As part of this year’s “Protect your identity online” campaign, ISIQ is getting the public involved with a video creation contest!
If you are 18 years of age or older and have talent for video creation, this contest is for you!
* Themes will be presented in the week of November 9.
* You will have 2 weeks to create and submit a video of 90 seconds maximum.
* A jury will evaluate the videos and select 5 favourites for which the public will be invited to vote.
* Participants who created the most popular video will win a $1,500 prize!
Directors, producers, scriptwriters, actors, gather a team and get ready!
For more information, or to submit a video, click here
Only in Quebec! I cannot I say disagree with ways for the government to save tax payer’s money, but still… sued?
Quebec’s open-source software association is suing the provincial government, saying it is giving preferential treatment to Microsoft Corp. by buying the company’s products rather than using free alternatives.
I am not sure what my thoughts are on this… read more in the meantime.
Learn more here.
Tags: google, Technology|
Posted By: froosh | Jun 20th
Why are Apple Canada employees getting excited?
Maybe the iPhone is coming to Canada soon?
Read more.
Tags: Technology|
Posted By: froosh | May 23rd
It’s about time. Tomorrow marks a new era: you cannot use your cell phone unless it’s with a hands-free device.
You’ve been warned.
Since I consider myself both a geek and a gourmand, I thought I’d let you all know about the upcoming Geek Dinner Montreal. For those not in the know, Geek Dinners are events when local (and passing through) geeks sit down together to break bread and bounce ideas off of each other’s neural networks.
If you’re into Web 2.0, social media, or the local tech scene, you should probably come check it out. Mitch Joel has all the details over on his blog:
Tod Maffin from the CBC - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - and Blogger over at TodBits let me know that he is coming to Montreal and game for a Geek Dinner.
We’re going to do our best to keep this a bit smaller, but here are the details (as of now):
- Geek Dinner Montreal with Special Guest Tod Maffin.
- Tuesday, September 11th, 2007.
- 7:00 pm.
- Location to-be-confirmed.
Here’s how it works: based on the amount of people, I get us a reservation at a local Montreal restaurant (usually somewhere around the St. Laurent/Prince Arthur area). If you would like to join us, there are three ways to make it happen:
1. Email me your full name, email address and the company you work for.
2. Leave a comment below with the same information as above.
3. Check out the Facebook Event I created over here: Geek Dinner Montreal With Tod Maffin.
Everyone who comes pays their own way. Recording and taking pictures/video is always welcome. […]
My one major request is that if you RSVP that you are coming, please make sure to not stiff us. The restaurant is kind enough to allow us to make a reservation as a group, but because of the size, if anyone does not show, they wind up losing the business (and I wind up looking bad).
CT Moore also blogs full-time about new media at the Gypsy Bandito Vlog and about search engine marketing at the SearchAnyway Blog.
Having worked at two of the more successful consumer startups of the past 10 years in Canada, I certainly think that Montreal is in the running for Canada’s answer to Silicon Valley, but Montreal’s rich cultural DNA also makes it Montreal’s answer to Silicon Alley (NY/Ads).
Today I have launched a startup Mojo Supreme, whose web video unit WatchMojo.com has the opportunity to become as large if not larger than my two old companies combined… and I think part of that has certainly has to do with what Montreal has to offer.
For more on this, read La Presse and Montreal Tech Watch.
Tags: Business, Technology|
Posted By: froosh | Sep 6th
MontrealTechWatch reports that the game makers and the province have come to an agreement that will make games have to be released in French. It’s true that when la Belle Province subsidizes wages to the tune of 37.5%, it’s the least the game makers can do.
Read more.
The Gazette’s Roberto Rocha covers online video startups and talks about WatchMojo.com’s growing video business, here.
Full Disclosure: The Bourbon Hipster is an employee of SearchAnyway.
As a Montrealer and a geek, I should be publicly flogged for missing this. A co-worker of mine has reported on the SearchAnyway Blog that Google and Yahoo are opening up shop right here in Montreal. Sanjay Mayar writes:
According to an article in
La Presse (which, unless you can read French, don’t even bother clicking),
Google has braved the great Canadian frontier and established a small R&D branch in Montreal.
Their offices can be found at the stylish address of 1000 de la Gauchètiere, situated in the heart of downtown Montreal. A small team of 7 programmers and software developers have already been hired, with the expectation of 200-300 more to come.
[…]
La Presse goes on to speculate that Google’s recent acquisition of an Irish company whose employees frequented Montreal quite often was perhaps a factor in Google opening an office in the city.
Sebastien at Praized Blog has noted that Yahoo! is hiring in Montreal as well, seemingly looking for more than just software engineers and developers. There is some speculation that with the presence of Google and Yahoo! in the city, Montreal’s net-savvy community will begin to communicate with each other in a fashion similar to Boston or San Francisco’s techies, and that Montreal’s status as a hub for online marketers will be greatly elevated. So much the better!
Now, we’ve mentioned before how Montreal is an Internet hotbed, but I wonder just how many Montrealers have what it takes to work with the biggest of brothers.
Tags: Business, Technology|
Posted By: CT Moore | Feb 7th
