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From a quiet residential street in Toronto, Canada. So wrong.  Practically unconstitutional. Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin …

FeedReader released their newest version (3.07) earlier this month.  In their latest release, they added a few new handy features. Since version 3.0, you were able to download podcasts, but version 3.07 makes it even easier.  They have a new browser for all your video and audio feeds.  Now you can easily download and manage your audio …

We have a new coffee machine…I’m just not sure it will stay. Why am I writing about coffee machines? Cusinart’s redesign is a great illustration of how new versions can make products worse, not better. Okay…here is our old coffee machine (sorry about the photos…they are quick and dirty from my cell phone):

All of you FreshBooks users have likely noticed that your FreshBooks service has been successfully upgraded to Version 3.6 with credits.  Thank you to those who have sent feedback. With account credits, you can now allow your customers to pre-pay for services and track how much credit each customer has available at any time – eliminating the need to maintain …

Why?  Because we don’t have a two day Thanksgiving holiday where we can sit at home, eat turkey and watch football.  Yes, I’m jealous.  Weird Al Yankovic has a couple more reasons why we are idiots with his parody of Green Day’s American Idiot…Canadian Idiot.  YouTube has a whole slew of very funny home-made videos ranging from animated features …

I was at DemoCampToronto on Monday.  DemoCamp is a lightweight un-conference style event which is similar to BarCamp and O’Reilly’s annual FooCamp.  Basically, DemoCamp is a free event where you can watch small companies show off and discuss cool new web …

In a business, everyone has a role…or at least they ought to. I remember about 2.5 years ago when Joe, Levi and I were straining to get FreshBooks off the ground. We had few resources, but always had great camaraderie (Joe and Levi are best friends from high school and that helps) and I was …

Episode 7 of FreshBooks “Build Your Business” Fall teleseminar series Advanced Traffic Building Techniques for your Website (1 hour) Listen using the MP3 player below or download the podcast. Jennifer Laycock, editor of Search Engine Guide, shares her knowledge and answers your questions about more advanced traffic drives like viral marketing, link baiting and online …

One of my favourite takeaways from the Web 2.0 Summit was Marissa’s presentation about something she learned working at Google. She ran a survey and Google users told her they wanted 30 results in the Google search results page. She delivered thirty results in the results pages and then watched as users ran from Google …