Handling High Demand Launches

Recently the Sony Playstation and Nintendo Wii have hit the streets with a small number of units and insane customer demand. The interesting part around this how Sony and its retail partners handled the demand. In Canada, Toy-r-us and Sears Canada seemed to take the fairly normal route of accepting pre-orders on a first-come/first-serve approach. […]

Microsoft GameCamp, so close, yet so far…

Microsoft hosted a GameCamp today on their XNA platform. The XNA platform promises some the ability to target multiple MS platforms and specifically Win32 and Xbox360. The details on the XNA platform are pretty complicated and quite disappointing for anyone looking to develop for the xbox360. The MS GameCamp didn’t get off to a good […]

Big Problems with Third-Party Measurement

There have been several articles around getting your site ranked in search engines and a whole economy has developed around SEO ( Search Engine Optimization ). While this is critical in getting users to your site, the advertising value of your site is also tied to its relative position with competitors. Calculating your competitive positions […]

A case for diversified investing

This week the federal government announced changes to tax income trusts. Income trusts have been extremely attractive investment solutions over the last few years and alot of people have over invested in them. With this change Canadian income trusts have gone through an major correction this week. If you were diversified in you’re investment you […]