• RT @dotboom: Apple should've sold iPad first, then iPhone: "we shrunk the iPad so it can fit in your pocket ... and we added a phone. BOOM." #
• Google's decision to drop IE6 support for Apps will have zero impact on its zombie-like refusal to die. IE6 users are not Google Apps users. #
• Elegant Themes Icon Pack, For Free!-Elegant Themes Blog http://bit.ly/bZBtbE (via @twttimes) #
• Ok, I give up... Multiple trojan alerts from AVG and hijacked Google results on Firefox. AVG/SpyBot/HiJackThis seem unable to clear. Ideas? #
• http://twitpic.com/10s3mw - I love this 1875 "bird's eye" map of Galt... Going to try to get a hi-res capture of it. #
• http://twitpic.com/10s414 - Detail of the downtown area of Galt. #
• http://twitpic.com/10s4u5 - @mdenny, your neighbourhood was a little sparse in 1875 #
• RT @ikepigott: I might be willing to watch the Pop-Up Video version of the Grammys, with the pop-ups coming from select Twitter humorists. #
• RT @andybeal: Sorry Grammys, I'm really happy for you, and I'm gonna let you finish, but the VMAs had the best Taylor Swift award ever! #
• RT @andrewhyde: omg rt @dannynewman iPad spotted at walmart! http://bit.ly/dwMcgP #
• RT @joetech: RT @DotSauce: 13 Useful WordPress SQL Queries You Wish You Knew Earlier http://lnk.gd/03n - Truth! #
• Hangin' out with Hannah (and getting some work done) (@ Melville Cafe) http://4sq.com/7yn7la #
• http://twitpic.com/10wkk8 - The next generation of cafe workers. ;) #
• anyone have examples of good social media practices at a Canadian hospital? #
• damn. Something is still hijacking Google search results in Firefox. AVG & Spybot come up clean... guess I should rip out and re-install FF? #
• anyone have demographic data on mobile SMS donation usage? or just texting in general? #
• Anyone know if Foursquare allows for biz owners, etc. to 'claim' their venues and be notified of activity? That would be very useful. #
• .@saffyre9 @mikedriehorst closest I've found is the promotions form which *could* be used as a claimed/verification process... #
• CIRA says carmichael.ca is reserved for a Canadian municipality. This was all I could find: http://bit.ly/bBZbPR - Really CIRA? #
• trying to decide whether or not to make the trek to Waterloo tonight for StartupDrinks... need some social. #
• I'm heading up to Waterloo early to beat the traffic but need to get some work done ... suggestions? (@melle, @jrodgers) #
• I'm listening to AgeOfPersuasion at double-speed. Pretty sure there should be a law against this. #
• I'm at Coffee Culture (King St) (31 King St North, at Dupont St E, Waterloo). http://4sq.com/8nqOvT #
• I think I've asked this before but here goes anyway. I'm looking for a self-hosted alternative to Ning. Suggestions? #
• I noted today's predictions of 6 weeks of winter. Well, that'll be a nice change. #
• http://twitpic.com/112z4g - I'm strangely amused by this... #
• I'm early for StartupDrinks and being anti-social while I get some food... (@ McMullan's) http://4sq.com/4I3fCG #
• Do you think they know? http://www.wtfgroup.com/ #
• Early night tonight folks. I'm signing off. 'Nite. #
• Writing, writing, writing... (Reports, nothing exciting) (@ Melville Cafe) http://4sq.com/7yn7la #
• Do you think they know? http://www.wtfgroup.com/ #
• RT @jrodgers: Have been saying this for a long while: http://bit.ly/9n5av2 #coworking #waterloo (cc: @ENBdavies @soma__ ) #
• RT @kitestring: The Chamber of Com promotes your biz by mailing your biz card to 500 people. COME ON! Why don't they just drop from a plane. #
• Apparently anything funded by Trillium has a 60-page minimum. They coulda said it in six pages. http://bit.ly/9n5av2 #coworking #
• This G&M article slamming cafe workers is still grating on me... Trying to #ignore... not working. http://bit.ly/cIOfDH #
• ooh... good idea... RT @seyDoggy: debating whether I should make a beatles day. #
• Anyone know if this oft-repeated Gretzky quote is verifiable? http://bit.ly/c2IQKn #
• RT @BiancaFreedman: remind me not 2 go 2 zoots cafe. I try not to complain too much but this article really offends me: http://bit.ly/cIOfDH #
• heh... RT @Szczepko: Why do we want to "own the podium"? I would rent it, as the value is going to fall way off in March. #
• RT @unbrelievable: Any web designers out there looking for contract work available immediately? (cc: @slideawaymedia ) #
• Session meeting - wonder if I'll be home by 10:00pm... (@ Central Presbyterian Church) http://4sq.com/4UrK6T #
• Um... That's a joke, right? RT @isfan: "websites are like bilboards with buttons" - Allan Isfan #
• i love a little irony... RT @sarahcasm: Valentine's Day has been shortened to VD? Really? VD... #
• RT @davefleet: OH: "Apparently Ashley Maddison is the new preferred supplier for the PGA Tour." [LOL] #
• minimalism to the extreme... http://bit.ly/8XZw1O #
• RT @ENBdavies: RT @wendyhoomo: I'd like to see where this hash tag will go. Please RT! Thanks #hashtagDemo #
• RT @jrbizzy Know any small non-profit orgs pushing a green initiative in an urban neighborhood? I want to write a news story about them. #
• RT @jaybaer 11 Mind-Blowing Reasons Your Company Needs Facebook http://bit.ly/cyuhoE #
• anyone know off-hand how much of GM & Chrysler the CDN and US governments own? #curious #alreadygoogledit #
• Wow... Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid gets smoked on CTV: http://bit.ly/d98Ine #
• And in the category of missed opportunities, http://bit.ly/aQLXJS #
• RT @noprorogue ChangeCampTO: Designing a Civic Engagement Toolkit http://bit.ly/aysvuO #
• about to try AppMakr - are there better options before I click the go button? #iphone #
• Watching CPAC... wow this guy talks fast... has he taken a breath yet? #cdnpoli #
• On a few Facebook fan pages I admin, imported notes are showing up in fans' newsfeeds but not on page wall. Is this normal? #

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No offense to the fine folks at AideRSS, but I’ve never really understood why I would use their technology - so I haven’t. Here’s why:

1. I struggle enough already with the nagging feeling that I might be missing the little nuggets of the conversation in the blog-o-hoods that I hang out in. For example, it’s very difficult for me to unsubscribe from any feed because even though the last 20 posts have been so-so, the next might be gold. Why on earth would I want to intentionally not read posts from feeds that I’ve already determined have value to me?
2. If a feed has only 1 great post for every 10/20/30 good posts, that tells me something about the author(s) and informs my ongoing evaluation of the blog. If I only ever see the great posts, I get a misrepresented view of the author. If the blog-o-sphere were only about content, then a filtering service might be useful to me - but I want to know and understand the people I read and that means taking the good with the great.

If you disagree with me, or your blog-reading habits are just different than mine, please let me know in the comments.

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1.5 years ago: When I started working in Guelph, I needed a barber in town. But I couldn't even begin to remember where this awesome barbershop was or even what it was called.

Last week: I was at the Tim Horton's on Woolwhich street in downtown-ish Guelph. I looked up (and across the street) and lo-and-behold, there it was. Franco's Barber Shop.

Monday: I got the second-best haircut of my life at Franco's. Things have changed little in ten years. My guy used an electric razor, but I'm not so disappointed in that. Basically, this is the best barber shop I've ever been to - sorry Sean & Danny. If I still lived in Waterloo, I'd be torn between Sean's and Franco's - but since Sean's is not convenient anymore, Franco's is the clear winner.

Just in case anyone cares about where I get my haircut. :)

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