We all have days where we feel like this guy:
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Author: Joey deVilla
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Ten Ways to Look Like a Total Toolbag
I enjoy both smart-assery and dressing up, so this snarky-but-spot-on piece in Magnificent Bastard, titled Ten Ways to Look Like a Total Toolbag, amused me to no end. Here’s a preview:
Click the picture to see the article.
The ten ways, which are elaborated upon in the article, are:
- Backwards baseball cap
- Oakley Blades sunglasses
- Bluetooth headset
- Gold necklace
- Tommy Bahama shirt
- National Review magazine
- Belt-clipped cellphone
- “Cause” wristband
- Over-the-knee double-pleated shorts
- Crocs
I do occasionally wear a Tommy Bahama shirt when it climbs past 30 degrees (that’s 86 for my American friends), but I have a genetic right: I’m from a tropical country and I can pass for Hawaiian.
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Notes from FacebookCamp, Part 1
Facebook’s Caitlin O’Farrell gets the ball rolling at FacebookCamp Toronto.
Accordion City loves Facebook — we’ve got 725,000 Facebook users (out of a population of around 3 million), and until recently, we were the number 1 city in the world as far as Facebook users go.
It’s not just ordinary Toronto Facebook users who are in love with social networking site; Torotno developers are also interested, if last night’s attendance at FacebookCamp Toronto — 450 to 500, depending on whom you ask — is any indication. This gathering of developers interested in writing applications for Facebook — the first of its kind held outside the U.S. — attracted so many people that they had to change the venue three times before landing a place big enough to accomodate everyone: the MaRS Centre, a centre for promoting high-tech and biotech research in Toronto. Even with the MaRS Centre’s large auditorium, set to seat over 400 people, they set up a spill-over room with simulcast video to handle all the attendees.
My first set of notes from last night’s presentation is up, and you can read them on these blogs:
- On the tech blog I get paid to write, The Tucows Developer Blog
- On the tech blog I write for kicks, Global Nerdy
Wayne “bunnyhero” Lee approves of FacebookCamp’s sponsors.
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Summertime in London
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
Tonight’s the night: Facebook Developer Garage (a.k.a. FacebookCamp) happens tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Mars Discovery District (101 College Street, Toronto). This will be the first of a series of Facebook Garages/Camps; there’s already talk of holding another one for the fall. If you’re interested in developing applications to run on the Facebook platform, this is a must-catch event, as not only are about 300 local developers planning to attend — the event has garnered so much attention that Facebook is flying reps up to speak. As you can imagine, seating will be limited, so if you can come early, do so.
I’ll be taking my usual copious notes and will post them here, so watch this space!
Here’s the schedule of tonight’s events:
| When | What’s Happening |
|---|---|
| 6:00 p.m. | Social/mingling |
| 6:30 | Introduction by Colin Smillie Roy Pereira and Andrew Cherwenka |
| 6:40 | Best Practices around Product Design and Viral Marketing by Meagan Marks, Facebook.com |
| 7:30 | Anatomy of a Facebook Application by Jay Goldman and Michael Glenn, Radiant Core |
| 7:50 | FBML Overview by Sunil Boodram, Trapeze Media |
| 8:10 | FQL Overview by Craig Saila |
| 8:30 | Updating the Facebook Profile by Colin Smillie, Refresh Partners |
| 8:50 | Demo: .Net Sample Application by Ricardo Covo |
| 9:00 | Demo: Carpool by Zimride by Rajat Suri |
| 9:10 | Demo: Ogrant by Shachin Ghelani |
| 9:20 | Wrap-up and drinks |
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C’mon…Dude…Finish…Already!
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele and Kokogiak.
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Fake Steve Jobs is a Dick
Now that we know the identity of the blogger known as Fake Steve Jobs, I am compelled to infomr you of something: Fake Steve Jobs is a Dick. See Global Nerdy for details.