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What was I thinking…
- Missing Solo.
- It Gets Better
- Sneaky marketers have no place in social media.
- The 11-year Old Pedaling Salesman on Yonge & Eglinton
- Sleeping Sickness
- Rant full of grace.
- Note to Self.
- Kinda Objectivist, Kinda Not.
- Privacy means everybody?
- Too creepy.
- Lemonade: The Perfect PSR.
- A piece of 1910 in 2010.
- STUPID AD: Dockers… AHRRRR!
- GREAT IDEA: Pack it ready.
- Amuse-Bouche of the Month
Scour away, dahling.
Incriminating evidence.
Stuff I hack about.
Arts, Culture & Design.
- Apartment Therapy. Interior design solutions and ideas for apartments.
- Cannes. THE film festival. Source out the coolest foreigns of the year.
- Cinemateque Ontario. Arthouse film (sub-group of TIFF).
- Contemporist. Architecture, furniture, interiors, lighting.
- Critic After Dark Philippine film critic, Noel Vera, on films.
- Criticine. Anything about Southeast Asian films.
- Desire to Inspire. Ideas, inspiration and upgrades.
- Facehunter. Yvan Rodic’s cool, street-style photoblog.
- GQ. The bible for men’s fashion.
- House. You’re lost and want to go back to my front page.
- Info is Beautiful! Infographic art and design. How I wish I continued with PSD.
- Lessons from the school of inattention. Blog about Philippine film (good source for other film links).
- National Film Board of Canada. Watch documentaries and animated film online.
- Noir of the Week. Blog for noir devotees.
- Pop Photo. Stuff about photography.
- Robert Geller. I wanna wear EVERYTHING he makes.
- Roger Ebert. One of my guilty pleasures.
- The Auteurs. The BEST of arthouse films from all over the world. All in one viewing website.
- The Moment. NYT fashion blog.
- The Preservation Institute. Cool academic stuff about social environment. Jane Jacobs’ writings are here.
- The Sartorialist. The sun is our spotlight and the streets are our catwalk. Fashion shot on the streets of the world.
- Toronto.com. Stuff about Toronto.
- TVO. TV Ontario – shows that make you think.
- verbadjectivenoun. My friend, Kerri’s, fabulous blog.
- Video48. Pinoy blog about old Philippine cinema (posters included!).
- Waiter Rant. Read the book, got completely transported. Laughed, cried, thought. Found the website. Finally following.
Cool stuff.
- Baekdal. Online magazine about greatness.
- Facehunter. Yvan Rodic’s cool, street-style photoblog.
- Gaping Void. Some guy who draws behind business cards.
- House. You’re lost and want to go back to my front page.
- Info is Beautiful! Infographic art and design. How I wish I continued with PSD.
- KIVA. Loan money to encourage enterpreneurship in developing countries.
- My Fonts. Resource for fonts.
- My Milk Toof. In the words of Jeline, “death by cuteness”.
- The Cool Hunter. As the name implies: if it’s cool, it’s here.
- The Moment. NYT fashion blog.
- The Sartorialist. The sun is our spotlight and the streets are our catwalk. Fashion shot on the streets of the world.
- verbadjectivenoun. My friend, Kerri’s, fabulous blog.
- Wired. For guys – zeitgeist stuff about news, culture, technology and multimedia.
- Yvan Rodic. Cool street-style photoblog.
Current Affairs.
- CBC. Canadian news.
- CNN. News authority.
- Eye Weekly. What’s cool and happening in Toronto.
- Global Brief. World affairs in the 21st century.
- Info is Beautiful! Infographic art and design. How I wish I continued with PSD.
- Life. Current events in a snapshot.
- New York Times. The big NYT.
- NY Times Video. News reports and articles in motion.
- The Real News. Indie news channel.
- TVO. TV Ontario – shows that make you think.
Food & Drinks
- 101 Simple Salads for the Season. The Minimalist unearths simple and sumptuous salad revelations!
- Bitten. Mark Bitman on food.
- Food Proof. A food-lovers’ community: recipes, photos, etc.
- Girl Interrupted Eating. Common sense recipe blog from a British chef. Amazing food pics!
- Snooth. Wine exploration and discovery community.
- The Food Network. The mecca for all recipes.
- Waiter Rant. Read the book, got completely transported. Laughed, cried, thought. Found the website. Finally following.
Friends.
- Currystrumpet. Deepa’s fabulous blog.
- El mundo a través de mis ojos. Mike’s photoblog.
- Helloise. Jeline’s fantastic writings.
- House. You’re lost and want to go back to my front page.
- Kohvipaus. Kathleen’s coffee break, 2009.
- KWizzlepizzle. Kristian’s thoughts and reflections on urban subculture and marketing.
- Nganoman. Bisaya ka man, Mags.
- Ria. Composer, arranger and friend, Ria.
- Simple Serendipity. Pia’s collection of everyday happenings and discoveries.
- Sopranina. Rina’s blog.
- Tea & Bonbons. Leo’s Victorian bemusings.
- The Bottom Rung. David’s thoughts, ideas and observations.
- The Diplo Wife My fabulous friend, A’s, blog as a diplomat wife.
- The Mills Chronicles. Jess’ zeitgeist entries.
- The truth in life. Andrei’s fantastic writings.
- verbadjectivenoun. My friend, Kerri’s, fabulous blog.
Marketing.
- 24/7 Wall Street. Cool news about Wall Street.
- Ad Age. News and information about the US ad industry.
- Ad Freak. Industry hub for ad geeks and zealots alike.
- AdageVideo. Ad Age’s vlog content.
- Baekdal. Online magazine about greatness.
- Bnet. Resource for management efficacy.
- Boardsmag. Cool news about creative production.
- Canadian Marketing Association. Umbrella organization for marketing practitioners.
- Clay Shirky. Writings about digital media and the Internet.
- Creativity. The best in advertising, design and digital creative work.
- CWTA. Research and news from the umbrella org of wireless carriers in Canada.
- DigitalNext. Ad Age’s digital blog content.
- GenNext. Ad Age’s GenNext blog content. What my generation’s thinking, I guess.
- GoodWorks. Ad Age’s CSR blog content.
- Gurl. Tween girl site… oh the youth market.
- House. You’re lost and want to go back to my front page.
- Info is Beautiful! Infographic art and design. How I wish I continued with PSD.
- Inside Facebook. Track facebook metrics and data trends.
- KWizzlepizzle. Kristian’s thoughts and reflections on urban subculture and marketing.
- Marketing Mag. News and information about the Canadian ad industry.
- Mobile Youth. The authority on the youth market.
- Nielsen Wire. Research updates and blogs from the measurement hawthouse, yeah!
- Penn Olson. Social. Media. Brand. Blog.
- Power150. Ad Age’s daily ranking of the TOP 150 blogs online.
- Seth Godin. Thoughts from digital marketing thought-leader, Seth Godin.
- SmallAgencyDiary. Ad Age’s small agency blog content.
- SongsForSoap. Ad Age’s TV blog content.
- Techdirt. News and information about the tech industry.
- The Altimeter. Blog about social and emerging technologies.
- The Big Money. Cool news and commentaries about the business world.
- The Consumerist. Consumer-advocacy and industry content.
- The Marketing Blog. Marketing Magazine’s blog.
- TheBigTent. Ad Age’s multi-cultural blog content.
Music.
- Blue House. Toronto-based indie record label.
- Brasstronaut. Vancouver-based indie group with a distinct conservatory pop sound.
- Final Fantasy / Owen Pallett. His official website.
- House. You’re lost and want to go back to my front page.
- Owen Pallett / Final Fantasy. Toronto-based, gay, indie, conservatory-pop, one-man act. Whew…
- Pow. Pow Navarro’s indie music.
- Röyskopp. Are they Swedes? Their music’s cool.
- Steamwhistle Unsigned Music. Sponsored microsite for the Canadian indie scene.
- The Golden Filter. Fabulous 80′s revival, indie sound.
- The Golden Filter. Their official website.
- Urban Outfitters. The newest, coolest picks in any playlist everrr.
Things that make your life easier.
- Box Office Mojo. Box office movie results.
- CIA World Factbook. Comprehensive one-pagers about ANY country.
- Civics 101. How the Ontario government works. Ask an MPP.
- Common Errors in English. For grammar cops out there.
- Docstoc. Website to upload and share your documents.
- En English por favour? Google language translator.
- Eyewitness to History. First-hand historical accounts.
- Facebook. Informal social networking.
- Figures of Speech. With definitions and examples.
- Google Scholar. Jason recommends… for academic research and white papers.
- Google, eh. Google Canada
- House. You’re lost and want to go back to my front page.
- How To Videos. Curated instructional videos from winning rock, paper, scissors to assembling a laser trip security camera.
- Joost. TV episodes and movies. Subscription site, boo.
- Kung wala kang pera pang-cine. FTP movie-sharing site for movie-lovers in a budget.
- Sidestep. Find out when it’s cheapest to fly out.
- Toronto Public Library. Free books, DVDs and CDs! Yey, taxpayer money.
- Yousendit. Public and free ftp site for sending large files.
- Youtube. Google of online videos.
Time fillers.
- 1000 Awesomest Things. Meh… some ideas are novel though.
- Texts about last night. Read uploaded random text messages. Humankind is funny.
- Todaysbigthing. Selected videos daily.
- xkcd. A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language.
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