Pricey packages have some Canadians dreaming of Manifest Destiny.
July 1st is Canada Day. Like many Canucks, I look forward to enjoying the holiday and celebrating the 141th birthday of the greatest nation on Earth. However, after seeing Roger’s iPhone 3G voice and data packages I have to admit, I’m a bit envious of my American neighbours.
June 7th marked the 25th anniversary of the launch of IBM’s DB2 database on the MVS operating system.
The next DemoCamp, DemoCampToronto18, is scheduled for Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at the Supermarket (268 Augusta Ave, Toronto). You can register at EventBrite. Tickets are going fast.
What is DemoCamp?
DemoCamp is a variation of the un-conference style of event, started by the TorCamp group as an excuse to have more regular meetings where community members share what they’ve been working on, demo their products, meet others (and share a drink or 3).
Over the past few months, Presentation Zen has become a favourite blog. The author, Garr Reynolds, routinely finds videos of talented speakers.
Recently Garr linked to this 2006 presentation about high-tech marketing by author Seth Godin. The title of the presentation is “The Power of Telling Authentic Stores in a Low-Trust World”. The video is embedded below.
It seems every other week, I encounter someone that has just bought their first digital SLR camera. In most cases, these people had upgraded from a compact digital camera, also called a point-and-shoot camera.
I thought I would share some links to information which will help these beginners learn to use their new camera.
