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It’s Official - We’re Expanding
Our occasional collaborator and co-host Dr. Nadine Robinson is now formally working with the Smartypants team to help communicators and adminstrative staff make safe and...
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The Battle of the Bots…And Best Tools for Transcripts
All of the major tech players are releasing every more powerful A.I. tools. While many freelancers just want a reliable way to create transcripts from recordings.
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AI in Everyday Life - Part 1 of 5
The first of five two-hour sessions about AI in Everyday Life. Discussions, demostrations, relevant videos and video clips, documents and some very recent news about the world...
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An Overview of AI in Everyday Life for SCANS (Senior Collage Association of Nova Scotia)
AI seems like it just arrived, when in fact it's pretty much everywhere. This hour-long overview was a pre-amble to a 10-hour course that went far and wide to find real-world...
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An A.I. Presentation for a local Rotary Club
The Halifax Harbour Rotary Club asked for a 15-minute presentation about A.I. and its impact on businesses.
Continue ReadingMy favorite hotel between New Brunswick and Montreal
I'm generally not a fan of hotels that perch on the edge of the highway cloverleaf, but the Comfort Inn & Suites on Route du Pont, St. Nicholas, Levis, Quebec, is such a treat, that...
Continue ReadingI dropped my iphone in the toilet
Not really, but it's the search term I used to seek examples of people with catastrophic experiences with their mobile devices - what more catastrophic than an iphone in the crapper? -...
Continue ReadingSpring Spamfest Meets Mobile Phone Bills
It seems that every year at about this time the annual spring spamfest begins. Why now? All the university business and marketing students are at their summer jobs, and many of them...
Continue ReadingDelecting EMail Accoints - Dumbest Phishing Scam Ever?
While cleaning up some old paper recently, I came across an EMail that I'd printed out back in 2009. It appears that I then promptly forgot about it, which is a shame because this is...
Continue ReadingBlackberry Playbook – first impressions 03 - More missing pieces
First of all, we're not normal users. At least not during the working day. We use computers to create and manage rather than simply consume content.
We also provide general and...
Continue ReadingBlackberry Playbook - first impressions 02 - Missing Pieces
It didn't take long for the Apple fans to start in on my Playbook tablet notes. So perhaps some background info, and then let's address their comments.
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