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, […]
DemoCampToronto13 Review
After the last DemoCampToronto the process to Demo was re-factored and the time for demos generally shortened to 5 mins. In many cases past DemoCamp slots were full months in advance and a limited number of demos could happen in one evening. With the shorter time slot more demos could take place and even if […]