As part of my mesh network interests I’ve started up WirelessEdmonton.ca. This will serve as the main website and splash page for my free wifi initiative.
I am starting with Whyte Avenue, where my Internet Cafe is located. I have 20 Open-Mesh routers that need deploying. I will be going to different businesses along the avenue [...]
The computing science department here at the U of A has a bi-monthly podcast. This week they has Ken Gordon, Boris Wertz and Daniel Boulet talk about the trials and tribulations of starting your own IT company.
It was an interesting listen and I heard a few familiar voices. Check it out here:
Starting Your Own [...]
The only thing I have to say about the new FriendFeed hype is that I’m kicking myself for not taking action on the good ideas I have. I basically threw this idea past a few friends over a year ago and I never pursued it. Live and learn.
Hopefully they’ll be able to monetize it some [...]
This last week I spent a good portion of my free time deliberating over new designs for my business cards and flyers.
The biggest complaint my customers have had is finding the cafe! Visibility is pretty limited so I chose to include a map on both the business cards and the flyers. I originally had a [...]
Over a TechCrunch, Michael Arrington wrote a post agreeing with some parts of Jason Calcanis’s post on how to save money running a startup. The two great points Arrington brings up strike a cord with my small startup experience with Nexopia here in Edmonton.
Arrington says that startups must:
Watch every penny, and
Hire the right people
I’d like [...]