Upcoming:

Viognier's comeback. July 23 @ 5pm

Presenting:

Dominic Bortolussi (twg.ca): Will recount the exhilarating tale of a white grape that was driven to near extinction from abuse and neglect. Viognier, a perfumed, and delicious white wine traditionally from the south of France is a summertime guzzler for many stylish Gauls.. maybe you'll like it too. Why not find out.

Shamez Amlani (La Palette, Kensington Sundays ): Topic: Social engagement. Shamez stirs a lot of pots these days, between running La Palette to helping organize Kensington Pedestrian Sundays. Shamez will regale us with real-life stories from the trenches and remind us why it's important to stay connected to community.

Pete Forde (dataliteracy.org): Pete believes that Open Data isn't just for geeks and economists anymore, and that Data Literacy for all would change the world. He's writing a future Oprah's Book Club title about how to get rich, expose corruption and win the Order of Canada using just Excel, some rope and a stick of gum.

Mike Schaus (Stichmedia): Mike will present a synopsis and razor sharp analysis of the recent Old Spice commercial and online campaign. He's pretty sure that online branding just jumped the shark with this one, and he's eager to argue loudly with anyone who disagrees.

And then ... at 7:30 pm, our encounter will end, and you will all move on to your dinner reservations and vegetarian yoga classes, full of cheese and ideas, a good wine buzz, and fun people to stalk on Twitter or Facebook over the weekend.

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July 23, 2010

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Burroughes building,
639 Queen Street West.
Suite 502.

Attendees

There will be neighbors in the building, entrepreneurs, graphic designers, fashion designers, models, industrial designers, web developers, animators, film-makers, gamers, writers, musicians, painters, wine lovers, chefs and foodies - all friendly, vivacious people. So you should be here.

You're strongly encouraged to bring along an equally amazing friend too.

May 7th, 2010 / La Rioja Recap

Thanks to all our friends and colleagues who joined us on Friday to drink some Rioja, and chat about things afoot in the tech world.

Guests

Photos by Rebecca Baran

Presenters

Dominic Bortolussi and Rob Ballantyne:

Showed off some delicious wines from the magical kingdom of Rioja. Where new world meets old world, unicorns run wild, and where countless people found their first love of wine. Maybe you did too. For the first dozen or so people who arrived, there were tasting glasses of a ‘1987 Tondonia Gran Reserva’ from the renowned Lopez de Heredia vineyard.

Anil Patel:

Talked about decision-making when thinking about Software As A Service (SaaS) tools. There’s a difference between Open-source versus an Open-Architecture, and connecting people and content is what matters most, not who owns the software.

Andres Aquino:

Announced the impending launch of our brand spanking new commercial web-application. PostageApp – “The easier way to send email from web apps”. PostageApp, which started as a side-project to solve our own email problems, seemed a good candidate to sell as a service. Andres highlighted the major pain points in PostageApp’s development and how we overcame them.

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