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Agile development at its best

This is a great example of having a constructive and critical outlook on agile development. It goes to show, that an institution must be equally willing to push the envelope on innovation and as it is willing to pull the plug on doomed projects that waste valuable resources. I give kudos to Google for pulling the plug on Wave. Read the article below for more info.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/update-on-google-wave.html

So you want to be a Mobile Developer: Lecture 1 Slides Posted!

Hi everyone,

As promised, the slides have been posted. Thank you all for attending - and for those who could not attend (we missed you!) here are the slides so you can get an idea of what was covered. If you liked this lecture and are interested in the next installment (where we will cover some more advanced stuff) please rate this page and/or give us your feedback on what you want covered in the next lecture.

FYI - We will have Donuts for the next one we promise! (really, we promise!!!)

Mobile Development Tutorial 0: iPhone Development Lecture Series - Getting Started...

Mobile Development: How to get started before the lecture series...

Intro to the Mobile Development Series...
First off - welcome to the weird world of mobile development! Developing natively on mobile devices is not for the faint of heart - and I must congratulate you for making the first steps to doing so! You are now on your way to becoming iPhone development savvy. Much like kung-fu the path to mastering development on the iPhone will be long and hard, but with a bit of elbow grease, a pitcher of European triple-brewed espresso beverages (I am not talking lattes here) and some determination you will be able to join the ranks of the elite iPhone Developers in no time. Just remember me if you create an App that's worth millions!

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The Team that Powered TechKnowFile 2010

I would like to acknowledge the fantastic efforts of the TechKnowFile 2010 team that helped power this year's conference chaired by Bob Cook. Every single member of the team volunteered their time, efforts, skills and ideas to make this year's TechKnowFile a memorable event for the community. In total, it took 43 people to make this event happen!

TechKnowFile goes Mobile!

Dear TechKnowFilers:

Great news! TechKnowFile went mobile! If you have an iPhone, you can now access your personal schedule, review sessions, locations and presenters using the TKF Mobile WebApp.

Using your phone browser, go to: http://tkfmobile.oise.utoronto.ca and login using your techknowfile.org username and password.

Give us your feedback at the TKF-Dell feedback kiosks available in the Stone Lobby of the MedSci building on the day of the conference!

Thank you to Michael Moncada from OISE for his hard work on the TKF Mobile WebApp.

TechKnowFile 2010 Conference Schedule

Please take a moment to review the TechKnowFile 2010 Conference Schedule.

TKF Proposals Selected!

The following is a complete list of the presentations selected for TechKnowFile Conference 2010. This year's lineup is looking better than ever. Thank you to all who submitted.

Google Apps for Domains to include Blogger, Picasa among other apps

Google Apps

As some of you may know, Google Apps is a free (depending on the package you choose) offering from Google. In a nutshell, it's a branded GMail and Google Calendar and Google Docs instance. It can be "skinned" to some extent to match your organization, and it's all hosted by Google and provided to you free of charge (or for some $ you can get additional benefits, like 25GB mailboxes and priority support).

Star Wars Day

It's Star Wars Day. May the fourth be with you!