doug — off the record

just a place to share some thoughts


  • What we can learn from Blogging Awards

    The 2011 Ninjamatics Weblog Awards were announced yesterday. I had accidentally found out about these through a random Twitter message. The goal of these awards is: What? The Canadian Weblog Awards promote good weblogs of all genres from across Canada year round through regular interviews, articles, and the nomination, judging, and an award process that… Continue reading

  • OTR Links 02/01/2012

    Twitter Sentiment – A Sentiment Analysis Tool Twitter Sentiment allows you to discover the sentiment for a brand, product, or topic. tags: sentiment analysis tool feed2PDF Convert an RSS feed to PDF File tags: feed pdf Web Archive of 250 Million Website Screenshots – Screenshots.com Find screenshot history for any website tags: screenshots Unroll.Me –… Continue reading

  • Curating Groundhogs

    It’s pretty hard to keep a secret on the internet when you’re transparent.  That came to bite me this morning.  I’ve been working on something and had a couple of people uncover what I was doing.  One actually tweeted about it. So, I guess I’ll have to come clean with it. One of the big… Continue reading

  • OTR Links 01/31/2012

    Twitter Forgot your password? Type your email address or Twitter username below to reset your password. Learn more. If you’ve been using Twitter via SMS only, complete signup by clicking here. tags: twitter reset password What do I do if my Twitter account is hacked? | Naked Security Many Naked Security readers email our tips… Continue reading

  • Pathetic Internet Speeds

    Have you ever noticed that there are some times that I make a blog post and there are no images contained in the posting to spruce it up or to illustrate the point?  It’s not that I’m lazy; there are some days that I swear that I have the worst internet service provider.  Yesterday was… Continue reading