulous week in Las Vegas. As soon as I got on the plane to come home, however, the fatigue and hunger I’d been ignoring all week hit me. All of the sudden I regretted choosing a flight that connected in Vancouver.
As I deplaned in Vancouver I hurried along my way, hoping to get to my next gate with enough plenty of time to enjoy Vancouver Airport’s traveller’s lounge (complete with hot buffet, WiFi and comfy leather seats). I knew I had to pass through customs, but it shouldn’t be too bad right?
Last night I had the pleasure of attending Mystere at Treasure Island. It was a fabulous show. The performers are unbelievably talented, and there was plenty of humour as well. I would definitely go again, and it was a great first Cirque du Soleil experience.
Thanks to Treasure Island for providing the tickets for PubCon attendees free of charge!
Social media has been around for a while now, but with sites like MySpace and Facebook, we’ve seen a real increase in Web 2.0 in the past 18 months.
Which begs the question – what will the web look like in the next 5-10 years?
Now, think back 5 years. What were you doing on the web? Me, I was all about message boards and updating my sites on Geocities. I think by that time it was Yahoo! Geocities. But I couldn’t imagine seeing videos and other streaming media becoming a staple on many web pages. Forms of blogging were around, Live Journal was the big one. But the word “blog” certainly wasn’t a household name.
Well, I never really professed that I was the best at keeping up with blogging, but I admit that 2007 hasn’t been the best year for keeping Lyndseo up-to-date. So what’s been happening?
In February, I accepted a position with WestJet 
, Canada’s leading low-cost airline. I was brought on to coordinate all the web analytics and SEO efforts, a job no one had done before.
I am currently in Dallas doing some training, and on my lunch break I decided to check out my Facebook profile and see what’s new.
Sitting in my “Requests” area are five group invitations… invitations to things like “if X many people join this group, I’ll do Y”. It is a very definite reminder of spam emails like “if you don’t send this email to X many people, Y will happen!!”.
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