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Refresh Events encourages collaborative partnerships, fosters education at all skill levels and creates networking opportunities within the Toronto interactive community.

Archive for January 2009

“Us Now” – Mass Collaboration on Film

Saturday, January 31st, 2009 | By: Justin Kozuch

Us Now is a ground-breaking documentary project about the power of mass collaboration, the internet and its potential impact on society. Directed by Ivo Gormley, the film explores how the web is changing the ways we can organize ourselves. From a democratic football club where the fans pick the team to a lending service where everyone can be a bank manager, Us Now tells the story of new technology through human eyes, and for the first time brings together the leading thinkers in the field of participation and web culture to describe how mass collaboration could change society.

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Poll: What Kind of Workshop Are You Looking For?

Saturday, January 24th, 2009 | By: Refresh Events

UPDATE: We’ve announced our Introduction to iPhone Application Development workshop. Full details are available here.

We are currently planning the first in a series of hands-on workshops aimed at those in the interactive industry. Before announcing our first event, we’d like your input on the design and structure of our workshops. It will take about 5 minutes (promise!) and answering the poll questions will help us ensure you’ll enjoy a great session.

Your personal information is not required to complete the poll.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p6zHJwDyGB3_KLyp9KWEPRQ

To sweeten the deal, we will be choosing at random one pollster to receive a free ticket to our first event, so make sure you fill out the poll today!

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StayFresh05: Cameron Westland and Eugene Andruszczenko

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 | By: Justin Kozuch

Refresh Events is proud to present Cameron Westland (http://www.bigbangtechnology.com) and Eugene Andruszczenko (http://32teeth.org) to our first event of 2009. The topic of the evening will be an analysis of Prototype and jQuery, two increasingly popular JavaScript frameworks. Cameron and Eugene will perform deep-dives into Prototype and jQuery (respectively) and examine the benefits and drawbacks of using each language. The goal is not to see which one emerges as the “better language”, but instead to promote the concept of the right tool for the job.

Our next event will be held at 7pm on February 18th 2009, venue TBA.

*UPDATE: Our next meetup will be held at the Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 400. Please visit the event page for more information and to register.*

*UPDATE: Help us promote this event! Download the PDF poster (750KB).*

*UPDATE: Presentation decks are now available online.*

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RSS Feeds Fixed

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 | By: Refresh Events

A quick note to let you know that we have resolved the issues we were experiencing earlier today with regards to the RSS feeds.

Essentially, what was happening is that the RSS feeds were pulling the incorrect content from the event articles. The issue was resolved by switching the placement of the event speaker bio and the excerpt of the event. The blog feeds were not affected by this.

Our RSS feeds can now be found at the following URLS:

Blog Feed: RSS 2.0
Events Feed: RSS 2.0
Presentation Slides: RSS 2.0
StayFresh Podcasts: RSS 2.0

Please note, that if you were a subscriber to our old feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/RefreshEvents), please update your subscription in your feed reader in order to get the correct content. Our old feed is not being updated, and thus has been removed. We apologize for an inconvenience this may have caused.

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Refresh Events Mobile

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 | By: Refresh Events

In order to provide you with the latest event information and news, we have developed Refresh Events Mobile (http://m.refresh-events.ca/), an iPhone-optimized mobile site. With the press of a finger, you will have access to upcoming events, latest news, as well as our opt-in member directory.

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