I can’t believe it’s been over a year since my last post. (It was about the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. A week ago, I upgraded to the Xperia arc.)

As I look back, it’s been filled with many different events, achievements, and faults.

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Technology is supposed to make things easier by providing better access to more up-to-date information, increasing efficiency, and automating processes — that is, when it’s implemented and used properly.

Unfortunately, due to the disjointed nature of Rogers’ system, I won’t be getting my X10 until next week. This is despite the fact that I’ve already walked into a RogersPlus store and bought one.

If they weren’t the only carrier selling the phone, I’d have spent my money elsewhere. So much for competition and open markets… (BestBuy does have it, but not in white.)

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Well, after a lot of work, a TON of Excel and a slightly boring presentation (JPG format only which really limits the content), today is (hopefully, the first of many) presentations regarding E-Receipt.

Here goes nothing!

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This year’s Autoshow, despite being smaller was actually more tiring – but for good reason. Through my writing position with Sympatico’s Sync-Blog, I was able to get a media/press pass, allowing me to attend the show on Thursday, February 11^th before the general public.

I packed my recently purchased D300 along with my trusty D200 as well as my Sony TZ and set off for a day of vehicle premieres, press events, and the best part, avoiding the massive crowds.

This year’s show was called “The Vision” and reflected upon the last decade of automotive history as well as showcasing the future of vehicular transportation.
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It’s 2010 and while the engineer & (statistician part of the) economist in me would quibble that it is the end of the decade and not the beginning of a new one, I’ll concede to the majority perception, however technically incorrect.

At work, I handle the online presence, social media campaign and analyze the KPI (key performance indicators) of my employer’s brand. In an age of instant communication, one little snafu can quickly snowball into a PR nightmare.

While companies don’t have to be actively engaged online, they should at the very least be monitoring what is said about their brand/reputation and products/services.

I was recently very impressed by the responses I received from two distinct and totally unrelated companies: CIBC & Saputo.

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There are a handful of rivalries that will never be resolved… and trying to argue for or against either side is just inviting the trolls to come out from under their bridges.

Nikon vs. Canon, pirates vs. ninjas, Intel vs. AMD, Nintendo vs. Sega [never say never...], and arguably the most heated and well-known technology rivalry of all, PC vs. Mac. Read more »

Last week, I received an email in response to a posting I applied to some 6 weeks earlier. An opening was available on a technology-related blog. I quickly submitted some writing samples and links to various postings. A few days later, I got the email: “You’re in!”

I’ll soon be posting on www.sync-blog.com!
One of my friends mused, “Watch out world… Jeremy now has a legitimate venue to tell you just how bad he thinks you and your technology really is!”

Don’t worry world. I always strive to be objective and thorough.
Plus, I’ve always got my own blog to rant and yell.

Wow. It’s been six weeks since I posted anything, minus all the Facebook links & Twitter updates.

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Vacation, semi-unemployed… same thing?

As the summer comes to a close and some of those around me begin their preparations for back-to-school, it’s an oddly freeing yet simultaneously disconcerting feeling to not know what I’ll be doing a month from now.

While some people have questioned the prudence (and possibly sanity) of my decision to turn down my first real, full-time job offer back in June, looking back on my summer, I don’t have any regrets. How else would I have ended up on a Staples flyer for Intel?

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Continuing on the Intel back-to-school marketing campaign, Staples just released this week’s flyer. While I was told that Staples had picked up the campaign, I didn’t know I’d be one of the students featured in the flyer!

One of my friends in BC was the one that told me! I then rushed to the Staples.ca site to look it up.

I’m on the back page!!! Page 16! I’ve even got my own link: www.staples.ca/jeremy/

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