Archives for August 2009

Cost-effective event planning made easy

August 27, 2009 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

Published in The Edmontonians

By Greg Gazin
Writer
Troy Media Corporation

EDMONTON, AB, August 27, 2009/Troy Media/ — Trust the organized mind of a chartered accountant, with an appreciation for the capacity of customized software, to come up with the answer.

Dave Bodnarchuk, a BComm grad from the University of Alberta, saw an opportunity: to provide not-for-profits with a reasonably-priced, easy-to-use product that would help them streamline their event planning, from issuing invitations, to tracking RSVPs, to doing online registrations.

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Filed Under: Edmontonians, GadgetGreg, Troy Media · Tagged With: Dave Bodnarchuk, event planning, event software, eventIQ, GadgetGreg, not-for-profits, skoochie, University of Alberta

Test Driving the iPhone 3GS

August 25, 2009 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

Putting Apple’s iPhone 3GS through the tests
By Greg Gazin, The Gadget Guy

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It’s one thing to see a list of specs of as new gadget; it’s another thing to actually have one in hand and truly put it through the tests of actual true everyday use. I put Apple’s iPhone through the paces of my hectic everyday activities.

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Filed Under: Apple, GadgetGreg, smartphone · Tagged With: Apple, GadgetGreg, iPhone, Review

Belkin Declares Earbud Freedom for 3rd Gen iPod Shuffle

August 5, 2009 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

One of the greatest features of Apple’s 3rd generation iPod Shuffle, is for some, also one of its biggest drawbacks. There is no doubt; it’s a great piece of industrial design. It’s slim, sleek and not much bigger than an AA battery whose uniqueness stems from the fact that it has no controls- buttons, dials or knobs on the surface of the unit itself. Its practical design was such that you could access all of the unit’s functionality from the ease and convenience of the earbuds themselves with all the control features built into the lanyard.

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Filed Under: Apple, Audio, GadgetGreg, Review · Tagged With: adapter, Apple, belkin, earbud, ipod shuffle

Virtual Reality Trains Next Generation Workers

August 5, 2009 by Greg Gazin · Leave a Comment

Published in the June edition of The Edmontonians

By Greg Gazin
Writer
Troy Media Corporation
Terry Smith & Kevin McNulty
EDMONTON, AB, July 1, 2009/Troy Media/ — It was six years ago, over a jug, or two, of Alexander Keith’s Ale, that business partners Terry Smith and Kevin McNulty started discussing the abysmal state of training in the resources industry.

“These injuries can’t continue,” Smith said. McNulty, a safety consultant in the oil and gas sector who had spent much of his working life in the mining industry, added that the problems went beyond injuries. He was referring to the 1992 Westray Coal Mine disaster in Plymouth, Nova Scotia which resulted in the deaths of 26 miners. MORE