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Scenes from TechDays Ottawa, Part 2: In Which I Go a Little Whiteboard Crazy

Click the photo to see it at full size. The “Ask the Experts” (or in French, “Demander aux experts”) area of TechDays Ottawa sports whiteboards that were looking a little too blank for this recovering cartoonist’s tastes. Taking matters into my own hands, I started working on a whiteboard “tapestry”, adding to it during lulls […]

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Scenes from TechDays Ottawa, Part 1

The day started with Rick Claus’s introductory announcements in the breakfast/lunch room… As attendees lined up to register and get their bags o’ swag: “And don’t forget to get a look at the new Windows Phone,” said Rick, “except for that one phone I broke.” “You’ve got ten minutes of breakfast left, and then the […]

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In Ottawa This Week for TechDays

I’m on VIA Rail train 42, bound for Ottawa as I write this. As a student at Crazy Go Nuts University (some of you may know it by its other name, Queen’s) with friends and family in the Toronto/Ottawa/Montreal triangle, riding on VIA was a ritual in which I partook at least a half-dozen times […]

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TechDays Halifax: November 2nd and 3rd

We’re in Halifax this week for TechDays! Here’s what we’re up to this week: Tuesday, November 2nd, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.: TechDays, Day 1 Tuesday, November 2nd, 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.: Go DevMental Wednesday, November 3rd, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.: TechDays, Day 2 Thursday, November 4th, morning: Presentation at Nova Scotia Community […]

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TechDays Halifax: November 2 – 3

TechDays, Microsoft Canada’s cross-country technical conference for developers and IT pros, heads to Halifax next week! So far, we’ve been to Vancouver, Edmonton and Toronto, and now it’s time to head out east. TechDays Halifax will take place on Tuesday, November 2 and Wednesday, November 3 at the World Trade Centre (1800 Argyle Street). As […]

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If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be AndroidTO (and TechDays Eve and CloudCamp too)

AndroidTO Today is the day of Toronto’s conference for Android developers, AndroidTO. I’ll be in attendance, learning about Android development, seeing what Android developers are into and manning Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 booth. That’s right, there’s going to be a Windows Phone 7 booth at an Android conference. Why? Because we’re gold sponsors. I have […]

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Scenes from TechDays Edmonton, Part 4

Here’s Rick Claus MCing the lunchtime show: One of the lunchtime demos was a tour of all the goodies in the upcoming Windows Phone 7, which was given by Anthony “The Mobile Situation” Bartolo: “Windows Phone 7 is HOTT!” You could even hear that he said “HOTT” with two T’s: And his Windows Phone 7 […]