“In this video for Porter Robinson’s Spitfire, we emulated a videogame style paintball match shot in one take with the Phantom Flex @ 1,000 fps. Dont forget to have a looksy at the chat box ;)”
Porter Robinson // SPITFIRE (aka: CAPTURE THE CAN) from Saman Keshavarz on Vimeo.
“An Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) panel has found that David Jones, sole director and shareholder of Wealthstreet Inc., breached Alberta securities laws by acting as an advisor without being registered and engaging in an unfair practice by unreasonably pressuring at least one investor to purchase securities through Wealthstreet. The panel also ruled that Jones, Wealthstreet and former Wealthstreet president Rachael Poffenroth illegally traded in and distributed securities of Wealthstreet, and that all the conduct was contrary to the public interest.” – Alberta Securities Commission Web site
“A Calgary financial advisor well-known for his market reports on local radio and TV stations provided “disastrous” and “unconscionable” advice to some investing with him, the Alberta Securities Commission ruled Monday, adding David Jones used “scare tactics and falsehoods” with at least one client.” – The Calgary Herald
Not much to say is there? Dave Jones worked very hard to sell a lot of financial products to a lot of different people, and now he’s seeing the impact of his actions. Let’s not forget former Wealthstreet President Rachel Poffenroth – she was right there alongside Dave Jones. Now that the trial is done, sanctions will be determined at a later date.
Truer words have never been spoken: you don’t start with a cool technology and try to market it to customers…you start with the need of a customer, find the cool technology to address that need, then market the solution. It will sell itself. I’ve lost count of the number of products I’ve seen/reviewed where the technology is all the product has going for it; the customer experience is a disaster. I wish more companies understood this…
This infographic is amazing and the new 1 World Trade Center building looks beautiful – I absolutely have a goal of visiting it once it’s finished.
It’s rather incredible to me that I haven’t updated my blog in almost a month…there are things afoot that I can’t divulge publicly yet, but they are good things. Things so big they represent one of the most monumental shifts I’ve ever done in my life (which is both exciting and a bit scary), but good nonetheless.
I received this via email today. If you’re an investor with money in the Dragon Fund, here’s what’s going on (which is to say, still not much):
July 25, 2011
Dragon Fund Update
Recently Dragon Fund and the trustees of the fund have been served with an Amended Statement of Claim which has included MacLeod Dixon. This amendment has created a conflict of interest between our legal counsel (MacLeod Dixon), ourselves and the fund. MacLeod Dixon is no longer able to represent the fund as this is a conflict of interest.
New legal representation for Mike Arnold and Tina Zowtuk has recommend we resign as trustees . Due to the Amended Statement of Claim the new legal counsel can represent us personally but not the fund.
We are currently asking for individuals to put their name forward to take on the trustee role of the Dragon Fund LP. If we are unable to replace the trustees internally the fund will have to appoint an external trustee.
If you are interested in becoming a trustee please forward your contact information.
Regards
Mike Arnold
Tina Zowtuk
Is really does look like a face in the stone though, doesn’t it?
I got my hands on my first Android phone a couple of weeks ago – an HTC Incredible S – and it was of the Euro/Asia 3G frequency variety. That means I wouldn’t be able to use it on the Rogers network here in Canada. I really wanted to test this phone out though, so I figured a relatively easy option would be to get a SIM card from Wind – they happen to operate on the 1700/2100 frequencies – and simply forward my old cell number to this new number. Seemed simple enough, right?
When I got home though and put the SIM into the new phone, I was impressed at how everything was automagically configured. Within the first day though, I noticed something really weird: my device said I was roaming. On Android – or on this Android phone at least – every time it happened I’d get a pop-up window I’d have to dismiss three times. I decided to call Wind today to ask them if this was normal, and they directed me to their coverage map…and I was surprised by what I saw.
That little green arrow? That’s me. Yes, the community I live in is on the western edge of the city, but it’s still part of Calgary and the Wind Mobile coverage ends about 2 KM from my house. Because I’m on the edge of the coverage, it sometimes works, but not reliably so. When I bought the Wind SIM I knew I was buying into an urban wireless network, but I thought for sure they’d at least cover the entire city. Nope.
The good news is that I’m in the planned expansion area – the yellow is where they expect to expand to by the end of the summer.
My talented friend Nate Northridge (Northridge Photography) had an idea for a fun photo shoot with Logan, and it happened to coincide with a project that I needed a photo just like this for…so this is the result. This is a trial run of the idea…the mosquitoes were brutal so it was a bit rushed. The photos are adorable though, aren’t they? 🙂
