- I just sent in my application to win one of 6 5-minute talks at Mesh 2006 in Toronto. The idea is, 6 lucky people will be able to pitch their ideas to a room full of tech saavy business people. I’d be pitching for venture capital and for some talent—all in one bang. If I win, I will pay for anyone that wants a free ride to a cool Web 2.0 conference.
- LiftPort: A company that plans to build an elevator to space! It’s a very fascinating concept that sounds like it can work. In fact, there are a couple of physics professors that have written about how to implement it. It might just be the “next” X PRIZE.
- The TTC is debating whether they should include a new form of ads that is deliver using technology that is decades old. They plan to put ads up along the inside walls of the subway tunnels that are sequential. When the train passes by, it will animate the ads (like those flipbooks you had as a kid) creating a moving advertisement.
- Along the Transit theme, Google has asked the TTC to provide them with all the routes and schedules of its system. Google Transit is being developed on top of their maps engine and it looks to be the sort of thing I’ve been waiting for. If anyone can figure out an easy way to navigate the TTC system, I’m sure Google can. One problem, the TTC isn’t sure if they’ll take advantage of this option because they had tabled plans for a $2 million website of their own (Oh please! Just hearing the sound of subway doors closing when you visit TTC.ca makes me want to jump in front of a train).
- I’ve added a few new blogs to my bloglist, primarily, Antonio Cangiano. He’s a fellow IBMer that I ran into by accident—and he’s developing with Ruby! In fact, he introduced himself just after I finished making a very bold statement “I don’t think anyone uses Ruby at IBM.”
- I’m also going to use the sections feature of this blog to collect information that is similar. A question that I’ve heard a few times now is “where do I find my financial information?” (Yes, fellow Guelphites, some people DO want to know more than I have to say). I am also going to be collecting Ruby on Rails resources is an effort to become part of that community (I’m going to join TRUG too!).
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