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Ahmed Metwally Selected as one of Ottawa Business Journal’s 40 under 40
My good friend and business associate Ahmed Metwally was selected as one of the 2010 Ottawa Business Journal’s 40 under 40. As CEO of two companies I am not sure he will have much time to celebrate but Congratulations Ahmed!!! OBJ Article - http://www.obj.ca/Local/2010-05-03/article-1047046/Forty-Under-40-recipients-revealed/1 Timeline Interactive CEO – http://beta.timelineinteractive.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110:management-team&catid=51 Cell Factor Xbox Game – http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410921/ ConnectME TV [...]
Repost: Case Study: How Open data saved Canada $3.2 Billion
Compelling and real world argument for more proactive disclosure of government data. Posted on eaves.ca Case Study: How Open data saved Canada $3.2 Billion
Incredible pictures of the Iceland Volcano
Love this name…Eyjafjallajokull Volcano Incredible pictures…more here on Universe Today… Lightning visible in the plume of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland on April 17, 2010. Image courtesy of and copyright Snaevarr Gudmundsson.
The failure of government transparency
It was with great frustration that I read the Information Commissioner’s report on the performance of the Canadian government in responding to citizen’s Access to Information Requests. (OIC Report – Out of Time) Given that Harper campaigned on the concept of open government and placed into law the Federal Accountability Act back in 2006, specifically to address the [...]
Bigger Starbucks coffee cups…ya baby!
Starbucks announces Plenta size coffee cups… More details here…link
Chip and PIN Is Broken! – Why hasn’t my bank said anything?
After 20 years I was finally forced to get a new debit card. I have had to patiently explain to various store clerks that my fancy dark green TD debit card was not brand new but actually very old, so old in fact that I could not actually remember when I got it….”From before there [...]
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by danlargo on May 14, 2010 in Commentary, Wetware
ObsessiveMathsFreak writes on Slashdot… “Today’s xkcd comic introduced an unusual word — malamanteau — by giving its supposed definition on Wikipedia. The only trouble is that the word (as well as its supposed wiki page) did not in fact exist. Naturally, much ado ensued at the supposed wiki page, which was swiftly created in response to the comic. [...]