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Feb 26

All Local, All the Time

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One of the more interesting developments within the online media landscape over the past few years has been the emergence of Web sites focused on providing news, information and insight about the local scene.

At a time when newspapers are struggling to find their way online, city-focused sites have established a growing presence by giving people an extensive amount of coverage about local politics, arts, culture, sports, restaurants, entertainment and architecture.

For anyone engaged in their community, these sites are a great resource to find out what’s happening and connect with other people.

Given how vibrant and exciting this market has become, we’re excited about a mesh media panel featuring three of the most popular local sites in Canada. The line-up includes:

– Tim Shore, the publisher of BlogTO.com
– David Topping, the editor of Torontoist
– Matthew Blackett, publisher, creative director and one of the founders of Spacing magazine, which runs Spacing.ca.

The focus on the panel, which happen on April 7, is whether hyper-local works and, if so, why it is resonating with people.

Tickets for mesh can be purchased here.

Feb 25

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meshU Management Magic

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While there’s a strong focus at meshU about the design and development of online applications, the third stream – management – is also important element as a part of corporate ecosystems. You can have the best players in the world but if the manager or coach doesn’t do a good job, it can be difficult to be successful.

This year, our management line-up is looking really good with speakers offering some different perspective on the key to success. Whether it ‘s being able to implement agile development projects, bootstrap a start-up, or find and keep the right people, you’ll get the insight you need to do business better.

Our speakers include:

– Dominic Bortolussi from The Working Group, who will speak about “Experiments on selling agile development projects. Are Estimates the new ‘Spec’?”
– Carl Mercier from Defensio on “Lessons learned: How I founded, bootstrapped, grew and sold my Web start-up”
– Daniel Debow from Rypple on “Finding and Keeping Great Start-Up People”

You can purchase meshU tickets here, and check out the speaker line-up.

Feb 24

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The Developers…at meshU

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From the outside looking in, it has never been easier, quicker or cheaper to develop software applications.

Of course, developing high-quality applications that meet the high expectations of users, provide great functionality and, in many cases, scale is another story altogether. That’s why top-notch developers are just as valuable as ever.

At meshU, we’ve put together an excellent development stream that will provide fellow developers – and those just interested in the development process – with some great insight and perspective. The line-up includes:

– Chris Wanstrath, GitHub, who will talk about “Building a Business with Open Source”
– Ilya Grigorik, AideRSS, on “Event-Driven Architectures”
– Pete Forde, Unspace. on “Is that an iPhone in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?”
– Ezra Zygmuntowicz, Engine Yard, on “Building Scalable/Decoupled Web Architecture”

Tickets for meshU can be purchased here. meshU is happening on April 6 at the MaRS Collaboration Centre.