Rural Canada Post needs work
In Toronto I love Canada Post. They have locations throughout Toronto inside retail partners and generally great customer service. When we bought our cottage last month I was expecting a similar experience in rural communities. There is a series of Canada Post Community Mailboxes in Donald a few minutes from our cottage with several large […]
Rural Internet and Xplornet FTW!
Earlier in year ( right when COVID was happening ) we purchased a cottage on Lake Koshlong. We’d been looking on the lake for a while and we were excited to close on a cottage. One of our goals was to be able to work at the cottage so getting internet access and high speed […]
Google Optimize – Landing Page Killer
For the past few years I’ve been using Google Analytics and Tag Manager. It made updating the Analytics and running simple A/B page tests very. Usually the most complicated part was creating different pages and editing the website content. Google has really upped it’s game now with Google Optimize. Instead of making minor page changes […]
MLB Tickets?
Summer means baseball for me and I’ve always enjoyed watching a game on a warm sunny day. In Toronto that means going to the Rogers Centre, which is not a great experience with the poor Rogers service, sub-average food service and dated “Sky Dome” layout… As a result we regularly attend pre-season games in Florida […]
Top 9 Chatbot best practices
Chatbots are all the rage right now and it’s not uncommon to see a chat window immediately loading a website. Chatbots are often heavily supported by humans providing much of the real chat functionality. The website chat provides a great way to engage with website visitors and reduce the fiction of first contact. Some best […]
3D Printing
Over the last few years I’ve been experiment with the world of 3D printing. About 3 years ago I purchased a 3D printer kit from Ali Express that was a clone of the popular Prusa i3 MK2. The kit I received was closest to an ANET A6 with dual z-axis extruders but with a custom […]
Voice sales, not so simple for Alexa…
A leaked Amazon report are shows that only 2% of users have used Alexa to make a purchase. In our home we’ve had Alexa for a couple of years and we disabled voice purchased almostimmediately after our son ( one of the primary users ) quickly figured out how to order a transformer. I luckily […]
Loving the bowl
We’re renovating our home so I’ve been spending a lot of time at Home Depot, Lowes or Rona. As a result I’m also eating out a lot more and I’m often not looking for ANOTHER burger. Luckily’s Harvey’s has launched it’s new Build a Bowl option. You can build a bowl of your choice by […]
Strapped iPhone Case
I saw this in the wild at Bucks, is this the future of the purse?
How to Travel to the US, with your iPhone…
I travel to the US 2-3 times a year and I want to use my iPhone while traveling. The first task is to understand is your usage. My typical usage is: Voice Calls – I receive 2-3 calls daily with a total daily talk time of 20 mins, generally I know 2 of the 3 […]