Platform Partnership
I forgot to mention Platform Partnership as part of my DemoCampToronto9 write-up. Platform Partnership didn’t actual present but they did do an annoucement at the being about their service. Basically they provide a connection service between the non-profit community and technology start-ups. The non-profit community gets access to new technology and technology start-ups get a […]
CaseCamp Toronto 3
For those of you familiar with DemoCamp, CaseCamp may be the polar position with its flashy power point presentations and marketing case studies. For anyone interest in online or interactive campaigns its a great event to see what works and what doesn’t. CaseCamp Toronto at The Fifth Club Wednesday nigth after a summer break and […]
DemoCampToronto9 Review
DemoCamp was back on in Toronto last night. It was again at No Regrets which is a great location to have a beer and watch the demos. As always it was pretty full and standing room only for alot of the demos. I think ConceptShare won the award for traveling the furthest, apparently it hasn’t […]
Wanakita 2006
As a kid I went to the Camp Wanakita summer camp each year and waited anxiously for any mail, especially when it contained some of my mom’s cookies. The distance and the isolation was all part of the experience, and it was great. I just found a Youtube video by Stephen Emhecht about his experience […]
Movie Review : The Last King of Scotland
I saw my first movie of the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival last night. Its was ‘The Last King of Scotland” by Kevin McDonald and tells the story of Idi Amin’s doctor in Uganda. The doctor is from Scotland, and fresh out of medical school. It shows how their relationship evolves and the fate of […]
DemoCampToronto Schedule
The DemoCamp schedule for the fall has been posted to the Torcamp site. If you’re not familiar with DemoCamp is become a great venue to see new products and get some new ideas on whats happening in Toronto. Dates and locations are: DemoCampToronto9 on Monday September 25, 2006 at No Regets DemoCampToronto10 on Monday October […]
Toronto International Film Festival
Tonight is the start of the Toronto International Film Festival. As always getting tickets to the shows is a bit of a disaster. From what I can see there are several options each with its advantages: 1/ Purchase Gala Tickets You get to see all the big movies but you don’t get to pick you […]
LiveSearch
Unspace has a great article on what they’re calling LiveSearch. There are few great examples of this display, then filter approach at work. One of my favorites sites is the Trulia.com site in the US that provides a Real Estate search. They’re continually improving the interface but the basis premise is get the user listings […]
Mark Graham
Mark Graham from Hamilton, Ontario was killed over the weekend in Afghanistan. He was killed by friendly-fire from US Warplanes. I haven’t seen Mark in years but we grew up together in Hamilton. I think the first time I met him was at the YMCA Camp Kidaca, a summer day camp on the Hamilton mountain. […]
Yellowpages.ca Reboot
Yellowpages.ca has just finished a reboot of their web site. The new site is alot clean than the old one and has much more of a Google/search engine feel to it. The proximity search is still not what I would expect and is not as easy to use as I think it should be. I […]