The mesh guys have finalized the MeshU schedule with a great line-up for startups, and anyone building for the web. MeshU is a one-day seminar, separate from the Mesh Conference, that focuses on web startups. The day features 12 workshops and 3 streams ( design, development, management ). I think the series highlights for me […]
Adobe openning the door for Silverlight?
Adobe has announced some major security changes in Flash 9. Many of these changes break network enabled Flash applications. Most notable applications that use any of the following: You use sockets or XMLSockets, regardless of the domain to which you are connecting You use addRequestHeader or URLRequest.requestHeaders in any network API call when sending or […]
Metronauts Launches
The Metronauts.ca site has launched and is accepting registrations for the next TransitCamp. I attended first TransitCamp it and it was great event for discussion various transit related issues. I think this time around the TransitCamp is looking for a more diverse crowd and I think I would just be another internet geek, when they […]
The dark side of Cloud Computing…
Over the last few years I’ve been a strong advocate of moving most of my computing the cloud based services. I’ve been using Gmail for all my email, including my business email. I use Google Reader now for all my RSS feeds and often I’m using Google Docs to share files with colleagues. I’m also […]
IE 8 Virtual Machines
I’m a little late on this but one of the funniest announcements of out of MIX08 was the IE 8 Virtual Machines announcement. I’ve been running the IE8 Beta which was also launched at MIX08, mainly because I badly broke IE 7 trying to get a version of IE6 installed for testing. The new IE8 […]
StartupCampWaterloo2
Last night was StartupCampWaterloo and I made my first trip out to the Waterloo Acceleration Center. Having gone to a lot of events around Toronto the Waterloo Acceleration Center is awesome, with an open lobby area for presentations. I think there was about 80 people in attendance but it was still an intimate environment for […]
Why Monopoly?
The Hasbro/Monopoly team has decided to remove the leaderboard from their Monopoly board top city vote. Maybe they weren’t happy with the line-up of cities or all the interest the vote process was getting. In a process that was fairly open from the beginning I’m not sure hiding the results at the last minute is […]
DemoCampToronto17
DemoCampToronto17 was last night at the Board of Trade. It was a packed house again with tickets selling out a few weeks ago. About half the crowd was new to DemoCamp again. It’s a strange trend that so many new people are coming out. The Demo’s for the night were: AskItOnline.com by Kaitlyn McLachlan, Clear […]
Flash in TO v66
I went to Flash in TO again last night, which turned out to be about all things not flash. There was a good crowd of people there and free pizza for everyone. The event also featured a little bar which makes for a good night. The presentations for the evening were: Unity 3D by Cam […]
StartupCampToronto1 Review
StartupCampToronto was last night and it was awesome. A much more business focused crowd than DemoCamp, the crowd was a mix of startups and funding options. It was a No Regrets, which is a more intimate environment to have a drink and watch the presentations. The presentation line last night was as follows: Freshbooks I’ve […]
DemoCampToronto16 Review
DemoCampToronto16 took place on Monday night and was back at the Board of Trade. The BOT is a great venue but seems to bring out a lot of people in suits and create an overall more formal atmosphere. I was again surprised at the number of new DemoCamp attendees. I’m not really sure why DemoCamp […]
Flash in TO v65 Review
Flash in TO v65 was on last night, it was my first Flash in TO event and I knew almost nobody there. The event was at Element 156, which is on Augusta St, near Dundas. It’s a pretty neat environment with the front of the store setup as a shop/bar and the back of the […]
Facebook Weekend BETA Announcement
refresh partners has been working with Innovation Toronto to help organize a weekend focused around developing Facebook applications. FWB ( Facebook Weekend Beta ) is a combination of the Barcamp adhoc unconference and the StartupWeekend concept. It brings together entrepreneurs, Facebook developers, and designers to create products over a weekend. It’s a fun (and productive) […]
DemoCampToronto15 Review
Its been awhile since I’ve written about a DemoCamp but DemoCampToronto15 was yesterday afternoon at Hart House in the University of Toronto campus. The University of Toronto did a great job organizing/hosting. DemoCamp was in the grand hall of the Hart House, which is awesome local for presentation and mingling. Unfortunately even with the time […]
Open Source Strategy in the Patent Cold War
Microsoft has recently started making noise about Linux patent infringement again. Microsoft has maintained a license rather than litigate approach for years and they signed a license deal recently with Novell to allow them license for their Linux installation. The only thing new is the number of patents that Microsoft claims that Linux infringes on, […]