This morning, I am on my way to Toronto once again, this time not for meetings or any sort of hackathon, but instead for GovCamp Toronto. Not only will I be attending the day long conference, I will also be presenting/demo’ing Emitter.ca within the morning. Therefore, feel free to stop by and say Hi if [...]
This past weekend I spent in Toronto working on a solution for a problem definition at the Random Hacks of Kindness event in Toronto. The solution leveraged Ushahidi for a couple of different reasons: Simply, I wanted to learn more about the application which has been deployed thousands of times in Disasters. It was open [...]
Today in Toronto and in various other cities around the world there is something absolutely amazing going on, it’s Random Hacks of Kindness. I have been lucky enough to not only attend the Toronto event, but also co-sponsor the event to assure that the hackers, enthusiasts and other do’ers are able to be fed, receive [...]
This past weekend (February 11 – 13, 2011) I had the opportunity to join others from around the world to attend Gov 2.0 LA at a venue directly on the beach of the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica. It was a pleasant change in weather and scenery, instead of London’s snow covered streets and subzero [...]
Over the past week, I have spent a good chunk of my time watching videos of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, whether live streamed or recorded sessions from the House of Commons. There have been two sessions in particular that I have watched as there has been testimony by both [...]
