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Tech About Town: Jazz and startups share zest for disruption
23 July 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Tech About Town
Talking with Terry Pender, the avid jazz fan and The Waterloo Region Record’s tech reporter, there are many similarities between jazz and today’s startup tech companies. Find out more. Read more
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New library blows away dusty stereotypes
14 July 2014 | By Melanie Baker in: Ecosystem, Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
Library stereotypes have gone the way of the dinosaur. Our library and many others are now big, bright spaces that invite interaction. They showcase art, encourage makers and offer resources as likely… Read more
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Tech About Town 07.09.14
09 July 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Opinion, Tech About Town
Owner of Ecoplace Organics, a weekly produce distribution system that delivers local organic food to people at home or work, sourced from small-scale farms within 100 kilometers of Waterloo Region, has… Read more
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Tech About Town 07. 02.14
02 July 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Tech About Town
The art-loving Sameera Banduk found a way to reconnect and get involved with her community after focusing intensely on startups for the last six years through hosting a casual gathering around the gallery’s… Read more
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Tech About Town 06.25.14
25 June 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Opinion, Tech About Town
Events happening over the Canada Day long weekend including #FolkArtandBeer at The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, the Waterloo Air Show, Ladies Learning Code, and more. Read more
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On learning and the long game
20 June 2014 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
Asking bigger questions and learning about philosophy and all the possibilities of the universe is essential to our learning even though it may not seem practical in our day-to-day lives. It helps us to… Read more
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M-Theory: The three points of the team-building triangle (Part 1)
27 May 2014 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
When thinking of teams, teamwork, and how you get the people part of building companies right, there are many key processes and tools to our culture and values. Learning about the three points of the team-building… Read more
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As data trails grow longer, ignorance is bliss
09 April 2014 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
Jad Saliba with his team at Magnet Forensics, is trying to figure out how to better filter with the tools, digitally helping people with the sense of navigation and memory Read more
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M-Theory: Who needs humanity? There's an app for that . . .
20 March 2014 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
Communicating so much via WhatsApp and Instagram has stripped us of our basic humanity, made us slaves to Poe’s Law. Our Paleolithic brains can’t evolve fast enough to properly understand this tech-saturated… Read more
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M-Theory: Flukes, freemium and Flappy Bird: the economics of mobile app development with Christina Moulton
21 February 2014 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
The app development industry is still young. Many people don't know what they are doing, and apps are very expensive to make. This had led to the creation of a lot of free and cheap apps to see what sticks. Read more