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Jay Goldman

Technologist, designer, speaker, author, generally swell guy.


Areas of Expertise:
  • technology
  • design
  • speaking
  • writing
  • facebook
  • user experience
  • human computer interaction
  • consulting
  • speaking
  • training
  • writing

Biography

Jay Goldman has been providing a human side to technology for over ten years, as both a User Experience Specialist and Visual Designer. His career has been focused on the interaction between people and technology, and his insights have helped to greatly improve products on mobile, web, and desktop platforms, including IBM DB2 and Mozilla Firefox. Jay led Radiant Core's Professional Services Team on a wide variety of award winning engagements across many industries, and is now helping to change the world as Vice President of Client Experience for Zerofootprint Software, Inc. He has been instrumental in the continued growth of the BarCamp community in Toronto and was one of the co-conductors of the very successful TransitCamp event held in partnership with the Toronto Transit Commission. Jay has been published in the Harvard Business Review and is currently writing The Facebook Cookbook for O'Reilly Media.

Books

Facebook Cookbook Facebook Cookbook
by Jay Goldman
October 2008 (est.)
$39.99 USD

Blog

Jay's blog posts are hosted at:
http://jaygoldman.com/

Blocking Images from One Domain

October 10 2008

A quick way to block image requests from a specific domain. read more

Mail Goggles: for serious?

October 08 2008

Sometimes Google is brilliant, and sometimes you kinda want to know what they’re smoking. Maybe it’s the free food? Google Labs presents the latest innovation in email: Mail Googles. read more

Speaking and Media Mention: TorontoTechWeek and itbusiness.ca

October 07 2008

A brief write-up on my appearance at TorontoTechWeek and some media coverage from itbusiness.ca. read more

Pot to Kettle: Finding Your Blogging Mojo

October 04 2008

A sure-fire system for total blog domination that I'll never find time to practise. read more

I Saved a Building

September 24 2008

In which I save a building full of old folks from a minor balcony fire. read more

Do People Still Fax?

September 23 2008

When was the last time you faxed? read more

50D Buyers Club

September 23 2008

A mini Buyers Club for the new Canon 50D. read more

Carbon and Environment Footprint Supply Chain Summit 2008

September 16 2008

That’s right folks! I’m in NYC for the big bad and very longly named Carbon and Environment Footprint Supply Chain Summit 2008 (a name only a conference organizer with a big name tag budget could love). Greg and I from Zerofootprint flew down on the entirely awesome Porter Air on… read more

Dear Purolator: Your Customer Experience is Painful

September 10 2008

An open letter to Purolator Courier on why their customer experience is so unenjoyable. read more

It Ain’t Easy

September 06 2008

Kermit said it best: it ain’t easy being green. I’ve been learning a lot about how to minimize my impact on our planet as part of my ‘new’ job, including a thorough grounding in greening your home, courtesy of our amazing research team. I get a lot of questions from… read more

Addressing Address Book Pt I

September 05 2008

The beginning of a mini-series exploring the user interface of Apple's Address Book application. read more

New Photo Set: Badlands and Barbers

September 03 2008

On September 1st, 2008, Photojunkie, Girlwithcamera.ca, and me went for a roadtrip to the Badlands and Barber Mill in Georgetown. The Badlands and Barbers set is up on Flickr. read more

Speaking at Referesh Events: How to Build a Facebook Application

September 02 2008

I’m proud to be kicking of the inaugural Refresh Events meet up in Toronto with a talk on how to build a Facebook Application, a bit of an abstract from the forthcoming O’Reilly Facebook Cookbook. Please join us on Monday, September 15th, 2008 at the Gladstone Art Bar here in Toronto.… read more

The Secret of Rannie’s Success

September 02 2008

Everyone who knows Rannie — a.k.a. photojunkie — knows he’s one of Toronto’s (and the world’s) most popular photobloggers. Ever wonder what the secret to his success is? Rannie invited Rachel Segal and I out to a photowalk through the Badlands and Barber Paper Mill today, and I thought I might… read more

Microsoft Office Word 2008 Insert Image Error

September 01 2008

Microsoft Office Word 2008 has a nasty habit of popping up this error when trying to insert an image into a Word document: You may have noticed that it only sometimes happens, and that you can even insert the same image into one doc but not into another. Think you’re losing… read more
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