The following is a guest post by good friend Harley Finkelstein in response to an article from reportonbusiness.com entitled: A tech saviour’s manifesto:

Mr. Macdonald,
I recently read your manifesto article in the globe and mail.
To be honest, and as a 24 year old Law/MBA grad student and concurrently the founder of a tech venture firm, I [...]

I met Simon Chen at the last DemoCamp in Ottawa and he mentioned his new project called Sixent.com. I just tried out the service and created my own personal profile here: http://sixent.com/aydin/Public
Here is a screenshot:

I like Sixent since it gives me LOTS of privacy options… I get to determine who sees what and what is [...]

The Web Weekend is the first weekend being organized (May 9-11). Motivated professionals and amateurs work together in order to create a company and launch a web product in a weekend. Make sure to sign up here: http://www.ottawaw.com/
Ottawa Web Weekend is being organized by Marc-Andre Plouffe and hosted by Ian Graham’s CodeFactory.
Aydin.

* Date: Monday, May 26, 2008 from 7pm to 9pm
* Location: The Velvet Room, 62 1/2 York Street, in the market
* Format for 6 demos: 2 minute introduction, 8 minute demo, 5 minutes for Q&A and discussion

What is DemoCamp?
Six demos by members of the Ottawa high tech community. Read more about it at AboutDemoCampOttawa. [...]

Scott Simpson from BitHeads really stood out as the person everyone remembered at the OCRI Awards. He gave the most entertaining and funny acceptance speech that I have ever seen when his company, BitHeads, won the award. He had the whole audience captivated and as a result, I think everyone knows about him and [...]

I’m a big Facebook fan but in the last little while I have been wondering about what Facebook will look like in the future… Just thinking about the advantages of having Facebook (especially with all the new privacy features) for government agencies seems like a godsend. I mean, if you think about it, people “without [...]

After hearing all of the ads on the radio from Telus, I called them to see what all the commotion was about and ended up upgrading my plan… yes, yes, I know, again
So, what did I get?
$30/month Calling Plan:
150 daytime minutes + unlimited incoming calls + unlimited nights& weekends.
150 minutes is really [...]

Just finished seeing the movie 10,000 BC @ the South Keys movie theater in Ottawa. It was absolutely amazing! Make sure to see it!
Here is the trailer:
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=gBQAQ_t26lo]

So, the other day, my dad sends me a text message saying that he got an iPhone… wtf?
a) text message?
b) iPhone?
Alright, so, what’s wrong with this picture? I don’t even have an iPhone -not available in Canada &  Telus [CDMA] has me locked in for 3 years- and now my dad [living in New York] [...]

Iotum has always had a great application on Facebook that lets you make free conference calls. Now, it has become a lot better because it allows for 100% free conference calls…
Here’s how it works:
1) add the iotum facebook application here.
2) organize a conference call on facebook (really simple interface).
3) either call in using your computer [...]