It was great to see the comments from people in Ottawa, Toronto and Waterloo discussing the strength of, and differences between each community. It’s a testament to the connection between the Ontario’s tech centers. What’s missing – beside Montreal - is this same discussion on core problems that affect all Canadian tech companies - like [...]
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I admire the Toronto tech community because they’ve shown us what committed organizers, working at the grass roots, can to do. They look at cities like Ottawa, with its powerful economic development agency, wistfully – sometimes to the point that those of us who have questions about it are characterized as having sour grapes.
I’d be [...]
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Just in time for Christmas there is exciting news from Ian Graham – the Code Factory is a go.
If you’re not already familiar with the CodeFactory think shared facility offices meet BarCamp. It’s this mix of private office space, open work space and community events that set the CodeFatory apart.
Of course productivity is at the [...]
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We are at a tipping point – technology has enabled us to shift our focus to organizational processes as the source of improvements for our corporate, regional and national competitive goals.
What’s happening is that online tools from social networks, to blogs, wikis and presence tools like Skype and IM are erasing geographic and temporal boundaries. [...]
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One of the tenents of social media is that it fills an unmet need – the desire of people to connect in communities and explore common interests.
It’s no surprise then that the BarCamp community – an international movement of tech enthusiasts who connect locally discuss to technology and trends – would want to use collaborative [...]
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Back in the days of strut and bluster Ottawa called its self Silicon Valley North. That seems a little hollow now, as one more Ottawa tech company, its largest – Cognos - surrenders control of its destiny to IBM.
What this latest sale makes clear is just how little depth the Ottawa tech sector has. Unlike [...]
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