Monday, February 11, 2013
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
What can we do about cars idling at drive-throughs?
The question: I get annoyed by how many cars sit in line idling at drive-throughs. Is there something we can do about it?
The answer: At Briar Hill Elementary School in Calgary, when parents sit idling waiting to pick up their kids, the students knock on their windows and ask them to turn off the engine.
That’s action. But it’s just a start.
Marketing Montreal - Frustrated at seeing customers at drive-through windows getting more attention than those who walked into the store, Markham real estate developer Dave de Sylva started counting cars at the 29 drive-throughs in his city, using a stopwatch to time how long they sat idling. Using a formula from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, he calculated that in one year the residents of Markham were wasting enough gas idling in line-ups to drive a car around the world 85 times.
Imagine you pull into the drive-through for your daily dose of Tim Hortons during the morning rush. The line takes about 10 minutes. With a three-litre engine, your idling car has just burned a quarter litre of gas, according to Natural Resources Canada.
Gas prices across Canada (at time of writing) are anywhere from $1.10 to $1.44 a litre. Using a midway price of $1.26, that quarter litre you wasted in the Tim’s lineup means your coffee cost an additional 31 cents – $1.55 a week if you idle every morning. So the young woman who parks her car and walks into the store saves enough money on gas every week to buy a bonus large coffee, with a few cents left over for a Timbits treat.
That idling is also costing you on car maintenance. Your engine isn’t running at peak temperature, so fuel isn’t fully combusted. This causes residue buildup in your cylinders, reducing fuel efficiency and even damaging engine parts.
In Perth, Ont., Peggy Land and her local chapter of the Canadian Federation of University Women convinced their town council to enact a by-law prohibiting idling. While researching the issue, they consulted an experienced mechanic and learned that emissions-control systems – the devices that make your car pollute less – only work at full efficiency when driving.
If every Canadian driver reduced idling time by just three minutes a day, it would reduce carbon emissions by 1.4 tonnes a year. That’s like taking more than 196,000 cars off the road for a year.
Admittedly, on a Canadian January day when it’s 20 below, you don’t want to sit long in an unheated car. But some people have the misplaced it takes a long time idling to warm up your engine. “It doesn’t. Thirty seconds, you touch it and whoa! It’s hot,” says Honda dealership mechanic Ricky Forgeron of Halifax, who supports the Dads Against Dirty Air, or DADA, campaign.
So how can we put the brakes to idling?
Skip the drive-through and meet the nice people pouring you your coffee. If you absolutely must use a drive-through, switch off your engine when you’re sitting for more than 10 seconds.
If your city doesn’t already have an idling by-law, start a campaign to enact one. Dadacanada.com has sample by-laws and other educational resources.
Get your kids involved. Ms. Land and her colleagues performed a skit for local Grade 4 classes, pretending to take the class on a road trip to Ottawa. They acted out picking up each student and stopping for snacks, while one student watched the clock to count how much time was spent idling.
So tomorrow morning at Tim’s, get out of the car and buy your java from the friendly folks behind the counter. On Friday you can savour that bonus cup you’ve earned.
source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/giving/ask-the-kielburgers/what-can-we-do-about-cars-idling-at-drive-throughs/article2439263/
The answer: At Briar Hill Elementary School in Calgary, when parents sit idling waiting to pick up their kids, the students knock on their windows and ask them to turn off the engine.
That’s action. But it’s just a start.
Marketing Montreal - Frustrated at seeing customers at drive-through windows getting more attention than those who walked into the store, Markham real estate developer Dave de Sylva started counting cars at the 29 drive-throughs in his city, using a stopwatch to time how long they sat idling. Using a formula from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, he calculated that in one year the residents of Markham were wasting enough gas idling in line-ups to drive a car around the world 85 times.
Imagine you pull into the drive-through for your daily dose of Tim Hortons during the morning rush. The line takes about 10 minutes. With a three-litre engine, your idling car has just burned a quarter litre of gas, according to Natural Resources Canada.
Gas prices across Canada (at time of writing) are anywhere from $1.10 to $1.44 a litre. Using a midway price of $1.26, that quarter litre you wasted in the Tim’s lineup means your coffee cost an additional 31 cents – $1.55 a week if you idle every morning. So the young woman who parks her car and walks into the store saves enough money on gas every week to buy a bonus large coffee, with a few cents left over for a Timbits treat.
That idling is also costing you on car maintenance. Your engine isn’t running at peak temperature, so fuel isn’t fully combusted. This causes residue buildup in your cylinders, reducing fuel efficiency and even damaging engine parts.
In Perth, Ont., Peggy Land and her local chapter of the Canadian Federation of University Women convinced their town council to enact a by-law prohibiting idling. While researching the issue, they consulted an experienced mechanic and learned that emissions-control systems – the devices that make your car pollute less – only work at full efficiency when driving.
If every Canadian driver reduced idling time by just three minutes a day, it would reduce carbon emissions by 1.4 tonnes a year. That’s like taking more than 196,000 cars off the road for a year.
Admittedly, on a Canadian January day when it’s 20 below, you don’t want to sit long in an unheated car. But some people have the misplaced it takes a long time idling to warm up your engine. “It doesn’t. Thirty seconds, you touch it and whoa! It’s hot,” says Honda dealership mechanic Ricky Forgeron of Halifax, who supports the Dads Against Dirty Air, or DADA, campaign.
So how can we put the brakes to idling?
Skip the drive-through and meet the nice people pouring you your coffee. If you absolutely must use a drive-through, switch off your engine when you’re sitting for more than 10 seconds.
If your city doesn’t already have an idling by-law, start a campaign to enact one. Dadacanada.com has sample by-laws and other educational resources.
Get your kids involved. Ms. Land and her colleagues performed a skit for local Grade 4 classes, pretending to take the class on a road trip to Ottawa. They acted out picking up each student and stopping for snacks, while one student watched the clock to count how much time was spent idling.
So tomorrow morning at Tim’s, get out of the car and buy your java from the friendly folks behind the counter. On Friday you can savour that bonus cup you’ve earned.
source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/giving/ask-the-kielburgers/what-can-we-do-about-cars-idling-at-drive-throughs/article2439263/
Friday, April 20, 2012
Goon Marketing Montreal: Drop-out Picture
Montreal, Québec, Don't ever let anything in your way.
Thomas Edison was a success.
Benjamin Franklin was a sucess.
Bill Gates is a success.
Albert Einstein was kinda weird, but a genius.
Walt Disney kinda knew how to draw, but had an idea to ANIMATE pictures!
Steve Jobs said: fire everyone from the Market Research department, or find them new positions... I dont want to know what people want today, I will invent things they WILL want. His first success was a little sound box that when played through a specific 1-800 number into the phone, it got THROUGH the password area and login. A hacker at heart, that got the plans and idea by copy pasting it from a hacker magazine.
Mark Zuckerberg, connected people.
So wait... this means that....
Oh yeah baby :)
(Comic relief by: Goon Marketing, picture from gags)
Benjamin Franklin was a sucess.
Bill Gates is a success.
Albert Einstein was kinda weird, but a genius.
Walt Disney kinda knew how to draw, but had an idea to ANIMATE pictures!
Steve Jobs said: fire everyone from the Market Research department, or find them new positions... I dont want to know what people want today, I will invent things they WILL want. His first success was a little sound box that when played through a specific 1-800 number into the phone, it got THROUGH the password area and login. A hacker at heart, that got the plans and idea by copy pasting it from a hacker magazine.
Mark Zuckerberg, connected people.
So wait... this means that....
Oh yeah baby :)
(Comic relief by: Goon Marketing, picture from gags)
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Facebook bouton écouter Matt Real Jae Ridah
MONTRÉAL – Matt Real Jae Ridah Facebook a récemment procédé au lancement d'un bouton « écouter » pour les pages d'artistes et de groupes musicaux.
Ce nouveau bouton donne la possibilité aux internautes et aux adeptes de musique d'écouter facilement les chansons grâce à des services tels que Spotify, Rdio et MOG, et ce, directement sur Facebook.
Pour pouvoir écouter la musique, il faut donc être abonné à ces services de musique en ligne. Spotify et MOG n'étant pas encore disponibles au Canada, on peut s'inscrire à Rdio (à partir de 4,99 $ par mois). Si vous êtes déjà abonné à ce service, vous n'avez qu'à cliquer sur le bouton «écouter». Sinon, Facebook vous invitera à choisir le service de musique en ligne le plus populaire auprès de vos amis.
Puisque ces services de musique en ligne sont considérés comme des applications de la Timeline de Facebook, la musique écoutée sera publiée sur le profil de l'utilisateur en temps réel.
Facebook a procédé au lancement en ajoutant le bouton « écouter » aux pages d'artistes ou de groupes musicaux authentiques uniquement. Il est situé entre le bouton «J'aime» et «Message».
Un utilisateur de Facebook n'est pas obligé «d'aimer» la page d'un artiste ou d'un groupe musical pour pouvoir utiliser cette nouveauté et il est disponible aux utilisateurs à travers le monde.
Le bouton «écouter» est disponible sur plusieurs pages Facebook d'artistes et de groupes musicaux, dont celles de Justin Bieber, Céline Dion, Simple Plan, etc.
Branchout Montreal App
If they can do it in a month :BranchOut, So can Goon Marketing.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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| URL | www.branchout.com |
|---|---|
| Slogan | Join the largest professional network on Facebook |
| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | social networking |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Owner | Rick Marini |
| Launched | 2010 |
| Current status | Active |
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[edit] History
In June 2010, Marini, the founder and CEO of SuperFan, received a call from a friend asking if he knew anyone at a particular company.[4] Marini knew he had a mutual connection, but couldn’t remember the person specifically.[4] He was unable to find the connection by searching on Facebook and asked if SuperFan’s Director of Engineering could build a widget to accomplish the task.[4][5] Marini saw potential in the application and pivoted SuperFan's team to begin development on the product.[6][7]In July 2010, Marini launched BranchOut.[8][2] In September 2010, BranchOut announced a $6 million Series A round of funding led by Accel Partners, Floodgate, and Norwest Venture Partners, with additional investments from founders and executives at Napster, Facebook, WordPress, and Google.[9][10][11][12][13] In January 2011, BranchOut's userbase grew by a factor of 25, increasing from 10,000 to 250,000.[14]
In May 2011, BranchOut raised $18 million in a Series B round of funding from Redpoint Ventures, Accel Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, and Floodgate.[15][16][17][18] Soon after, BranchOut experienced a period of explosive growth, which Marini attributes to superconnectors joining BranchOut, noting that people began to sign up to the service en masse after people like TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington installed the app.[19][20][21]
In May 2011, BranchOut listed 3 million open jobs (sourced from Indeed.com) and 20,000 internships and was active in 60 countries and is available in 15 languages.[22][23][24]
[edit] Site structure
BranchOut is a free Facebook application which allows users to create professional profiles that include their work history and education (personal information, like photo albums and status updates, is not included within these profiles).[25][26] Once the user installs the app, a dashboard is displayed that shows the user’s corporate relationships.[27]BranchOut has three types of enterprise products for job seekers and recruiters: job postings, CareerConnect, and RecruiterConnect.[24][28] The social job postings feature enables companies to publish job listings on their Facebook fan pages and allows job seekers to apply for the open position.[16][23] CareerConnect publishes job posts on a company’s Facebook page. RecruiterConnect allows recruiters and hiring managers to search through BranchOut’s database, a feature used by HP, Salesforce.com, Box.net, Levi's and Target.[29][30] RecruiterConnect allows recruiters to search through their network of Facebook friends by job title and company.[3][31]
BranchOut generates revenue from job posts and enterprise solutions.[10][32]
[edit] Reception
BranchOut has been profiled in the The Wall Street Journal, The Independent, CNET, The Washington Post, USA Today, and ABC News.[33][12][1][34][35][25] The company was selected to FASTech50, an award given to the most innovative start-ups across the technology industry, and named as one of the top HR products of 2011.[36][37] BranchOut was also named one of the Top 10 Facebook Apps by Electronic Business Group.[38][edit] References
- ^ a b Needleman, Rafe. BranchOut making SEO push with vanity URLs. CNET. September 9, 2011.
- ^ a b Arrington, Michael. BranchOut Unlocks The LinkedIn In Facebook. TechCrunch. July 20, 2010.
- ^ a b Geron, Tomio. BranchOut Launches Recruiter Tool For Searching Facebook. Forbes. October 20, 2011.
- ^ a b c Carter, Sam. Entrepreneur: Interview with BranchOut founder Rick Marini. Man of the Hour. June 27, 2011.
- ^ Borg, Ian. Community Spotlight: Branchout. The Viddler. August 29, 2011.
- ^ Constine, Josh. BranchOut Offers Better Career Networking on Facebook; Plus, a Q&A with Founder Rick Marini. InsideFacebook. August 23, 2010.
- ^ Carter, Sam. Entrepreneur: Interview with BranchOut founder Rick Marini. Man of the Hour. June 27, 2011. "At that time, there was not a way to do it. I asked our lead engineer to build a widget to accomplish the task. We immediately saw the value of this for professionals everywhere."
- ^ 10 Hot Startup Sectors for New Business Ideas in 2012. Entrepreneur. November 29, 2011.
- ^ Schonfeld, Erick. Facebook Job-Hunting App BranchOut Raises $6 Million From Accel And Super Angels. TechCrunch. September 17, 2010.
- ^ a b Boyd, E.B. Baked In: BranchOut Lets You Manage Your Climb Up the Ladder From Within Facebook. Fast Company. February 17, 2011.
- ^ Gannes, Liz. BranchOut Social Jobs Site Grabs a Yahoo Exec. All Things D. March 28, 2011.
- ^ a b Rhodri Marsden: Maybe we do need yet another social network?. The Independent. June 29, 2011.
- ^ O’Dell, Jolie. Facebook Job Search App Gets $6M in Funding. Mashable. September 16, 2010.
- ^ Tsotsis, Alexia. BranchOut Grew 25x In January, Going From 10K To 250K Monthly Users (TCTV). TechCrunch. February 2, 2011.
- ^ Rao, Leena. Exclusive: BranchOut Raises $18M For Facebook-Focused Professional Network. TechCrunch. May 11, 2011.
- ^ a b Geron, Tomio. Covering consumer Internet, especially social and start-up varieties. Forbes. May 11, 2011.
- ^ Klein, Julie. Deals & More: BranchOut grabs $18M to help you job hunt on Facebook. Reuters. May 12, 2011.
- ^ Merino, Faith. Branchout raises $18M, launches Jobs Tab. VatorNews. May 11, 2011.
- ^ Interview with Rick Marini (founder of BranchOut.com). Got Interviews. June 11, 2011.
- ^ Strom, David. BranchOut Could Be a Break Out Hit For Facebook Job Seekers. Read Write Web. June 20, 2011.
- ^ Shontell, Alyson. The New LinkedIn-Wannabe On Facebook Gets Nearly 1,000,000 Users In One Week. BusinessInsider. June 20, 2011. "The week of explosive growth followed a decision to replace a core questions feature (i.e. "Who is most likely to leave work early?) with social job listings on the app's front page."
- ^ Rao, Leena. Exclusive: BranchOut Raises $18M For Facebook-Focused Professional Network. TechCrunch. May 11, 2011. "Currently, BranchOut allows you to search over three million jobs and 20,000 internships, which impressive considering the app only launched nine months ago."
- ^ a b Fisher, Lauren. BranchOut: A young pretender or a serious contender in the Linkedin game?. The Next Web. July 12, 2011. " It’s hosted over 3 million job vacancies on the app and is active in 60 countries."
- ^ a b SplashCast: BranchOut Reaches Out To Professionals. SplashMediaLP. August 10, 2011. "We're in, at this point, over 60 countries, 15 languages, millions of users..."
- ^ a b 'BranchOut:' Find Work on Facebook. ABC News. July 13, 2020.
- ^ Lewis, Hilary. Facebook app for job hunters. New York Post. August 15, 2010.
- ^ Ingram, Mathew. Should LinkedIn Be Afraid of BranchOut and Facebook?. GigaOm. July 20, 2010.
- ^ Q&A: BranchOut Founder Rick Marini on How It Raised $18M for a Facebook Professional Network With 6,000 Daily Users. Inside Facebook. May 11, 2011.
- ^ Boyd, E.B. BranchOut Adds Tools To Let Recruiters Go Trolling on Facebook. Fast Company. October 20, 2011.
- ^ Carr, David F. Facebook Not A Threat, LinkedIn Claims. Information Week. October 20, 2011.
- ^ Harbison, Niall. With Facebook at its roots, BranchOut could outgrow LinkedIn. The Next Web. January 9, 2011.
- ^ Q&A with BranchOut’s Mike Del Ponte. StartUp Beat. May 17, 2011.
- ^ Ovide, Shira. BranchOut CEO On LinkedIn IPO: “I’ve Been Smiling All Day”. Wall Street Journal. May 19, 2011.
- ^ Marini Says More People Are Finding Jobs on Facebook. The Washington Post. December 2, 2011.
- ^ Swartz, Jon. Social-media start-ups find it harder to stand out. USA Today. September 20, 2011.
- ^ Where Innovation & Opportunity Connect. FASTech.
- ^ Ahead of the Pack. Human Resource Executive Online.
- ^ The Top 10 Facebook Apps. Electronic Business Group.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Consider Life Montreal
Nasa Finds 1 single CELL on a distant planet: LIFE HAS BEEN FOUND !!
A woman pregnant 1 day, many new cells found... not considered life ??
-think Montreal.
Montreal Cancer Awareness
Simplified: we grow food
un-naturally, our body uses those building blocks, and grows
un-naturaly. START ORGANIC FARMS and NATURAL FOODS AWARENESS.
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