I'm quite proud of one of our Canadian teams that made it to the Imagine Cup Finals this summer in India. One of the competitions is a Short Film Competition. It's important to point out that the theme of this years Imagine Cup is all about improving...

From Alfred Thompson's blog , I found links to these videos . Brian Scarbeau has done a variety of training across the U.S. and Canada for Computer Science teachers. He's a great resource for you!

I was looking for some individuals blogs and I thought I'd write my wish list... If you know of where these are, please let me know so I can update my reader... 1. Bill Gates, I know he's incredibly busy, but it would be pretty cool... Even if his...

We have 2 co-op students on my team. I get the feeling they find it hard to believe that I actually was a co-op for Microsoft (Just Like Them!) at one point, not too long ago! Anyways, this weekend marks 8 years since my first job at Microsoft, so...

Just wanted to let everyone know that MSDN AA ( http://www.msdnaa.net ) is now available for any student or teacher organization to license. MSDN AA is not limited to school or department licenses only! Take a look at the EULA and make sure your covered...

Take a look at the new Academic Search site at http://academic.live.com . It allows you to preview the journals or papers as you search. Enjoy!

Want the opportunity to test drive Office 12 & Vista Beta releases? Check out http://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience p.s. It's open to other countries other than Canada, but of course I have to call it out! :)

It's not often that you find an academic paper that is entertaining to read... but John Aycock & Nathan Friess published this one from the University of Calgary. The paper discusses the future of Spam. Enjoy! http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~aycock...

One of Canada's most outspoken C.S. Student's wrote a great article in this weekends "Financial Post Business Magazine". I enjoyed reading it and you'd probably enjoy Mack's blog. Way to go, Mack! Blog Post: http://blog.mastermaq.ca/archive/2006...

UBC is reporting that their CS enrollment is maintaining its levels since 2001. This contrasts most of North American schools. http://www.cs.ubc.ca/about/teachinginnovationsreport.htm

Yesterday I had the pleasure to address Ontario Computer Science Teachers at the annual ECOO Conference ( www.ecoo.org ) I wanted to elaborate on one of the aspects of my presentation. (Legal Disclaimer: These are my opinions and don't necessarily...

If your a Canadian Developer and haven't checked this out, then you should asap! This episode features Mack Male, a student from the University of Alberta! http://www.dnic.ca Mack Male on Podcasting Mack Male is our latest interview conducted...