April 2006

BarCamp Mixer Ends with Sens Victory Over Lightning

April 21, 2006

Barcamp Ottawa kicked off this evening with a small mixer at the Fox and Feather on Elgin street.  It was great to see so many friends, and meet new people.  Bryce shot some photos, which I’ve uploaded to this flickr set, and tagged BarCampOttawa.  This is a particular representative shot showing me, David Crowe with [...]

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Who’s the ARS now? Google vs. Miro

April 21, 2006

Yesterday I had no idea who Spanish Artist Joan Miro was.  But I found out, after Google paid tribute.   It was Miro’s birthday.  I saw Google’s tribute logo (at left), wondered about it (it’s a bit of a game with Google to guess what their logos represent), and clicked through. Yesterday, Google also acceded to requests  to remove [...]

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Fellow techies, geeks and hackers …

April 20, 2006

I just wanted to remind you of the first ever Ottawa BarCamp, to be held this Saturday.   Bitheads has generously offered the use of their cool facilities on Carling avenue at the Westgate plaza, and an exciting agenda has been taking shape (see our wiki ) in the BarCamp tradition of a participatory conference.   Some of [...]

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Will Vista Ship in Q1 2007?

April 20, 2006

Ouch!  Paul Thurrott slams Windows Vista for broken promises, and suggests that Bill Gates should step down.  My contention that the February CTP was not feature complete, and Microsoft is far from shipping Vista is also confirmed: Back in early December 2005, Microsoft promised that it would ship a feature-complete version of Windows Vista internally [...]

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Policing the Thoughts of a Billion People

April 20, 2006

Yesterday, Reporters Without Borders released a copy of the verdict in the case of Chinese dissident Jiang Lijun, who was sentenced to four years in jail in 2003 on a charge of subversion, supported in part by email evidence provided by Yahoo! to the Chinese government.  Here is a PDF translation of the court document, and the press release [...]

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Devshop: Basecamp With a Brain

April 19, 2006

I met Devshop founder Craig Fitzpatrick while helping to organize Barcamp Ottawa.  Last week Devshop Craig dropped by to show me what he’s been working on.  Devshop is a "radically new  project management tool specifically designed just for software teams".  Craig’s pitch is that the best project managers use a whole bunch of domain specific knowledge [...]

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Barcamp Ottawa

April 18, 2006

Just a reminder — Barcamp Ottawa will be happening this weekend.  There are 60 folks registered on the Wiki, and we’re expecting a good turnout.  If you’re intending to come, please swing by and add your name to the list.  It’s a Wiki… you have to edit it, and add your name.  No forms, or [...]

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Around the Blogosphere

April 18, 2006

I’ve spent the last four days disconnected from the world, visiting with my 81 year old mother-in-law who has no internet and offline from my blackberry.  This morning, there is a veritable smorgasbord of items to look at in the blogosphere after such prolonged absence!  Some of the highlights for me include: Om Malik publishes [...]

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Breaking the Set-Top Box Hegemony

April 14, 2006

Techdirt and Telepocalypse have both written, post Disney, great "who cares about IPTV?" posts.  And yesterday, venerable industry firm Parks Associates published their take on the meaning of Disney permitting downloads.  Head over to memeorandum.  There’s a lot of comment online too. With the exception of sports, I timeshift virtually everything I watch on TV.  [...]

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So What? Who Cares? Why You?

April 12, 2006

A couple of weeks ago, my good friend Wendy Kennedy dropped by the iotum offices to hand deliver a copy of her new book So What? Who Cares? Why You? The Inventors Commercialization Toolkit.  Wendy is a former entrepreneur, educator, and consultant.  I first met Wendy when she consulted to my team at QNX software.  [...]

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