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Maker Expo pop-up at Kitchener’s State of the City
Our Maker Expo crew will be fielding a pop-up at Kitchener’s State of the City gig on Wednesday down at 41 Ardelt. If you’re interested to know more about Maker Expo 2016 or want to roll up you sleeves and … Continue reading
FIRST Robotics–motivation to make and learn
[Updated 2016-04-04 10:02 with info from the ever-awesome Rob Gorbet – be sure to roll down to the comments for more info from Rob who sits on the FRC board of directors and served as an FRC judge, including the … Continue reading
Barry Katz on how TO;WR can rival Silicon Valley
Barry Katz’s short answer to the notion of how [Waterloo Region + Toronto] can rival California’s Silicon Valley is simple: “You can’t and you shouldn’t.” He elaborated by saying that Silicon Valley is the product of a 45+ year evolution … Continue reading
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HackerNest: devs + beer + different companies
Last night was another great meetup of HackerNest KW, this time at BuildDirect in the graduator. I think this is the third one I’ve attended and I gotta say that this crowd is out to meet people. Super-friendly introductions all … Continue reading
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Doctorow talked digital freedom at UW
I first became aware of author/blogger/activist Cory Doctorow in the web comic xkcd some time in the previous decade. What a perfect way to learn about someone. I pulled on that thread which got me started reading (since lapsed) the … Continue reading
Hack The North 2015–in brief… sort of
I was jammed with Maker Expo organization this year so I wasn’t available to cover Hack The North in depth. Still I was happy to hear Kartik confirm that I was on the guest list. It’s a pretty damned cool … Continue reading
Google’s Steve Woods talks diversity
A couple of weeks ago, I was fortunate to catch a talk by Google’s Senior Engineering Director and Country Product Lead for Canada, Steve Woods. It was a talk on diversity in the context of Communitech’s Women in Technology Peer2Peer … Continue reading
Forde photographs in DVLB
My friend Nancy Forde (left) has her photos up in DVLB right now. Check it out. I dropped by last night for the opening reception which was jammed with mutual friends. If you don’t typically go to these things you … Continue reading
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Mid-town music and porches–June 14!
From the don’t-miss-this department, The Grand Porch Party 2015 is less than four weeks away. Sunday, June 14, 2015 2pm-5pm in Waterloo mid-town west. This map link to the corner of Alexandra and Avondale will get you in the general … Continue reading
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1shot #227-the art district gallery tonight
I hear that some of my favourite artists are hanging and hanging out tonight for the opening of the art district gallery. James Nye, Greg Kirch, Amy Ferrari will be in the house with a whack of others. 5pm to … Continue reading
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