Category Archives: Toronto

Some Thoughts On the Personalities At Mesh

Interesting meeting some of these folks in person. Here are my thoughts on what some of them were like, or seemed like.

Meeting Local Bloggers and Social Media Folk: Always Cool, Never Boring

So earlier in the evening there was a sort of pre-Mesh get together that was organized by Thonley Fallis, a PR firm here in Canada. They, in fact, do a thing every month called “Third Tuesday“, where PR folks get together to discuss social media and its implications with public relations.
[aside: next month I [...]

Facebook Builds “Reverse-API” — Will Get *Others* To Build *Its* Mashups!

Wow … its not 100% ballsy, as big players will actually be lining up to do this.

Facebook in Toronto: A Hearty Welcome To Our New Overlords!

Some interesting stats, courtesy of VentureBeat about Facebook’s usage.  As some of you may or may not, know I’m from Toronto, Canada, where Facebook’s penetration is unusually high.  Quoth Eric, via Venturebeat:
Particularly noteworthy is its traction in Canada, where it has more than 2 million active users, around 11 percent of the site’s total. A [...]