inCommunicado - eric eggertson

We’ve had our new TV for five months now, and when we watch a DVD we still go through a complex procedure that involves changing TV channels, manually flipping through the TV’s menu, and praying that some glitch hasn’t invalidated our cumbersome but effective technique.
The TV comes with an instruction manual and a remote control […]

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  Pretend Passengers    Originally uploaded by hyku.
Josh Hallett blogged about his experience on the public transportation system in his part of Florida.
The fact that taking a few buses for a day merits a detailed examination of the experience says something about our dependence on the car (or SUV, or minivan, […]

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Today’s launch day for X-Box 360, and the best advice I’ve read so far is to avoid the plain vanilla version ("core"). As Scott Colbourne of the Globe and Mail noted, you save $100 (Canadian), but you end up with a version of the console that has no hard drive and is a pale shadow […]

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I thought this was a gag web site when Judy Gombita forwarded the link, but apparently The Cubes action figures are available for purchase in all their empowered, disincentivized glory.
My favourite is the Sensitivity Consultant action figure.
If any of your action figures come without job titles, or if you want to motivate them by offering […]

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A recent decision by the Supreme Court of Canada confirms that Lego has no patent protection here as it fights to keep market share. Having had its patent expire, Lego was trying to argue that the shape of the blocks’ connecting knobs are distinct and should be treated as a kind of trademark.
But Lego has […]

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Dave Taylor argues in The Intuitive Life Business Blog that writers should be able to impose their formating preferences on the publications they write for. Hah! I wish him well on his campaign.
After the editors get finished forwarding his impassioned pleas to their friends and co-workers, with caustic comments attached, they’ll go for drinks […]

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I am fascinated by old photo albums, so it’s no surprise these two sites suggested by Ivor Tossell (paid sub after about a week) are intriguing.Apple History - all major products ever released by AppleWindows Versions - goes back to the original version of Windows that so many people have called a piece of crap […]

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  0125    Originally uploaded by l0ckergn0me.
You have to admire someone who’s willing to put themselves forward as much as Chris Pirillo.  The long-time tech commentator has many projects on the go at any one time, but his RentMyChest.com just came to my attention today, when he loaded his chest billboard […]

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Anyone who has ever tried to get a well-entrenched screw out of wood knows it can be a bitch.  The only screws that don’t seem to strip when under stress are Robertsons.
So when using screws for a new project, my default is always a Robertson screw — the ones with the square hole instead of […]

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Spinfluencer’s Eric Schwartzman describes the equivalent for online PR folks of getting a mention on the front page of the New York Times or  USA Today in his posting The Ultimate Online Placement.
Getting Google to use your event as a visual theme on their home search page.
Logoogle, Sample Themed Logos, Google artist Dennis Hwang.

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Icon Magazine takes a stab at identifying the 21 most influential firms or people in design.
At the top of the list: Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad.
If it wasn’t for Ikea, most people would have no access to affordable contemporary design. The company has done more to bring about an acceptance of domestic modernity (in […]

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