Adam Fuhrer

Please sign this petition. We can actually say right now, “Rogers WTF?”

We will be delivering this petition on July 11 to Rogers Communications which is the day they are launching the Apple iPhone 3G. This means we have seven days to change the face of the cell phone industry in Canada by putting enormous pressure on Rogers and other companies to adjust their pricing, to make it at least comparable if not better than plans in the U.S. and other countries.

For reading my feeds I use a feed reader, called Google Reader.

Right now I have about 200 feeds in their, which I check on a daily basis. Another Feed reader which I use sometimes is called NetNewsWire.

The way I organize all these feeds is by using tags and folders. (e.g. “Apple” “Science” etc.) One of the most useful tags I use, is what I call “1st.” So whenever I have just a couple minutes to check my feeds, I know where to go. Those are my most important feeds.

Picture courtesy of Michael

So, you’ve submitted a story on the oh so many social news websites. But, will I vote for it? I have created a list of things that will either decide whether I like it or not.

I hope most of this list will apply to you too.

What does deserve my vote:

• I agree with what the article is saying.
• The article is well written and has enough content in it.
• Original idea. Meaning, I haven’t seen it on any other site before.
• Has pictures and diagrams.
• A story I would want to follow-up in a blog post.
• Trusted source.
• A lot of my friends have already voted for it.
• What I feel a trusted user, who has submitted quality stuff in the past.
• Original witty picture, with good description.
• I saved it to my delicious bookmarks, for future reference.
• Something that made me laugh on the inside… Laughing out loud and you get a comment.

What doesn’t deserve my vote:

• Linked to a spam site. Just trying to make some money of advertising.
• Duplicate.
• Absolutely wrong category.
• Rip-off from another site.
• Sent the story to me more than once.
• The story doesn’t have enough content.
• Totally inaccurate.
• More than 3 advertisements.
• Over use of the words “BEST” and “EVER”.
• Didn’t warn me about being NSFW.
• Pop-up. (Even though I can’t tell anymore, since I installed Adblock Plus)