This is the third post in our open collaboration series about Citadel Rock Online Communities aleader in TikiWiki technology and Blindside Networks makers of open source voice and video for distant learning and education. . Nelson is the President and CEO of Citadel Rock Online Communities Inc. with over 10 years of experience in theContinue reading
I had the opportunity last week to attend TEDx Carelton U. Thank you very much to Luc Lalande and his team of volunteers for putting on such a great event. The Gladstone Theatre is a great venue, lots of interesting people and great presentations. . There is probably enough material for a series of postContinue reading
After a brief hiatus the Entrepreneurship series continues. . In my opinion the greatest thing about being an entrepreneur is all of the people you meet and interact with on a regular basis. As an entrepreneur you get to chose who you work with … how cool is that. Wait it gets event better youContinue reading
Citadel Rock Online Communities was TheCodeFactory’s first drop-in group of multiple people. We had had individual drop-in members but they were the first group to use a drop in membership for the company. The two principles are co-founders Nelson Ko and Pascal St Jean, CEO and CTO respectively. Nelson participated in the Carleton TIM programContinue reading
Team Camp is one of longest running events at TheCodeFactory and original content. Chris Schmitt is chief instigator and does an amazing job at organizing this series of events, from pitch fest, to local entrepreneurial and technology leaders sharing lessons learned. This is one event I always make time for. Team Camp is from 6pmContinue reading
This will be the first in a four or five part series about collaboration between two of my favourite open source companies; Blindside Networks and Citadel Rock Online Communities. Both organizations can trace their lineage back to Carleton University’s Technology Innovation Management (TIM) Program. Both organizations also have connections to TheCodeFactory and started on theirContinue reading
Technology Innovation Management program at Carleton University is probably one of the brightest blips on the Ottawa innovation radar. I am a huge suporter on what Michael Weiss and the team at Carleton are doing and have personally experienced some of the great stuff that the program has produced, certainly not the least of whichContinue reading
The following is a post by Andrew Ross. Andrew is a good friend, open source advocate, event organizing dynamo and founder of FOSSLC an organization with which TheCodeFactory has proudly been affiliated with. I asked Andrew for a guest post and left him to decide the topic. He made a great choice. Transparency is oneContinue reading
Students and Start-ups 5 (Tech Edition) is offically SOLD OUT, however don’t despair we have opened up 10 more spots. These spots will be made available to enterprising young students from Algonquin, Carleton and Ottawa U in Engineering, Computer Science and anything software related. After all this is Students and Start-ups 5 (Tech Edition). StealthyContinue reading
This is a guest post by Jason Kealey of LavaBlast Software. I have gotten to know Jason quite well over the past two years and he is a person I always have time for. Jason is the sort of person that washes his own dishes and often brings milk or cream for the coffee toContinue reading