Excited to see Wind Mobile’s fresh take on the Canadian mobile telecom industry. If their marketing to date is any indication, they just may get it right.

Palm has introduced their second multi-touch phone, the Pixi.
I’m not sure if it’s the smaller form factor, smooth edges (unlike the Pre which cuts into your thumbs when typing), or the permanent keyboard, but I think I like it better than it’s predecessor.

The passing of Michael Jackson, possibly the greatest entertainer of all time, is a modern day tragedy. Never before has there been such an equally exalted and ridiculed figure in the media. Following his recent demise, Jackson remains a figure of unparalleled achievement but also mystery. His extremely private life left many filling in the [...]

Here’s 10 things that have caught my eye in the last month and a half (in no particular order)

The Olympics – NYTimes.com created this great tool to track all your favorite events here
Bell Canada rebrands and relaunches
Pantry, a local gourmet-to-go kitchen, grocery and coffee shop owned and operated by my friend Greg Bolton gets some love [...]

Tha = Crazy fresh work out of Japan. Just downloaded their Helvetica ‘dropclock’ screensaver (released under Tha’s ’src’ brand). Bad. Ass. (Via The Skinny)

Been away for a while so I’ve gathered a few interesting items I’ve collected over the last week and a half.

Teehan+Lax-designed Telus Holiday Gift Guide is live 
Facebook’s ad service, Beacon: Not cool.
CSS-savvy developers get some “Best of 2007″ love
Get to know Jamario Moon (specifically his hops)
Leaving a huge void in Southern Rap music: Pimp C of Houston-based UGK unexpectedly passes
The Raptors have 3 of the [...]

Official word today that, like the iTunes music store launch a few years ago, Canadians are not on the immediate agenda for Apple’s iPhone launch. This doesn’t surprise me seeing as they really have to get it right in their local (although massive) market first before expanding internationally. Tough news for technology fans up here. [...]

The NY Times is reporting that shot codes, a method to transmit media to your mobile phone by scanning them, may be taking off in the Americas soon.
UPDATE: More information via Qode, the main provider of this technology.

BusinessWeek has an indepth article about the laptop in the OLPC initiative.
Again, I can’t stress how much I love this project. We are fortunate to be able to access information and education for free and now these kids will have the same opportunity. Moreso, they’ll experience computers in a much different way than most of [...]

One of my favourite humanitarian projects of the century, the OLPC initiative finally has a web site so more people can learn about and support it.