A Canuck In The Machine
Mark Relph - Senior Director - Startup and VC Team
Mr. Crow's First Ten Days.
Ok, he doesn't like the stickers (just kidding David) and Windows Mobile needs to grow on him, but...
Author: markrel Date: 06/13/2007
EnergizeIT: Designer Content
Check over at the Canadian UX Community Blog for some details on the Design / UX track at...
Author: markrel Date: 06/13/2007
EnergizeIT 2007 - Photo Stream
From the Rodney on IT Pro Community Blog: "Just in time for Energize IT 07 our team has been...
Author: markrel Date: 06/13/2007
Wow - MatchIT.ca hits 600+
We had high hopes for MatchIT.ca when we launched a few weeks ago. There are now 600+ technical...
Author: markrel Date: 06/12/2007
Webware: Apple apps on Windows...not so great.
Rafe Needleman thinks that the current batch of Apple apps on Windows isn't as impressive as Apple...
Author: markrel Date: 06/12/2007
The CN Tower Goes All Colourful With New LEDs
The folks at Torontoist aren't big fans. I think it's about time the tower got some light - maybe...
Author: markrel Date: 06/12/2007
U of T is looking for a "Social Media Officer"
Robert Steiner over at the University Of Toronto talked to me at MESH and mentioned this cool new...
Author: markrel Date: 06/11/2007
(Long Overdue) - MESH - Wrap-Up
Thanks to PhotoJunkie for the photo. MESH was overall a great event. From all reports, people felt...
Author: markrel Date: 06/11/2007
I know, it's not very Canadian of me....
But, sorry Ottawa...........better luck next time....
Author: markrel Date: 06/06/2007
Toronto Tech Week Video
Mia at High Road Communications (note: our PR firm) keynoted the Tech Week kickoff. They asked me to...
Author: markrel Date: 05/31/2007
Wow - A Passion For Volunteering.
Nearly 200 people and 25 organizations have registered for MATCHIT in 24 hours. I discussed this new...
Author: markrel Date: 05/31/2007
The Great Meeting - BillG and SteveJ
The transcript is here. Videos are here. People forget how much work the two companies have done...
Author: markrel Date: 05/31/2007
MESH - Day 1 Round-Up
Day 1 of this year's MESH conference is in the books. A good day all things considered. Lots of...
Author: markrel Date: 05/31/2007
MESH - BlogTO (Mark McKay) Video explains what MESH is all about.
Worth the watch (and good fun) Technorati tags: MESH07, Canada, Events, Toronto
Author: markrel Date: 05/30/2007
MESH - The Terminator In The House
Arnold was in Toronto today on a trade mission. He ended up at the MARS building and Barnaby got...
Author: markrel Date: 05/30/2007
TechCrunch - blogging god speaks at Mesh
Michael Arrington spoke during the morning session on Day 1 of MESH. It was his usual dry wit and...
Author: markrel Date: 05/30/2007
New High-Res Maps of Ottawa
Just in time for the Playoffs. Check out the new images from Live.
Author: markrel Date: 05/29/2007
Toronto Tech Week
As David points out, it is a very busy week in Toronto next week. Hosted by ICT Toronto, it's being...
Author: markrel Date: 05/25/2007
Vancouver Game Summit - Reviewed.
A little bit of press from the Summit a few weeks back. Quoted from: Event Wrap Up: Vancouver...
Author: markrel Date: 05/25/2007
Popfly and Facebook. Mashup Love.....
Microsoft has announced that we are jumping on the Facebook Platform train big time. Support in...
Author: markrel Date: 05/25/2007
Go-Go Gadget Contest
Head on over to the Canadian Developer Connection blog and read all about our new Gadget Contest...
Author: markrel Date: 05/18/2007
Tip: Want To Save Paper?
One thing I cannot stand is needlessly printing out paper copies of emails, online purchase receipts...
Author: markrel Date: 05/18/2007
OurFaves makes it to TechCrunch.
Congrats to imason and TorStar for making it to the defacto "you are cool" news site TechCrunch. If...
Author: markrel Date: 05/17/2007
Everyday Heroes
On Microsoft.ca we just launched a set of stories about an amazing set of people and the amazing...
Author: markrel Date: 05/16/2007
This speaks to our team mission.
Thanks to Hugh for the inspiration. I think in many ways this is the core of our mission as an...
Author: markrel Date: 05/15/2007
SharedView Beta
ok.... this is a cool new Live service for collaboration / screen sharing. Works well - falls...
Author: markrel Date: 05/15/2007
MSDN Canada Code Awards - Vote!
From the Canadian Developer Blog: Thank you to everyone who entered our MSDN Code Awards program! We...
Author: markrel Date: 05/14/2007
UX Guru & Community Leader David Crow Joins The Team
The word is out. David Crow is joining our team here at Microsoft Canada. David is well known in...
Author: markrel Date: 05/14/2007
Introducing The New Hotmail
The folks at our Online Services Group have launched the new version of Windows Live Hotmail....
Author: markrel Date: 05/08/2007
19th Best Place To Work In Canada
Canadian Business and the Great Place To Work Institute published their 50 Best Places To Work In...
Author: markrel Date: 05/08/2007
CONTACT Photography Festival
CONTACT is an amazing event. Lots of venues showing some terrific photography. As an aspiring...
Author: markrel Date: 05/08/2007
Awesome Event Watch: EnergizeIT 2007
Jean-Luc has all the news on the Canadian Developer Blog. EnergizeIT 2007 is coming on June 16th and...
Author: markrel Date: 05/04/2007
Rick is looking for a new way to get to the gate....
A timely post from Rick about airport travel, especially given the amount I am flying this month....
Author: markrel Date: 05/03/2007
Star Wars - Adult Swim / Robot Chicken Video
Ok. This is just funny. https://www.starwars.com/community/news/media/chickentrailer.html
Author: markrel Date: 05/03/2007
Landed In Vancouver For Game Summit
After a quick Westjet flight from Vegas, I am settled into my Vancouver hotel to get ready for the...
Author: markrel Date: 05/02/2007
MIX07 - End of Day 2
Day 2 was a busy day. 2 press events - including one that featured an application that the Hospital...
Author: markrel Date: 05/02/2007
MIX07 - Best 3rd Party Roundup Of Activities On ZDNET
MIX076: The remix from day one by ZDNet's Dan Farber -- In the aftermath of MIX07 day one, with the...
Author: markrel Date: 05/01/2007
MIX07: More Day 1 Coverage
The day just ended. We had a great turnout for the Canadian MIX get-together - almost 60 people...
Author: markrel Date: 05/01/2007
MIX07: Silverlight Goodies
Some goodies have gone live..... Silverlight community site: www.silverlight.net (includes demos)...
Author: markrel Date: 04/30/2007
MIX07 - Some other coverage of the keynote.... and some slip-ups.
Some other coverage: ZDNET New Web Order - Nik Cubrilovic https://timheuer.com/blog/ Check out this...
Author: markrel Date: 04/30/2007
MIX07 - Let's Light Up The Web
MIX is underway here in Vegas. Ray Ozzie is on stage as I type this. The event looks great so far....
Author: markrel Date: 04/30/2007
Our Events Go Green(ish)
Anyone who attended our recent Unify Tour event in Toronto may have noticed that we had our friends...
Author: markrel Date: 04/27/2007
MIX: Heading To Mix!
I have meetings until 5 then I am running home to pack and back to the airport for my flight to...
Author: markrel Date: 04/27/2007