by Mark | May 10, 2008 | Connecting, Events and Conferences, Podcast, Social Media, Technology, Tools
In this podcast, I continue my Ottawa Web Weekend interviews with team members: Danish Khan John Jardine Cory Taylor Will Harding Matt Tate Sam Bitar Steve Lecompte Marc-André Plouffe http://markblevis.com/wp-content/uploads/episodes/OWW-03.mp3Podcast:...
by Mark | May 10, 2008 | Connecting, Events and Conferences, Podcast, Social Media, Technology, Tools
In this podcast, I interview Ottawa Web Weekend team members: Kim von Arx Chamika Ailapperuma Arvind Ramaswamy Patrick Hankinson Jamie Ostler Frank Epton Mark Stephenson Natasha D’Souza Eric Lucier...
by Mark | May 10, 2008 | Connecting, Events and Conferences, Podcast, Social Media
In the first of a series of podcasts about the Ottawa Web Weekend, I explain the goals and structure and the weekend, my plans for the podcast series and I wrap up by buying a tea before heading to The Code Factory for a twelve hour day of design, development and...
by Mark | May 10, 2008 | Connecting, Events and Conferences, Social Media, Technology
One of the most fascinating aspects of the Ottawa Web Weekend is that it takes the typical design and development cycle of say 6-12 months and compresses it into 28 hours — and with a group that has never worked together before. Everyone is focused, engaged and...
by Mark | May 9, 2008 | Connecting, Events and Conferences, Social Media
Most of us had never met before 6pm when the Ottawa Web Weekend kicked off. It was a fast paced introduction, though. By the time 10pm rolled around, we had introduced ourselves, shared ideas for web products, debated the ideas and finally picked one to work on as a...
by Mark | May 6, 2008 | Connecting, Legal, Networking, Social Media, Tools
Violation of the site’s terms of use notwithstanding, a Brandon, Manitoba teen is facing several criminal charges for impersonating one of his teachers in Facebook. The charges relate to impersonation with criminal intent. Let’s get a few things out of...
