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April 10th, 2008

ConceptShare launches their API–let the creativity flow

Sudbury-based ConceptShare has released an API to sync in with with their system to build, well, new and better things.  While Jevon on StartupNorth thinks that this will herald more enterprise applications, I think the opposite, I think this will bring in more easy to use consumer-centric applications.
Here is a bit from Scott’s post on […]

By Tris Hussey -- 1 comment

March 31st, 2008

When a great idea doesn’t work out–ikordo closes its doors

I first caught iKordo at Office 2.0 last summer and then caught up with them again at DEMO08. Things sounded like they were going well, but I guess things have changed:
However, my sources tell me that the firm found out what probably a lot of people could have told them - although lots […]

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March 27th, 2008

IDEO uses ThoughtFarmer to power its new Intranet

ThoughtFarmer has been cranking out the news lately, this one caught my attention since I helped build, rebuild, and throw my hands up in frustration several Intranets in the past:
Recently, IDEO embarked on a new project to empower their internal communities to create and manage their own online collaborative spaces. With more than 500 employees […]

By Tris Hussey -- 1 comment

March 26th, 2008

Workstreamr coins "workstreaming" making project-based work more social and more fluid

It’s a fact in today’s work world that projects and project teams are often fluid.  You need some people for one project, but not others.  This isn’t anything terribly new, but what is new is that the “team” is often spread out geographically.  With ad-hoc teams and virtual teams, it is more and more crucial […]

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March 24th, 2008

Share your favourite Canadian tech–and other tech too–on the MapleLeaf 2.0 Diigo group

I’ve been playing with Diigo for a while and getting more and more impressed with it.  One of the things that I like about it over del.icio.us is the groups feature.  So to that end I’ve created a freely open Diigo group for Maple Leaf 2.0.

Please go ahead and go and sign up for […]

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