Last post on this. Some more data visualization neat-oh’s that I wasted my weekend on… Check out What do you suggest? A site that takes the auto-completion suggestions from the Google search engine and makes gives them a visual representation. Created by Simon Elvery there are some pretty cool and sad things too… [Read more…]
March 6, 2010
I’ve been on a kick this past weekend of looking at Data Visualization websites and engines – by far the most mind blowing comes from Aaron Koblin. The most scary is just how bad the US economy is in terms of unemployment numbers to get a real sense you need look… [Read more…]
March 3, 2010
Well as I said before, I’m looking forward to visiting the Mesh Conference this year. The fourth or fifith(?) time the conference has been held. But the first time I’ll get to go. Imagine my surprise when I saw that Ontario Centers of Excellence has decided to hold their OCE Discovery event (May 17 & 18) and… [Read more…]
March 2, 2010
Well we all knew we’d get caught. According to Terence Corcoran, who is an Editor over at the Financial Post, us MBA Students at the Richard Ivey School of Business are Up To No Good. According to him I’ve been “indoctrinated:” The indoctrination of tomorrow’s business leaders takes place at every school, although the Richard Ivey… [Read more…]
February 26, 2010
You have to love Tom Perkins (and read his bio if you get the chance.) In the Wall Street Journal he says: Too often, there is confusion between investment banking and venture capital. This isn’t helped by investment bankers’ occasional assertions that they too do venture capital. They don’t. In light of the attention both… [Read more…]
February 22, 2010
Some positive news from back home. BenBria one of the start-ups that got started in the hopper back when I was at Wesley Clover is the OBJ’s Top 10 Start-ups to watch this year. This is the culmination of a lot of hard work and sacrifice by the founders: Mason Du, Alicia Liu, Ron Richardson. Congratulations… [Read more…]
March 7, 2010
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