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May 4

Join the developer movement

By on May 4, 2012 in Geek Speak

I know, I talked a couple of times in other posts about this awesome program that we have, but I thought it deserved his own post. Also, I was shocked to see that many developers didn’t know about it, and, of course, didn’t have the chance to get awesome rewards. So, have you ever wanted [...]

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April 9

Design clinics in Toronto & Vancouver

By on April 9, 2012 in Geek Speak

In May, we will do Windows 8 design clinic in Toronto and Vancouver. As you can leverage your actual HTML5 skills to develop Windows 8 applications, I think it could interest you. There are also some designers in the Make Web Not War community that may want to learn about metro UI. This free evening [...]

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April 5

HTML5, CodePlex & Windows 8

By on April 5, 2012 in Geek Speak

Last week I did a summary blog post of some topics I found interesting on other blogs I’m posting on. I thought it was fun to give you the opportunity to read interesting subjects that we didn’t write about here, so I’m doing the same thing for this week. Top 10 resources for HTML5 developers [...]

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April 3

Java also loves the Cloud

By on April 3, 2012 in Geek Speak

Fellow Java developers, I didn’t want to leave you alone yesterday with my blog post about PHP in the cloud. As a former Java developer, I created Java applications and Applets for around 5 years, I’m sure you also want to know if you can scale your application in the cloud. The answer is yes: [...]

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April 2

PHP in the cloud

By on April 2, 2012 in Geek Speak

You probably know that we have a cloud computing solution at Microsoft named Windows Azure. You may think that because it’s a Microsoft service it’s only about ASP.NET? The answer is no! You can use many technology in our cloud solution, like Java, Python, ASP.NET, Ruby, Node.js and PHP. When we talked about PHP on [...]

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March 29

Responsive Web Design, mobile first, IE6 & OData

By on March 29, 2012 in Geek Speak

What these topics have in common? They all cover Web technology or philosophy, but they are great blog posts I read (or write) on some of our other blogs. I think it could be a good idea to select the most awesome topics for you. Responsive Web Design What the heck is Responsive Web Design [...]

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March 5

Pushing for Open Data? 3 Steps to Consider

By on March 5, 2012 in Events, Featured

Open Data is fast becoming a ‘hot topic’ in government. I’m proud to see my colleagues & fellow open gov supporters helping governments around the world launch their cloud-powered open data catalogues: from the Government of Columbia and the European Union, to the Canadian cities of Regina, SK and Medicine Hat, AB. But it’s not [...]

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February 14

You too can become a Make Web Not War Warriors

By on February 14, 2012 in Events

As the events will start soon, Eventbrite will close the registration. You can join the conference withou EventBrite with this link http://webnotwar.ca/webcamp. On March 8th, we will have a full day of free webinars just for you. A good way to learn new technology presented by experts. A great opportunity to learn about Web, mobile, design, [...]

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February 4

Make Web Not War Communities Night in Vancouver

By on February 4, 2012 in Events

As you saw in this blog, last December, we did a Make Web Not War Communities Night in Toronto. It was a real success: we had awesome presenters, delicious foods and passionate discussions with people from the industry. We are actually in the planning process of the next one, that will be held in Vancouver. [...]

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January 30

User groups: learn, meet and share

By on January 30, 2012 in Geek Speak

I often talk about new meetup on some user groups, like HTML5mtl. Since I’m in the IT industry, user groups have always been for me an awesome place to be. It’s a great way to learn from other for free or a low fee. It’s also one of the best moments to meet other developers, [...]

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