Browsing All Posts published on »April, 2007«

innovation doesn’t need building.

April 30, 2007

1

UPDATE: Seems I’m in good company on my opinion, Denzil Doyle has chimed in. This morning I received this article in my in box. It seems The Ottawa Partnership (TOP) and the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI) may soon build an: announcing preliminary plans to construct an”innovation hub” in Ottawa that will act… [Read more…]

Ottawa DemoCamp4 – Tonight!

April 30, 2007

0

I almost forgot but my reminder blinked up. Tonight is Ottawa DemoCamp 4. Held again at the venerable Clock Tower Pub on Bank Street. Looking at the website, attendance promises to be over 60 people this time around, not earth shattering but respectable. And as usual some fun and interesting demos are on offer. Including… [Read more…]

StartupNorth.ca – Covering the Startups, Canadian Style

April 27, 2007

1

Caught this today: A group of bloggers (Mark Kuznicki ,Roland Tango, Jevon Macdonald & Jonas Brandon) have gotten together to cover the Canadian Startup scene. Aptly titled StartupNorth.ca, the site: is a project to review Canadian startups and to build a community of users who are passionate about building great companies in Canada. Sounds like… [Read more…]

Today’s Friends & Family are Tomorrows Angels

April 27, 2007

0

I just read Mark McQueens interview with Rick Segal over on the Wellington Financial Blog. (If you don’t subscribe I recommend you do.) Rick Segal is a partner over at JLA Ventures in Toronto and has done a number of interesting investments recently. He’s also got a good blog. However, a comment Rick made I’m… [Read more…]

Lenovo designs the 2008 Olympic Torch

April 27, 2007

2

This was sent to me early this morning – I was surprised that Mitch hadn’t posted on it But in any event interesting that a computer company has been tasked with this. And its certainly a beautiful design. Pictures of it should be on the main Site for the next few weeks or so.

The Internet is a Series of Tubes.

April 26, 2007

9

Well this quiet part of the internet has not been so quiet as of late. My post on net neutrality has gotten some interesting responses from people – mostly by email and some occasional link backs and there is Michael Geists response to me (more or less), that I’ll address in a moment. But Michael… [Read more…]