February 2010
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Feedly →
feedly organizes your favorite sites into a fun, magazine-like start page. based on Google Reader and Twitter.
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Although for the most part I felt like the sessions which I attended at PodCamp Toronto this past weekend all lacked something big (either content or delivery) I did manage to pick up a couple of useful things and I wanted to share them.
Feedly is one program/extension that I...
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Caffeine →
After having sat in one too many presentations this weekend where the presenter was dealing with their laptop constantly falling asleep I decided this app was worth a mention.
Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menu bar. Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers.
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Think: Application →
Sitting here is a session about hacking my workflow to be more productive I thought I would share one of my favourite applications.
When I need to write I use the paid application, WriteRoom but when I need to do more than writing I use the freeware app Think.
Think is amazing because it allows you to block out all distractions so that you can focus on what you are doing, whether it is...
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Day in Review
With the day over and a bunch of sessions in the bag I thought it would be good to write a little review of the day.
Althought I was looking forward to my time at PodCamp Toronto I have to honestly say that I was less than impressed. I personally found that all of the sessions I attended either lacked the content needed or the necessary delivery to make it worth while.
As for the participants,...
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Saturday Night Social
Not sure what to do after the last session on Saturday? Well wonder no more join us at the Ryerson Ram for the PCTO Social. It will be a time for everyone to mingle and get to know some new people.
Your PodCamp Toronto 2010 Organizing Team invite you as follows:
Time: The party will kick off at 6:30 till the last person leaves or they kick us out
Location: The Ryerson Ram (just south of...
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“Studying Twitter is like taking notes at a prom”
– @wmacphail
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Maker Culture in the Making →
This blog is being created by the Online Reporting Class 09 at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and by the Online Journalism Class at the University of Western Ontario. It tracks our progress as we produce a 10-part feature series (stories, podcasts and video) about the MakerCulture movement in North America. The final series will appear on rabble.ca and thetyee.ca
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PodCamp London 2010 →
On the brink of PodCamp Toronto 2010 starting a big announcement regarding another New Media UnConference was just made at the beginning of the day.
Mark your calendars as May 8th, 2010 is PodCamp London 2010. After a complete and utterly successful 2009 initial event, PodCamp London is back for another year which will sure to be bigger and better than last year’s.
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Arrived in Toronto safe and sound with the crew from London. Already enjoyed some fantastic poutine and a beer.
It seems like the weekend is off to a good start. Things are about as geeky as they can be at the moment though, 5 guys each with some type of Internet device and having a glass of wine.
What are you up to?
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PodCamping Gear
I’ve been spending some time tonight trying to get things in order before I leave tomorrow morning to head to Toronto with some other London folk for PodCamp Toronto 2010. I’ve already packed my clothing etc (that was easy) but have now turned to what tech/photo related gear I want to bring.
After having done a couple of ‘camps’ before I know that carrying around a...
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PodCamp Toronto 2010
With PodCamp Toronto 2010 just a couple of days away (well 1 day for me, I am heading up on Friday with folks from London) I thought I might throw together a quick Tumblr account to keep track of things this weekend.
More than anything I thought it would be useful for me to have some type of digital notebook where I could store my images, thoughts, ideas and other little bits of information which...