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Why I Love Startup Grind
We are just days away from the first Startup Grind event in Montreal. It is another startup event in a city that already has many, including a startup festival. But Startup Grind isn’t just another startup event; it’s an opportunity to take our community to the next level.
ReadAfrica + Startups = Kongossa
The world has recognized the promise of Africa. It is home to more than a billion people and houses 16 of the world’s 30 fastest growing economies. Coupled with explosive Internet growth, there are incredible opportunities for startups and technologists.
ReadTEDxHEC Montreal
At TEDxHEC Montreal, I address the question of how can we best put our networks to use. The resulting talk, entitled “Democratic Collaboration”, examined the challenges of collaboration and demonstrated the ways that technology can be used to solve these problems.
ReadHOWTO: Automatically Enable GZip Compression on AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Recently, I started experimenting with the AWS fancy deployment system, Elastic Beanstalk. The first thing I noticed was that gzip (mod_deflate) compression was not enabled by default. A quick search revealed that it is indeed not enabled by default for reasons of compatibility.
ReadMore QR Code Madness
After my initial post exclaiming "Enough with the QR codes!", I got another interesting picture of a QR code fail.
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