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Blogger/Podcaster London Meetup - 2008/06
via From My Bottom Step by fowgre on June 03, 2008
Are you a London, Ontario blogger? podcaster? Ever want to learn how? This is the night that local geeks meet at Molly Bloom’s (700 Richmond Street) to socialize and brainstorm with one another starting about 7:30 p.m.Here’s the blurb that I scoffed from BlogLDN:“If you [...]
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StartupCamp Waterloo 3 Recap
via StartupNorth by Jevon MacDonald on June 03, 2008
This is a guest post by Mic Berman, one of the instigators of StartupCamp Waterloo. Thanks Mic!We had great turn out and interesting crowd, lots of new startups first time demonstrating in a public forum. The event was sponsored by TechCapital, WatStart, CommuniTech and SunStartup - thanks to those folks for supporting the community.We tried something different and hosted a panel at the start...
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StartupCampWaterloo - We’re small but we’ve got cool stuff!
via bartoosh by Bart on June 03, 2008
This morning marks the aftermath of StartupCampWaterloo #3. I stumble out of my bed, dazed and confused as to what happened last night, panties hanging from the fan. Then I actually wake up and realize none of that happened and I simply went to StartupCampWaterloo with Corey!Last night’s question was a simple one: Why Start a Startup? We were met with different answers from the panel which...
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Plurk: Unique or Just Another Twitter Clone?
via ReadWriteWeb by Guest Author on June 03, 2008
Plurk, the latest lifestreaming service to make the rounds, certainly has one thing going for it - a sense of humor, albeit an odd one. The site is currently riding a wave of new registrations due to a mention from Leo Laporte, but is it worth your time or is it just another Twitter clone with a prettier UI?This is a guest post by Muhammad Saleem, a social media consultant and a top-ranked...
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Congratulations to Ilya on winning a RailsConf 2008 Ruby Hero Award!
via AideRSS Blog by Melanie on June 02, 2008
This past weekend in Portland at RailsConf 2008, the guys from RailsEnvy presented the Ruby Hero Awards, intended to recognize the tireless and often unsung efforts of members in the community.See the video here. (A bit rough, but rather entertaining.)Ilya’s stellar blogging efforts were singled out as a community contribution of particular note.Congratulations to Ilya, Evan, Tom, James,...
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Report Says Canadian DMCA To Include $500 Fine Per Download
via Michael Geist Blog by Michael Geist on June 02, 2008
... of Prentice's concern that the Conservatives could be tied to huge damage awards against teenagers for peer-to-peer file sharing. If that is indeed the case, it is not clear how this provision will solve that concern. While there are still many questions about this provision (does it target downloading or uploading? does it exempt sound recordings covered by the private copying levy? is...
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Apple Store Canada Back to School: Free iPod w/ Mac Purchase
via RedFlagDeals.com - Latest Deals by (author unknown) on June 02, 2008
The Apple Store Canada is once again offering a great deal to university students, teachers, and staff members, namely, a free 8GB iPod nano or 8GB iPod Touch (or $319 off the 16GB/32GB iPod touch) with a qualifying Mac purchase.To redeem this offer, you will need to purchase a new MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, or Mac Pro using your education discount. Then, buy a qualifying iPod and...
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Why we skip Photoshop
via Signal vs. Noise by Jason on June 02, 2008
When designing a UI we usually go right from a quick paper sketch to HTML/CSS. We skip the static Photoshop mockup.Here are a few reasons why we skip photoshop:You can’t click a Photoshop mockup. This is probably the number one reason we skip static mockups. They aren’t real. Paper isn’t real either, but paper doesn’t have that expectation. a Photoshop mockup is on your screen. If it’s...
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Are you ready to geek rock?
via melle.ca by sockmonkey on June 02, 2008
Tech Capital Partners is looking for the Ultimate Tech Guitar Hero. Have you got what it takes?On Tuesday, June 24th, Tech Capital is hosting the Tech Guitar Hero Competition at Philthy McNasty’s in Waterloo. Doors open at 6:30, competition starts at 7:30 sharp.In addition to testing your mettle as a god of rock (seriously, that Tom Morello is so smug…), the event is a great opportunity to...
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I Like Plurk Better Than Twitter, But Should I Even Bother?
via Mashable! by Stan Schroeder on June 01, 2008
The thing about Twitter is that it’s not the most popular microblogging/web IM/whatever service out there because it’s better than others. It’s the most popular because it’s more…twittery than other services. You can’t really put a finger on its magic: Pownce has more features and it looks nicer, but even I don’t see it overtaking Twitter any time soon (and that’s despite...
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