Archive for November, 2009

Ebay has released a very cool map/video of Black Friday transactions on their website, you can see it here:

http://www.ebayholiday.com/black-friday

If your not familar with Black Friday, its a mainly US phenomia where retailers enter into the “Black” for the year with the beginning of the Christmas holiday shopping. Most retailers offer significant discounts to get people shopping, and it seems that this trend matchs well with Ebay Transactions online.

Of particular interest is the number of Transactions that appear on the East Coast. Ebay original started as on the West Coast but it would appear to be much more widely penetrated across the East Coast of the US or prehaps East Coast retailers are more aggressive with their Black Friday sales/discounts…

Note: This post can also be found on refreshclassifieds.com

As most of you know I’ve been working for the last few months at Ascentum and we’ve been working towards a new website. Yesterday we launched new Ascentum.com website, which was a switch from Ascentum.ca and an older CMS system that didn’t feature many social media functions.

The new site Ascentum.com is also supported by a Facebook Page, Twitter Account and Youtube Channel.

• hmmm, considering Movember… Its a great cause but I don't think I could deal with Stache… #
• Do kids not smash pumpkins anymore? I haven't seen a single smashed pumpkin all day… Just saying, wasn't tempted to smash any myself… #
• At the Toronto Innovation Showcase in City Hall Council Chambers, its the calm before the storm… #opendatato #
• I don't know the future of government but I'm not convinced that its happening right now in council chambers #

• Great time at Facebook Garage Montreal tonight, thanks again to all the organizers and speakers! #
• Just saw the best Mimi-Mouse costume… #
• Really impressed with Twitter Lists, very simple and smart implementation… #
• If there were points for bad uniforms the Habs would already be losing… Go Leafs! #
• #trick or #treat #
• Even Don Cherry's suit looks better than the Hab uniforms… #