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FacebookCampToronto: Post-Mortem Report

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FacebookCamp is an unconference for everyone with an interest in building on the Facebook Platform. FacebookCamp brings together developers, marketers, strategists, technologists, and students, in an open and collaborative environment of sharing and learning. We attended last to get the latest on what Facebook is up to, as well as seeing what Facebook developers are working on. The highlight of the evening was a presentation by Matt Wyndowe, who works in Business Development on the Facebook Platform team.

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Written by: Justin Kozuch | Posted: Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
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DemoCamp Networking Tickets Still Available

Heads up - if you missed out, there are still networking tickets available for DemoCamp. For those of you that don’t know what DemoCamp is, it’s a social event for people who are starting new software, web and mobile companies. The idea was to celebrate all of the world-class companies and projects happening in Toronto. DemoCamp is taking place Tuesday, March 03, 2009 from 5:45pm - 10:00pm at the Imperial Pub (54 Dundas Street East, Toronto, map)

To get your free networking ticket, visit http://democamp.eventbrite.com/ before they run out. Tickets are going VERY fast, so don’t miss out on this opportunity.

Written by: Justin Kozuch | Posted: Monday, February 23rd, 2009
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Ignite at Refresh Events

Back in our January 22nd newsletter, we announced an exciting change in the way we are going to be organizing and executing our meetups. While we would still be featuring a guest speaker, we would also be providing entrepreneurs, designers, developers and others in the interactive industry with a time slot to speak about a project they have worked on, a product they have created, or a topic they are passionate about.

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Written by: Refresh Events | Posted: Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
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Wired Wednesday - Meetup for Toronto Entrepreneurs

This past Wednesday, we had the opportunity to attend Wired Wednesdays, a monthly meetup for entrepreneurs. This meetup was organized by the fine folks at Red Wire, a social network for entrepreneurs whose HQ is based in Toronto. The purpose of their social network is to “facilitate networking between entrepreneurs and members of the global business community” and “provide users with a platform for collaboration and knowledge sharing.” It’s an interesting and relevant concept in that you can promote your business in a relaxed atmosphere surrounded by others who share a passion for entrepreneurship. If you haven’t joined RedWireNation yet, I would recommend checking out their site at http://www.redwirenation.com/ to learn more about them.

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Written by: Justin Kozuch | Posted: Friday, February 13th, 2009
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meshU Conference - April 6th 2009

Today, the fine folks at Mesh Conference have unveiled part of the schedule for meshU 2009, set to take place at the MaRS Collaboration Centre in downtown Toronto, ON, on April 6th 2009.

What’s it all about? If you are a designer, developer, project manager, then meshU is for U. If you are an innovator, live and breathe the web, and you love to stay 10 steps ahead of the curve, again - meshU is for U. Simply put, if you work in interactive, and you want to stay current, then allow us to recommend meshU.

At $289 for general admission, and a whopping $25 for students (that’s in Canadian dollars), this one-day web smorgasbord is priced right for the economy, and chock-full of some of the most talented minds in the game.

On the bill as of right now:

Design

  • Ryan Singer, 37signals - Value Judgements in Interface Design
  • Bruce Philp, GWP Brand Engineering - Ten Keys to a Branded User Experience

Development

  • Chris Wanstrath, GitHub - Building a Business with Open Source
  • Ilya Grigorik, AideRSS - Event-Driven Architectures
  • Pete Forde, Unspace - Is that an iPhone in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
  • Ezra Zygmuntowicz, Engine Yard - Building Scalable/Decoupled Web Architecture

Management

  • Dominic Bortolussi, The Working Group - Experiments on selling agile development projects. Are Estimates the new ‘Spec’?

Looks like mesh is shaping up to be a great conference. We’ll post more details as they come out. For the latest updates, grab their RSS feed, and check out the mesh blog. Oh and here’s the link to buy your tickets.

Written by: Justin Kozuch | Posted: Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
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