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Yet another social tool arises from Silicon Valley: WhereBerry went live yesterday according to a New York Times article . people post activities they want to do someday, like restaurants they want to try, movies they hope to see or events they plan to attend. Their friends can comment and make plans. Do we really need another one of these?  Really? Maybe we're destined to go through the same experience here as with too many credit cards in the wallet, but perhaps it's time to start innovating up a level. At some point a social PayPal, call it my eButler, will come along and start handling all this social stuff for me.  I'm talking something a little more seamless than stuffing it into FaceBook.  I don't want apps forcing me to think about my social graphs and run interference on who is zooming who (try WhereBerry and you'll see what I mean). In our quest for primary experiences - things we can do, touch, smell, feel - our time has become commoditized...

What!?  Ford retires?!  Is this some kind of bad pun? Well, yes.  But the news is all good.  And it's green. Retirement Ford of Canada recently (March 31, 2011) wrapped up its Recycle Your Ride initiative - a green program that has been running since September 2009. According to World of Wheels Magazine, Ford of Canada has successfully taken as many as 50,000 of our codgerly Canuck carbon coughers off the road. That matches the Federal government's annual goal. A Successful Green Program Image source:   http://www.fordclassic.ca/ryr/en / "Nearly 60% per cent of vehicles on Canadian roads today are 2003 model year or older" says World of Wheels. http://www.worldofwheelsmagazine.com/digital-editions /  Guilty:  I drove my 1986 Tercel hatch (sorry Ford) well into this millennium.  But hey, now we own a Toyota Camry Hybrid (um, sorry again there Ford). Several suggest Ford's program has outperformed any other Canadian auto manufacturer. Congrat...