Be Unreasonable - Aydin Mirzaee's Take on the World. » canada http://www.beunreasonable.org <a href="http://www.beunreasonable.org/?page_id=165">Aydin Mirzaee</a>'s Take on the World. Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:40:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 Ottawa DemoCamp9 on Monday! http://www.beunreasonable.org/2008/05/24/ottawa-democamp9-on-monday/ http://www.beunreasonable.org/2008/05/24/ottawa-democamp9-on-monday/#comments Sat, 24 May 2008 17:45:58 +0000 aydin http://beunreasonable.wordpress.com/?p=105

Its that time again. Ottawa DemoCamp9 is on Monday at a new location. The big news is that Ottawa’s top blogger, Alec Saunders, will be our MC. Should be lots of fun.

For those of you that don’t know, DemoCamp is an amazing event where some of Ottawa’s Up and Coming Tech Stars present the latest products that they’ve been working on. Its alway impressive to see how much goes on in Ottawa. If you’ve never been to one of these events, this is the time to start! If you’re gonna be there, message me on Twitter (@aydin) or on Facebook…

Here are the details for the event:

  • Stockify – Investing Software
  • SIMtone – Virtual PC, http://www.simtonecdu.com
  • picsphere – complete workflow solution for event and studio photographers
  • SCAN – Transforming community media into community property.
  • OurAirports – a community site for pilots and travelers.
    • What: Ottawa DemoCamp 9
    Six demos by members of the Ottawa high tech community. * Stockify – Investing Software * SIMtone – Virtual PC, http://www.simtonecdu.com * picsphere – complete workflow solution for event and studio photographers * SCAN – Transforming community media into community property. * OurAirports – a community site for pilots and travelers.
    When: Monday, May 26, 2008 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
    Where: The Velvet Room

    62 1/2 York Street
    Ottawa, ON K1N 1T5 Canada
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    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 any coercion” are documenting their every move online… If anyone wanted to track you, wouldn’t the best place be Facebook /Twitter ?

    Ok, so, how unreasonable is it to assume that some of the following are possible in the future?

    -no passport: why would you use a passport when you can add a “Passport Facebook Application” that will do the same thing? All you’d have to do when you get to the airport is show them your “virtual passport” on your Phone/PDA or perhaps give a secret access code to anyone who wants to check it out (possibly via bluetooth)?

    -Facebook pages mandatory: Already, if you don’t want to fall behind in life, you need a facebook profile…. is it unreasonable to assume that one day everyone will be required to have a facebook page? Remember, as we go forward, privacy features will only get better (or so we hope)… so, its not all that unreasonable…

    -verify with birth certificate: what if you had to verify your facebook page with your original birth certificate in order to prove your identity? Could your facebook page also act as your birth certificate? what if you were given login access credentials in the hospital when you were born?

    -driver’s license: why show your driver’s license when you are standing in line for a 19+ bar/club when you can show your facebook page? yeah, yeah, you can show it when you get pulled over by a cop too…

    big brother: Is it also unreasonable to assume that government agencies will be freely able to browse through all of this material online? I for one think that one is not so unreasonable at all…

    Anywho… a lot of this stuff sounds ridiculous, I know. But, the world changes fast… I remember when I was first telling people about Facebook in Ottawa, Canada they would say: “why would I join? so people could stalk me?” and now look at where we are… people’s ideas and beliefs are changing.

    Aydin.

    Posted By: Aydin Mirzaee

    ]]>     http://www.beunreasonable.org/2008/03/28/facebook-in-20-years/feed/ 2     MeeMix adds Social Features! http://www.beunreasonable.org/2008/03/28/meemix-add-social-features/ http://www.beunreasonable.org/2008/03/28/meemix-add-social-features/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:37:28 +0000 aydin http://beunreasonable.wordpress.com/?p=93 meemix

    Everyone knows I love http://www.MeeMix.com. It is an absolutely amazing tool. You basically enter one artist/song you like, and it will continue to play songs that you like all day long. It works in Canada (unlike Pandora), which is awesome.

    Recently they’ve added a whole bunch of cool social features where you can add friends that have similar music taste as you do. This is a very cool and addictive feature… I’ve made friends with a bunch of people on the website through these community additions. MeeMix even has Facebook & Twitter integration now… I for one can’t get enough of the music on the site… if you haven’t signed up, you are missing out :)

    Aydin.

    Posted By: Aydin Mirzaee

    ]]>     http://www.beunreasonable.org/2008/03/28/meemix-add-social-features/feed/ 0     10,000 BC – a great movie! http://www.beunreasonable.org/2008/03/12/10000-bc-a-great-movie/ http://www.beunreasonable.org/2008/03/12/10000-bc-a-great-movie/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:02:23 +0000 aydin http://beunreasonable.wordpress.com/?p=85

    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]

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    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] does :) Not only that, I didn’t even know my dad knew what a text message was!

    At the end of the day, wow! The iPhone has really led a revolution… everyone’s buying them (not only techies)… but, it is also leading people to try new things… I just learned that my dad now accesses facebook through his phone… hmmm…

    Aydin.

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