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Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:18 AM

Microsoft Canada & OCAD – Igniting the next generation of software design & user experience

Did you know that Toronto has the third-largest design workforce in North America, behind only New York and Boston? That’s good news for the GTA, especially given the current economy. Design is a growing, dynamic and increasingly important industry. As
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Thursday, March 26, 2009 9:17 PM

DreamSpark: Preparing the next-gen workforce

I have been thinking a lot lately about the IT skills shortage. According to the Information and Communications Technology Council , from 2008 to 2015, Canadian employers will need to recruit as many as 178,800 technology workers. But based on their projections
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008 10:33 PM

An Interesting Fact About The “Blackberry Fund”

        Rick talks about the recent announcement of the fund here .  It’s a $150M fund to drive mobile software/technology innovation. It’s a great idea and I am proud to see it headquartered north of the border. I
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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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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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Tuesday, April 03, 2007 6:30 PM

MESH - We will be there, will you?

We are a sponsor.... we will be speaking.... we will be meshing. Drop me a line if you will be there as well. del.icio.us tags: mesh07links
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:53 AM

Hanging Out In Waterloo

I have my first "Office Hours" at the Microsoft / Infusion Innovation Centre in Waterloo today. I'll let you know how it goes.
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007 11:15 AM

Today We Open The Innovation Centre @ Waterloo!

I am really excited today because I am heading down to Waterloo to open the first Microsoft Innovation Centre in Canada. Our good friends at Infusion Angels teamed up with us on this one. The Infusion Angels Innovation Centre is located in the very cool
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Friday, November 24, 2006 12:22 PM

MSDN Canada Code Awards

Who’s doing the best development in Canada? Submit your nomination now in for the very first MSDN Code Awards The MSDN Code Awards are your opportunity to tell Canada who you think is doing the best development work in Canada. Who has created the most
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Monday, November 06, 2006 3:15 PM

Relph Sr. -> Startups and Shredding (Bikes, not Documents)

http://thelaunchfactory.typepad.com/tlf_blog/2006/11/shredding_and_t.html Shredding and the Art of the Start As I was panting my way up “The Walrus” a favorite trail on Vancouver Island that I ride with some friends on Sunday mornings, I began to ponder
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Wednesday, November 01, 2006 3:20 PM

Exciting Roles Open On The Canadian Developer and Platform Team

My organization is hiring! We are looking for some great people to join our team (which is a very unique group inside Microsoft) If you are a high energy person looking for a unique challenge in technology, get in contact! Architect Advisor - The mission
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