Archive for September, 2007

Look past the pudding

A number of people had fun piling on to the announcement from Pudding Media that they are providing ad-supported phone calls.
 
Om Malik:

Want to know what’s more stupid: this ad-supported experiment called The Pudding…one of the more inane ideas out there… over here calls are cheap enough that most of us don’t really want to put […]

Parity!

$1 Cdn = $1 US.
It was only for a moment, but it was the first time in 30 years!

Advantages of running a start-up in Canada

Whenever I talk to investors, no matter where they’re from, I always get asked why we aren’t based in Silicon Valley. Sure, there’s an energy there that you can’t duplicate. But if you want to run a software development effort on a lean budget, it really makes sense to stay put in Canada. We have […]

FCC gets it right on M2Z

I was intrigued by an interview with the CEO of start-up M2Z that aired on CNN yesterday.
 
M2Z was petitioning the FCC to set aside wireless spectrum for them to create a “free” and “family friendly” broadband service. Essentially, they want the FCC to give them a price break on the spectrum — since they wouldn’t […]