Toronto

Mesh '08 in May. Mark your calendars.

by alec on January 22, 2008

Mesh '08 is coming to Toronto in May.  The drums are already beating.  One of the new features this year is MeshU, "a one-day event featuring small workshops about the tools, knowledge and expertise for startups, Web designers and developers – every from S3 and Ajax to UI and cloud-computing."

May 21/22 at MaRS in downtown Toronto.  I'm going to try to make it this year.

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Heading to Toronto for DemoCamp 12

by alec on February 5, 2007

I jumped on the train a few minutes ago at Fallowfield Station in Ottawa.  Heading to Toronto for DemoCamp 12, where organizer David Crow has agreed to give me a short spot for an iotum Talk-Now demo.  Thank you David!

The really cool part? Right now I am sitting on the train, logged into Via’s WiFi network.  It’s a little slow, but it’s definitely good enough for blogging.  Going to try the VPN next.

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The Toronto 4Camp

June 10, 2006

Randy’s got an idea he calls 4Camp.  It’s an event for geeks, to discuss new ideas.  Unlike Barcamp: it takes place at a real campground (with WiFi) it’s not about presenting stuff you’re doing.  It’s about discussing new ideas. He says: “4camp is for developers and other geeks, who want to get together and start [...]

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Motel Hell? Nope. It’s a Sheraton!

April 2, 2006

I’ve been in the hotel room for all of 10 minutes now, and my eyes are already burning.  We’re staying at the Sheraton Centre on Queen Street West, which is one of the nicer hotels in Toronto, but they’ve stuck us in a smoking room.  Although we reserved a non-smoking room, when we arrived we [...]

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More from the Toronto Bloggers Dinner

March 8, 2006

It’s been a little over 24 hours since the dinner which turned out to be beer and finger foods, but we’ll continue to call it dinner so nobody gets confused…  References have been turning up on Toronto blogs all over. Timothy Li – Trying Out My New BB Gun.  Tim is a student, who contacted [...]

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Dinner with Robert Scoble, and Shel Israel

March 3, 2006

Silicon Valley is an amazing place.  Last night I had three different opportunities to meet people.  I had originally planned to go to the Indie Film Camp in San Francisco, but somehow ended up back in Silicon Valley picking up Albert from the Under the Radar event.  Decided not to go back to San Francisco, [...]

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Leafs Suck

April 18, 2004

or at least, that’s how the song goes…. no sorrows being drowned here. The Sens won because at the end of the day, the geriatrics that the Leafs have on their team ran out of gas.  See you game 7! 

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Parents Take Action

August 27, 2002

Parents from Toronto, Ottawa and Hamilton Announce Action.   The parents insist that this is not a struggle between schoolboards and the province, but it most clearly is.  Recalcitrant boards have refused to bring down the budgets required.   

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Rebel Trustees Rejected

August 26, 2002

School board chief rejects rebel trustees’ budget plan. — A group of rogue trustees faced off against a resolute Toronto District School Board chairwoman yesterday on the eve of a takeover by the provincial government for running a more than $90-million deficit.  

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