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Toronto Tech Community Bands Together to Help Haiti
The numbers coming out of Haiti are shocking: roughly 200,000 dead, with 13 Canadians among them. 543 Canadians are still missing, while almost 1,500 evacuated. If you're like me, you've been watching the news in horror the past week and wondering how you can help. Everyone from your neighbour to George Clooney is stepping up to donate to the relief effort - the Canadian public alone has raised $40 million, which will be matched by the government. One of the communities that has been the most vocal about the tragedy in Haiti is Toronto's vibrant tech community.
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Toronto YouTube Doublers (Video Mashups)
Inspired by the best thing on the internet today (which was my introduction to the "YouTube Doublers" site), I decided to make a couple of Toronto-themed video mashups of my own.
Check out "Burj Khalifa vs. CN Tower (Bling versus Bust)" below, and a couple more that follow.
Check out "Burj Khalifa vs. CN Tower (Bling versus Bust)" below, and a couple more that follow.
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The Top 10 Toronto Viral Videos of 2009
From failed braking to shingle-shaking and news-making, it seems that the best Toronto viral videos of 2009 have captured a bit of... well, everything. The power of pocket technology has made it possible for anyone to be an instant filmmaker. Couple that with the might of the web masses, and you've got audiovisual evidence of the city's idiosyncrasies ballooning in popularity overnight, for one weird reason or another.
The following 10 video clips are noteworthy for their rapid rise to Internet fame, their interestingness, or because they capture a bit of the occasional absurdity that makes our beloved city what it is. After all, Toronto's corner of the web just wouldn't be complete without its very own memes.
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Googlle.com and Facebok.com and the 2010 Toronto Mayoral Candidates
What are googlle.com and facebok.com (other than a potentially common mistypings of the most popular search engine and social networking sites in the world, Google and Facebook, respectively)? And why do they redirect to rore.com and afob.com - web sites that host brief surveys about Toronto 2010 mayoral candidates George Smitherman, and Rocco Rossi?
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The Top 10 Toronto Web Startups of 2009
This year I had the opportunity to work at an exciting new web startup, Sprouter. I learned a lot - the benefits of working with a small and tight-knit team; what's involved in the new role of Community Manager; and also that a "boardroom" can really just be a room with an Ikea table and a fridge. But most of all I learned about all the amazing web startups emerging in the thriving Toronto tech scene. You might be aware of some of these companies already, but some might be new - and may revolutionize the way you pay bills, consume the news, and much more. See below for my list of the Top 10 Toronto web startups of 2009. Tech
The Top 10 Toronto iPhone Apps of 2009
It seems like 2009 was the year of iPhone app mania... or maybe it's just because 2009 was the year I got my iPhone. I spent an inordinate amount of time downloading and playing around with some of the 90,000 apps in the iTunes app store in all kinds of categories. So now it's time to take a look back at the top apps of the year - either built by Toronto companies or focused on Toronto. Below, in no particular order, are the Top 10 iPhone apps of the year.
