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City of Toronto launches toronto.ca open

Posted on November 02, 2009
At mesh09 Toronto Mayor David Miller announced the City?s open data project and spent some time talking with us about his vision for the project. The site has just launched. Similar Posts:None Found

Incorporation ? What, Why, Where and How

Posted on October 29, 2009
Over the next while I’ll be posting on some of the more common questions I get from clients.  Please feel free to leave a comment if you have something to add.  Today, it’s the basics of incorporation. What is incorporation and why do I need to incorporate my business? Incorporation is the process that legally creates a [...

Help Us Create a Discussion at The Mark About How to Fix Venture Capital in Canada

Posted on September 29, 2009
I’m going to be working with The Mark soon on a project to host a discussion about how to fix venture capital in Canada.  To start the process, I’m hoping to reach out to people in our community and get ideas from them on what issues should be covered in this discussion, and who in [...

Blogging to Resume Soon?

Posted on September 28, 2009
I’ve been mustering myself to resume blogging soon, but before I do I’m curious about whether anyone (left) following this blog has any thoughts about what I ought to be writing about. I have my own ideas, of course, but this blog has traversed a wide variety of content – what works, and what [...

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A Breathtaking Act of Intellectual Dishonesty by the Conference Board of Canada

Posted on May 25, 2009
Michael Geist has the details here. I have to admit to being simply flabbergasted when I read his post. I’m always admired the Conference Board for its reputation for impartiality and quality. Frankly, I now feel quite the fool. There is no black and white here...

mesh Videos Coming Online

Posted on April 10, 2009
If you’ve been hoping to see video of this year’s mesh, you can see them on meshTV, where Mark McKay and our team from MaRS and mDialog have been busily preparing them and getting them online. Details are here. You can also see HD versions on the mesh09 channel in iTunes (which is [...

PEI Beach Cottage for Rent

Posted on March 01, 2009

#HoHoTO 2008 - Toronto Twitterers Give Big to the Daily Bread

Posted on December 18, 2008
Monday night a group of us held a party at The Mod Club for over 600 of our closest friends. We raised $25,000 and over a ton of food for the Daily Bread Food Bank. The whole party was streamed live to the Web. We called it #HoHoTO. And we did it all in less [...

#HoHoTO 2008 - Toronto Twitterers Give Big to the Daily Bread

Posted on December 18, 2008
Monday night a group of us held a party at The Mod Club for over 600 of our closest friends. We raised $25,000 and over a ton of food for the Daily Bread Food Bank. The whole party was streamed live to the Web. We called it #HoHoTO. And we did it all in less [...

A Lesson About Creativity

Posted on December 12, 2008
One of the reasons I do what I do is because it puts me in such close contact with people who are very creative. Spending this much time with creative minds can be very exciting - I see a lot of fascinating and wonderful ideas before they’re released into the wild, and I often [...

#HoHoTo

Posted on December 03, 2008
I really can’t say it any better myself - take it away, Leila: HoHoTo That?s the Toronto Technology Party we are planning! In Toronto, on Tuesday December 16. Of course this is a last minute thing, but we are used to it; we bring you DemoCamp, Mesh and all sorts of Toronto geek gatherings so we are [...

The Tories Spend $300M to Save a Parliament They Destroy For $30M

Posted on November 29, 2008
I wrote a while ago that I was disgusted that the Tories had spent $300M on an election held for no reason - other than a vain and hopeless effort to secure a majority that Canadians do not trust them to wield responsibly. Well, we Canadians are pretty smart folk...

SR&ED Tax Credits: The SMB Owner?s Risk Taking Reward

Posted on November 23, 2008
Ben is busily putting great content up at techsmb.ca - this post, a guest post on SR&ED credits. Similar Posts:None Found

Startup ABC?s - Pre-Startup IP Issues

Posted on November 21, 2008
(This post is a condensation of a conversation Rick Segal and I recently had in a session at StartupEmpire’s StartupSchool) I think many people would be surprised to hear that there are important steps you need to take for your new business before - even well before - you start it...

mesh09 on sale and meshJobs has launched

Posted on November 19, 2008
We’ve just put mesh tickets on sale for mesh09 and meshJobs - a Canadian job board for web and tech-related jobs - has launched. Details here and here. See you at mesh! Similar Posts:None Found

Props to Jevon and David for StartupEmpire

Posted on November 13, 2008
I spent some time this morning at StartupEmpire and Jevon and David have done *a great* job. If you couldn’t make it this year you should go next year (assuming and hoping there is one). I had a blast on stage with Rick Segal - the *ideal* guy to run a session like [...

A new site for tech small business

Posted on November 09, 2008
My friend Ben Lucier has launched techsmb.ca - it’s just early days, but if you’re interested in small business in Canada, drop by and subscribe. Similar Posts:None Found

mesh is hiring!

Posted on October 31, 2008
Details at the blog. Similar Posts:None Found

A 300 Million Dollar Election About Nothing, Held for No Reason

Posted on October 18, 2008
I’ve been watching post-election columns and blogs pretty carefully but so far I’ve seen little more than the occasional squeak from the literati about the cost of our mercifully just-ended election. Attention will now focus on Dion - that is understandable - and Tories here and there will do their best to stamp out [...

You Heard it Hear First

Posted on October 09, 2008
This is a big enough deal to be blogged, I think.  From NPR’s Planet Money Podcast blog: Hey, we broke a story. A big one. Planet Money readers and listeners read and heard last Friday (and on This American Life over the weekend) that the bailout bill allows the Treasury Department not only to buy [...

Twitter Updates for 2008-10-01

Posted on October 02, 2008
Honestly, she said one of her best friends is gay. So there. # @jbminn http://tinyurl.com/4qtfgv # McCain blames Obama for blaming McCain for blaming Obama for bailout collapse. http://tinyurl.com/4mpabh # “like, second grade”? OK. We readying an attack on, like, the Taliban? Or securing, like, the border? Or bailing out, like, the banks? # Publishers should twitter [...

Testing Twittertools integrati?

Posted on October 01, 2008
Testing Twittertools integration with the blog. Move along, nothing to see here. Similar Posts:None Found

I wish the Obama campaign woul?

Posted on October 01, 2008
I wish the Obama campaign wouldn’t go after Fiorina. It’s a dumb move, and it’s the wrong thing to do. Similar Posts:None Found

Dion condemned Harper?s copied?

Posted on October 01, 2008
Dion condemned Harper’s copied speech, says Harper should be expelled from party. This is now the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard in politics. Similar Posts:None Found

Was going to comment on a blog?

Posted on October 01, 2008
Was going to comment on a blog post, but then saw the other comments, all pretty garbage-y. Then I realized, wow - that happens *a lot* Similar Posts:None Found

Harper?s plagiarist-in-chief e?

Posted on October 01, 2008
Harper’s plagiarist-in-chief edited book on intellectual property in which he argued for stronger IP protection. http://tinyurl.com/3npudr Similar Posts:None Found

@jbminn I yam what I yam

Posted on October 01, 2008
@jbminn I yam what I yam Similar Posts:None Found

@jevon A picture of a picture ?

Posted on October 01, 2008
@jevon A picture of a picture being taken of a picture being taken for a Tineye search? Similar Posts:None Found

@Branedy heh - well, she?s my ?

Posted on October 01, 2008
@Branedy heh - well, she’s my buddy. Best. Dog. Ever. Similar Posts:None Found

@ccarmichael nope. presumably?

Posted on October 01, 2008
@ccarmichael nope. presumably the mkt’s too small … Similar Posts:None Found

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