Note:  Original article posted on OAK Computing on October 25, 2011. When we moved to our office in the Byward Market last April,we were excited about all the food options that were now available to us.  Italian, Indian, Mexican, Thai, BBQ, fast food, fine foods, etc. – finally, we had choices galore. But what we quickly realized was that not many of the plethora of restaurants surrounding us...

Sonia R. & Ashima K. Post by Sonia and Ashima, from OAK Computing. Apt613 has partnered with OAK to create a new website that is set to come out in a few months. Throughout the year, folks from OAK will be guest blogging on Apt613. A young startup with a new office in the market – of course our first reaction to the move was mmm mmmmm, the food. With lots of restaurants and lots of choice, the...

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market2world recently prepared a series of PDFs for OCRI’s global marketing group that benchmarks Ottawa against four major U.S. “tech consideration cities”: Boston, New York, San Jose, and Washington.  When international companies consider locating or expanding in North America, they often forget the “North” option. The research, which leads with results from the Martin...

Here’s the goal – I’m going to run a half marathon in May.  If you know me, you’re probably already smiling in skepticism…I forgive you, though I will love laughing in your face come May 30, 2010.  Pettiness  - a wonderful human emotion :0) I’ve been telling everyone around me that I will run this marathon, in the hopes that the verbal commitment will shame me...

Carleton is really picking up its game, or specific people, like Luc Lalande, of the Foundry Program, are really bringing some great initiatives to Carleton, my alma mater.  The latest?  Bringing TEDx to Ottawa, and more specifically, to Carleton University. TEDxCarletonU, held at the Gladstone Theatre, will feature some TEDx Videos, and five speakers of very diverse backgrounds, yet all talented...

The IBM Extreme Blue Case Study Competition is being held this Saturday January 30, 2010 at Ottawa U.  The competition is open to female undergraduate and graduate engineering and science students and Carleton and University of Ottawa MBA students of both genders. How it works: In teams of 4, you will have 2 hours to come up with a solution to a “Smarter Planet” case study problem presented at...

For a while now a lot of us have been frustrated with the ever increasing plethora of social media “experts” out there and yet the same vague answers that each one tends to give (not all, this is how you sort out the good from the …not so good) I came across another blog today, Broseph Stalin, that has worded the frustrations very well! “One of the big ironies about social...

I’m no photographer, and definitely not an editor, but I do appreciate great videos and I love Ottawa.  This is a fantastic 2 min 15 sec video done by NiWoTa Studios showcasing a summer in Ottawa.  Watch – you’ll enjoy it!! :0)   OTTAWA – Summer in 30,000 Frames from NiWoTa Studios on Vimeo.   For those of you who are photographers here is some of the technical info...

The TalentBridge mentoring continues and tomorrow I’m lucky enough to have the opportunity to attend the prestigious Ottawa Venture & Technology Summit held at the Chateau Laurier.  Manu Sharma invited me to join their table.  If you haven’t heard about it, it’s an annual event held by OCRI the purpose of which is to showcase new and young Ottawa based companies to the business...