This was the week for MESH and MESH U,which is a Toronto based conference which looks at “The Web” and how it is affecting the media, marketing, business and society as a whole. Mesh is in its 5th year and Mesh U (which is a more focused one for the on design, development and [...]
Last night was the 26th DemoCamp in Toronto, and the 3rd held at Ryerson University’s Ted Rogers School of Management with a crowd of ~300 or so. We had a Key Note by April Dunford and Demos by Kobo Books, Status.net, OpenApps, TeamSave, SWIX. and food. kick ass!!
By Ian | February 10, 2010
Siu Mui Lam (also known as Mrs. Wong, born 1930) was killed by a dump truck driver on June 23, 2009 (the second day of City strike) when she crossed an intersection at St. Helen’s street/ Bloor before a STOP sign.
The impact was so huge, that head and body was severely disfigured, and she pronounced [...]
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By Ian | October 16, 2009
This fall has seen a few changes in Toronto’s west end Junction neighborhood (of New York Times fame):
Bronto Burger is now Jocelyn’s Place (2982 Dundas St. West, just west of Pacific Ave.), with a new owner but same menu/price and deco (at least for now). The food and service continue to be as good.
The [...]
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By Ian | September 22, 2009
We saw 5 great films in the Contemporary World Cinema program in this years (2009) Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff).
We started off with a Irish film, Perrier’s Bounty, set in the underside of North Dublin. Great and meaty characters. I hope the DVD has English subtitles and translation so I can understand [...]
The Junction Arts Festival is back on Sept 9 to 13, 2009 of its 17th occasion in Toronto’s west end on Dundas Street West between Keele Street and Quebec Avenue. The festival presents visual, musical, performance, new media and site-specific works to over 150,000 people transforming Dundas Street West into a pedestrian-only, urban cultural destination.
September [...]
Toronto’s Connector extraordinaire Sacha Chua developed this super-nifty Lotus Notes script which does a flexible mail merge from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to Lotus Notes, as documented and shared in Lotus Notes mail merge from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
Keep on Coding, Sharing, Story telling, and Connecting!
Toronto Life has a piece on Dufflet Pasteries winning a gold for best confection at the 2009 Sofi Awards in New York (Dufflet takes the cake at U.S. food show).
I became aware of this because they used (part of) a photo (with Attribution) I had taken of their Beach location (1917 Queen St. East) [...]
My jaw literally did drop when I realized that my home neighbourhood, west end Toronto’s Junction City, was the topic of a article in the NYT’s travel section in Skid Row to Hip in Toronto , not just as part of a 36 Hours in Toronto but on its own! (we are not yet [...]
DemoCamp Toronto is the show-and-tell for Toronto’s entrepreneurial developers, designers, and marketers. The goal is to see new technology, meet other interesting people in emerging technology, early-stage companies, and making Toronto a better place.
The 20th anniversary platinum edition is happening May 25, 2009; 6pm to 9pm; Location to be announced
Seating is limited (in a TBA [...]
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