ICT Toronto is a City Hall initiative whose goals are, in their own words, to make Toronto a place that “will become, and be acknowledged globally, as one of the 5 most innovative, creative and productive locations in the world for ICT research, education, business, and investment by 2011″. They’ll be lucky if they manage [...]
Category Archives: Geek
Responses to “Ideas to Steal from Silicon Valley and Seattle”
February 17, 2008 – 3:49 pm
A couple of articles have already appeared in response to Ideas to Steal from Silicon Valley and Seattle:
Chris Ragobeer: An Open Letter to Toronto’s Technology Community
Over at The Toronto Marketing and Technology Blog, Chris Ragobeer wrote an article titled An Open Letter to Toronto’s Technology Community. In the article, Chris lists these things:
Things that Toronto [...]
Scenes from Last Night’s Ruby/Rails Project Night
February 13, 2008 – 11:13 pm
[This article was also posted on Global Nerdy.]
Sean Connery’s character, “Zed” from the movie Zardoz has become the unofficial mascot of my Project Night opening monologues.
In spite of yesterday’s all-day snowstorm and sub-freezing temperatures (-10 C / 14 F), about a couple of dozen people still showed up for last night’s Ruby/Rails Project Night, TSOT’s [...]
TSOT Ruby/Rails Project Night: February 12th
February 10, 2008 – 1:09 pm
Here’s a photo to remind you that TSOT’s Second Ruby/Rails Project Night is just over a day away:
For more details about Ruby/Rails project night, see this blog entry.
DemoCamp 17: February 25th
February 10, 2008 – 1:00 pm
Here’s a photo to remind you that DemoCamp 17 — the “show and tell” gathering of the bright lights of Toronto’s tech community — is just over a week away:
For more details about DemoCamp 17, see:
My earlier blog entry on DemoCamp 17
David Crow’s blog entry on DemoCamp 17
Radiant Core’s blog entry on DemoCamp 17
Leila Boujanane’s [...]
Toronto Gatherings for Rails Developers
January 21, 2008 – 12:59 pm
If you’re a Ruby on Rails developer, there are a couple of events you might be interested in…
Tonight: Rails Pub Nite at The Rhino
The fine folks at local development company Unspace have hosted the monthly Rails Pub Nite for nearly two years now, and the event is going strong. It’s a meet-and-greet event where you [...]
Ajax Pub Night in Accordion City - Monday, January 14th
January 12, 2008 – 3:08 pm
It’s the only time you should mix Ajax and beer: at Ajax Pub Night, which takes place here in Toronto on Monday, January 14th. Here are the details:
Where: The Rhino (1249 Queen Street West, just west of Dufferin)
When: Monday, January 14th, starting at 7:00 p.m.
Who’s behind this? Brent Ashley, Pete Forde, Kristan Uccello and Gabriel [...]
TSOT’s First Ruby/Rails Project Night a Success
January 9, 2008 – 12:03 pm
Last night, TSOT held its first Ruby/Rails Project Night, an evening where Toronto area Ruby and Rails developers can see in-depth presentations by their peers on Ruby, Rails and their current Ruby/Rails projects. We’ve only occupied our new office for four days, so in addition to being our first Project Night, it was also the [...]
Boing Boing Bingo
January 7, 2008 – 4:43 am
This is amusing: BoingBoingBingo.net generates Bingo cards in which the squares contain the Boing Boing editors’ pet topics, which include:
A post by Xeni Jardin about some crisis in another country
An XKCD reference
Disney (that’s Cory’s thing)
A link to Make (that’s Mark’s thing)
“OMG Gama-Go!”
Mr. Jalopy
Coop
“Robots are cool”
Flying spaghetti monster
[via Laughing Squid, which I found via Jeff "Coding [...]
Rant Said Zed: I’m Too Sexy for My Rails
January 6, 2008 – 2:56 pm
The resemblance is uncanny, isn’t it?
By now, most Rails developers — and even a number of people who couldn’t care less about Rails — have read Zed Shaw’s infamous rant titled Rails is a Ghetto. It’s given me a lot to think about, and as a result, I’m changing my presentation topic at Tuesday’s TSOT [...]
