Calgary BarCamp, March 16, 2007

Calgary BarCamp, March 16, 2007
I attended the first Calgary BarCamp meeting, I have to say that it was more than I expected. It is nice to meet investors, startups, and established businesses around the table over a nice meal. Thanks goes to Kempton Lam for getting us going and making this happen, it was also nice to meet other folks at the Barcamp; Austin Hill, Patrick Lor, Sarah Blue, David Gluzman, Tom West, Michael Sikorsky, Jasmine Antonick, Matthew Dorey, Nox Dineen, Matt Lonsdale, Mark Kornak, Ivan Sierralta, Fred Yee, Mark Rosenberger, and Kempton Lam.

Even though Mike wasn’t able to make it he was there in spirit. I sure like the Cambrian House the more I am getting to understand how they work.

Fred Yee and I have been crossing paths since 1990 when we arrived in Calgary. He now has a very clever business called FoundPages. This has been a major issue for website builders and it looks like Fred has found a way to fix that, definitely worth a second look.

Patrick Lor is now a power Blogger and someone that we’ve been dealing with for a long time as well. I didn’t realize it at the time, but we have been purchasing stock photography from his old company (iStockphoto) for years, good to meet the man behind the business.

Mark Rosenberger has a cool idea for Outlook, that popular yet maddening product that 90% of corporate North America is using. Have a look at SideFinder. Mark stopped by today and we discussed how to make integrate our products.

Mark Kornak has a website that says, “Specializing custom software solutions automating business processes.”, sounds much like we are working on at TTC.

It was nice to meet Austin. He has a very interesting background and is constantly on the lookout for a good software idea.

Kempton is the barcamp instigator, thank you Kempton I enjoyed it immensely.

Sarah Blue is the Cambrian House Host and works with Claudia Moore of Material Insight. See what I mean by Mike being well represented.

David Gluzman is the Executive Editor for Reading for New Times Magazine (R4NT) magazine.

Matt Dorey is CEO if Curve Dental a very interesting and forward thinking dental company that uses the latest technology to set themselves apart from the pack.

Nox Dineen arrived with Matt Lonsdale. Nox is an ex Cambrian House person and is now starting up a podcasting business.

Ivan Sierralta is the Alberta Deal Generator Manager for Calgary Technologies Inc.
I hope to see the same group again soon.

Thought I would also note that we’ve had a couple of press releases this month and if you are interested in how our business is doing, please check them out.