Archive for January 2008

Xtranormal at DEMO08

30 January 2008 / 8 Comments

I’m glad our presentation at DEMO today went fine. For those of you who haven’t seen it live, here is the video of the 6 stressful minutes.

UPDATE (31-01-08): Nice. We just won the DEMOgod Award.

DEMO08

26 January 2008 / 3 Comments

Xtranormal, the startup I work for in Montreal, is going to present our technology on-stage at the DEMO event, on Wednesday, Jan. 30th and at station 42 for those who can make it to the event.

DEMO is a launchpad for emerging technology taking place in Palm Springs, California. Lots of startups are getting launched at […]

How to Organize Your Inbox

23 January 2008 / 6 Comments

As knowledge workers, we use email a lot, but it’s amazing how few people know how to deal with it; their inbox becomes completely unmanageable. Having a good organization for your inbox and a method to process it, is crucial to avoid clutter.

I use Gmail for my personal email; I love how it turn emails […]

MacBook Air. Thinnovation.

16 January 2008 / 2 Comments

So, this is what was in the air; the MacBook Air, an ultra-portable and ultra-thin laptop introduced yesterday by Steve Jobs during the Macworld conference keynote.

The laptop design is quite impressive; it’s so thin, that it can fit into a manila envelope. It’s also a great piece of engineering, being able to reduce every component […]

There’s Something in the Air

14 January 2008 / 0 Comments

It sounds like a Phil Collins song but it’s the new Apple slogan for teasing people about the Macworld Expo that will be held tomorrow at San Francisco.

The Mac community is absolutely thrilled about the upcoming keynote, and as usual, there was a lots of rumors about them; from a new iPhone to a mysterious […]

Favorite Web Apps in 2007

12 January 2008 / 4 Comments

I’ve been an early adopter of a lot of web apps for the last couple of years and I’ve tried a lot more in 2007. But I’ve found myself using very few of these apps on a day to day basis; and none of them were published in 2007.

Here are some of my favorite (in […]

Best Wishes for 2008

2 January 2008 / 0 Comments

2007 was a very exciting year — I moved to Montreal, started a new job, discovered whole new things, launched some projects, met new people and new communities.

I’d like to thanks all the people I’ve met this year and I wish everybody the best for 2008.