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builtbygiants

  1. Why is @mozillafirefox spending resources on FF Developer Tools when Firebug is already ubiquitous (and much much better)? Huge waste. 1:47 PM Feb 28th via web
  2. Sorry to hear of Steve Jobs' passing. He was an amazing visionary and will be sadly missed. RIP :( 4:59 PM Oct 5th, 2011 via web
  3. Beautiful Google Doodle tribute to Freddie Mercury on his birthday today: www.google.com 10:45 AM Sep 5th, 2011 via web
  4. Great website by @Microsoft showing IE6 distribution around the world. ie6countdown.com via @IE 4:31 PM Aug 23rd, 2011 via Tweet Button
  5. Shutting down the Giants blog. Too busy cranking out projects to sit around writing about them! 1:49 PM Aug 18th, 2011 via web
  6. WHAT! I just realized BCE paid 1.37% on their last dividend. This is higher than both banks and oil companies. Bring it! #crtc #ubb #avp 9:12 PM Jul 10th, 2011 via web
  7. 6AM train to Ottawa tomorrow to present at #CTRC hearing re: #UBB #AVP. I have a great argument but terrified of telco lobby. Wish me luck! 8:24 PM Jul 10th, 2011 via web
  8. Happy IPV6 day everyone!! 12:40 AM Jun 8th, 2011 via web
  9. Just learned that Giants has been chosen to present at public #CRTC hearing in Gatineau re: #UBB, #AVP on July 11. Wish us luck! 1:23 PM Jun 7th, 2011 via web
  10. Also important to note that us Giants are endorsing the @VanCanucks to bring the Stanley Cup home to Canada this year! #gocanucksgo 5:15 PM Apr 19th, 2011 via web
  11. Finally got around to some long overdue website updates. Too many bridges to fix these days! 5:14 PM Apr 19th, 2011 via web
  12. Why is MD5 still default encryption in recent versions of htpasswd? This is serious #cryptography #fail. 9:33 AM Feb 28th, 2011 via web
  13. Lots of updates coming to the BBG website in upcoming days, keep checking back! 12:43 PM Feb 17th, 2011 via web
  14. I just noticed if you use a stupid date format (yyyyddmm) then today's date is a palindrome: 20111102 #palindrome 6:33 PM Feb 11th, 2011 via web
  15. Just submitted the proposal to appear in Ottawa to oppose #CRTC #UBB ruling. We should know by end of February. Wish us luck! 3:58 PM Feb 11th, 2011 via web
  16. Drafting a proposal to the #CRTC to take part in #UBB review proceedings. Hope we can help end this dirty ruling once and for all. 1:29 PM Feb 11th, 2011 via web
  17. The sophistication of the software API behind @silverstripe 2.4.4 utterly blows away every other open source CMS. #epic 7:39 PM Jan 18th, 2011 via web
  18. Hope yall have an excellent holiday and a GIANT 2011! 1:22 PM Dec 30th, 2010 via web
  19. We're late off the starting blocks, but looking forward to Entrepreneurship101 lectures with @MaRSDD starting tomorrow! #ent101 12:04 PM Nov 16th, 2010 via web
  20. Introducing the latest member of the BBG team: Roomba the magical vacuuming robot. #geeks http://twitpic.com/375ibw 10:26 AM Nov 15th, 2010 via Twitpic