Ignite Waterloo was held last night at the KW Children’s Museum and it was good times for all.
Last night I attended ignite waterloo 2. Was a great time with some truly fascinating speakers!
Some other folks who have written great roundups are: Erica Waugh, Cute Gecko, and David Yoon.
I managed to snap a few pics as well and thought I’d share them with y’all.
Amanda Dasilva’s “Flora; inspired by the season of expression” was filled with fine fashion & interesting folks.
Today I took in an open house held by Amanda Da Silva, a vivacious and talented local fashion designer. Entitled Flora; inspired by the season of expression, the fashion show highlighted Amanda’s spring collection of easy to wear and livable fashions.
Held at her beautiful 1913 Loft space at 72 St. Legere Street in Kitchener, the afternoon featured amazing fashion, great food, lively conversation and lots of interesting folks. I attended the event with the lovely and talented Jennifer Gough of Minds Eye Studio Art as well as Amy Vandenberg of Cute Gecko.
I took the opportunity to snap a few pictures of the event, and urge all of you to visit Amanda’s website at: www.amandadasilva.com.
The Manufacturing Innovation Network (MIN) is a free online network for manufacturers in the Waterloo Region.
Last night I had the opportunity to document the first anniversary of the Manufacturing Innovation Network. This is a fantastic network connecting manfacturing leaders, entrepreneurs, government officials & technology experts from the Waterloo region.
One of the visionaries of the MIN was Dan Latendre CEO of Igloo Software.
It’s refreshing to see the manufacturing community working together in fostering innovation and business in the Waterloo Region. More often than not the area’s tech community gets the limelight but lets not forget there are thriving manufacturing companies that are doing great work.
The event was hosted at the amazing space at CIGI. Among the speakers were, Rod Regier, Executive Director, City of Kitchener, John Milloy, MPP Kitchener and Jason Santo, MIN Community Facilitator. John Keating, CEO of Com Dev gave a stirring presentation on innovation and cooperation within the community.
After the keynote, there was an innovation panel discussion touching on such topics as social media, cooperation within the community and moving foward in the future.
For more information, please visit the Manufacturing Innovation Network Website. Follow them on twitter @WaterlooMIN
Below you’ll find some pictures from the evening.
Democamp Guelph was held at the eBar and is a great venue for getting the word out about your new project.
Last night we found ourselves at another edition of the always-interesting Democamp Guelph. There were some truly fascinating Demo’s And an inspiring talk by Tara Hunt (@missrogue on twitter) about social media and how we shouldn’t fear letting our personalities out into the world!
Democamp was generously sponsored by Communitech, Innosphere, TribeHR and BrainPark.
Also presenting last night were these fine folks:
Tiny Hippos have put together a fantastic browser plugin to aid in the development of mobile widgets and mobile websites. Allowing you to peak under the hood of your widget without the overhead and time needed to check in multiple device simulators. Their plugin also allows you to test mobile websites on different platforms as well.
A Blackberry app that allows you to view web discussion forums easily and natively on blackberries.
Compost is an easy to use online feedback tool for gathering feedback on creative designs from your clients.
Jaxcore is looking to revolutionize the web with a new web development language.
Snapsort is a website which enables you to objectively compare cameras and aid in your choice of new photography equipment.
Two little four inch tall robots that communicate with each other back and forth.
If you’re in the tech-triangle area, and interested in what’s new and exciting in software, the web and technology, you need to attend Democamp Guelph.
This is a great time to get out, have a drink or two and meet some of the most interesting people in the area. Anyone is welcome, from entrepreneurs, designers, developers, marketing types, or if you’re just interested in the community and technology.
Democamp Guelph is head at the e-Bar in downtown Guelph at 41 Quebec Street.
Join Monster Farm Wednesday night and meet a whole whack of new people. It’s always a fantastic time.
We’re ready to plant some seeds and grow some monster ideas for the community, for your business, and frankly, for our own entertainment!
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