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Friday, March 28, 2008 2:50 PM

PR: Microsoft Canada Announces Blue Sky Award

Inaugural award recognizes significant contributions made by the technology community MISSISSAUGA, ON – March 17, 2008 - Microsoft Canada Co. is pleased to announce the creation of an ISV Innovation Award – the Blue Sky Award – recognizing
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Friday, March 28, 2008 10:11 AM

ICE08: Community Watch

Yesterday I had a chance to speak on a panel at ICE08 .  My fellow panelists included Amber MacArthur (ex-CityTV, new media strategist, video blogger and all round great person), Kris Krug (aka kk+, President of Rain City Studios and one of the best
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:25 PM

Well, this picture sums it up for my Leafs…..

@ TSN.ca
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:13 PM

More On Rick’s VC Events

Jevon at StartupNorth comments some more on the VC Forums Rick is running across the country. “ Rick Segal is going on tour . The idea? Get the message out there about what he, and other VCs, are looking for when they evaluate new opportunities,
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:07 PM

Microsoft’s Blue Sky ISV Award

Some blog coverage here and here and press coverage here .  
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 2:58 PM

Rick Segal’s VC Roundtables

My good friend and Canadian VC extraordinaire Rick Segal has started a set of interesting events called the “VC Roundtables”.  His idea – build a great environment for startups and entrepeneurs to meet with a VC and discuss how
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 2:54 PM

Rick Talks Dreamspark

Rick Segal talks Dreamspark over here   DreamSpark: A Great Program for Students and You Students. They are the best investment in time, money, and resources you can make when it comes to making the world a better place and, in more practical terms,
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008 7:00 PM

MIX08 - The Big List Of Downloads

Check Ryan's good post on all the goodies coming out of MIX this year.
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Friday, March 07, 2008 11:42 PM

MIX08: The real lesson learned.....

I'm on the flight home, reflecting on the key take-away from MIX08. What is it that Microsoft has shown real commitment to standards in IE8?  No. What is it that the momentum behind Silverlight in tremendous?  No. What is it that Windows Server
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Thursday, March 06, 2008 4:29 PM

MIX08 - Day 2 Keynote - Steve Ballmer Q&A with Guy Kawasaki

Watch Steve Ballmer and Guy Kawasaki Live   Technorati Tags: Canadian MIXers , MIX08 , MIX , Microsoft
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Thursday, March 06, 2008 2:07 PM

MIX08 - Hard Rock "Deep Zoom" Demo

This one rocked.  Ryan talks about it here:  http://blogs.msdn.com/stoey/archive/2008/03/05/mix08-silverlight-2-deep-zoom-live-at-hard-rock-memorabilia-site.aspx   There was an astounding demo during the Mix08 keynote this morning showcasing
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Thursday, March 06, 2008 1:58 PM

MIX08: Day 1 Keynote Recap

From: http://www.visitmix.com/blogs/News/MIX08-Day-1-Keynote-Recap/   "During today's keynote, we highlighted our newest Web tools and technologies, including the release of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 , Silverlight 2 Beta , Expression Studio
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008 1:36 PM

From VisitMIX.com - New in IE8: Web Slices

this was announced in the keynote this morning.   First Look at IE8 Activities and WebSlices Technorati Tags: MIX08 , Microsoft , Web
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008 12:51 PM

MIX08: Watch The Keynote Live

Watch the Live Streaming Keynote: Ray Ozzie, Dean Hachamovitch, and Scott Guthrie   Technorati Tags: MIX08 , Microsoft , Web
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:04 AM

CDN UX Blog: MIX08 "Canada Represents"

I have already seen the gents from ConceptShare tonight, so we know the Canucks are in Vegas. Paul has a good post on the UX Blog about everything we are doing at MIX:   "Well, the days have given way to hours with respect to the countdown to
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008 3:52 AM

Next Up: MIX 2008 in Las Vegas

  The Vancouver stop of the Heroes Happen Here Launch is complete (it was a great success!) and I am en route to Las Vegas for MIX08.  MIX is our big event for web developers, designers and anyone interested in the future of the web.  I
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008 3:20 AM

HHH_CA: Heroes Happen Here {Vancouver}

Another day, another city.  Vancouver was stop #2 for the "big show" version of the launch events.  No Kevin Turner this time and instead Steven " Guggs " Guggenheimer was our keynote speaker.  1400 people showed up
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008 3:15 AM

HHH_CA: Thanks Toronto For Coming Out!

    A big thanks to everyone who attended the Launch in Toronto.  It was a really great day.  Kevin Turner and all the track presenters were solid.  The demos were awesome, the customer videos worked and the overall "tone"
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