Think Tanked

Last night’s Ideas on Tap event rocked! Thank you to everybody who came down and supported. We estimate that 250 people showed up to watch Andre Charland from Nitobi win the speech competition chatting about phonegap. Rebecca Bollwitt (Miss604) came in a close 2nd talking about her company sixty4media.

Andre received a 16GB Ipod Touch and Rebecca some tickets to an upcoming Canucks Game + Madden 2009 for the XBOX 360. Mat Peake was the winner of the Madonna Concert tickets door prize. 

Check out the photos from the event on Facebook or Flickr.

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For those of you who didn’t attend the event last night, you don’t have to miss out completely!

We were liveblogging from the floor Ideas on Tap, and I’ve reposted the liveblog transcript here, along with pictures so you can check out the action.

Stay tuned for our next event, and thanks to the sponsors and everyone who came out!






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Access the Ideas on Tap liveblog Here.

Liveblogging will begin with the event at 5pm pacific time.

We’ll be uploading pics and commentary live from the floor so if you can’t make it out, you can keep up with the events as they happen!  Be sure to tune in.

Check out the Ideas on Tap mention in Backbone, the technology and business magazine.

Backbone magazine has become one of the top four broad-based business magazines in Canada and is emerging as a powerful new brand in Canada’s business media.

Backbone Magazine’s hardcopy edition is distributed six times a year within The Globe and Mail to business and metropolitan subscribers within select city centres. Backbone is also distributed through corporate alliances, technology industry associations, universities, select retailers, subscribers, etc.

Andre Charland is the co-founder and CEO at Nitobi Inc. He’s been at the forefront of Web 2.0 software development for almost a decade and is an expert on the next generation web. Andre is an advocate for usability and user experience and speaks regularly about how to keep users engaged and active on websites or web-based application. Most recently Andre presented on the Adobe AIR Tour throughout Europe. He’s also been a speaker at the Voices That Matter web design conference, Adobe MAX, JavaOne and AjaxWorld. Andre is the co-author of “Enterprise Ajax”, published by Prentice Hall last summer and is the lead blogger for O’Reilly’s InsideRIA.com. He maintains his own blog at http://blogs.nitobi.com/andre.

Andre Charland will be at Ideas on Tap October 16th presenting his 60 second idea.

Check back here on October 16th for the Ideas On Tap Liveblog.

We’ll be liveblogging the events as they happen, on location!

Check here on Oct 16th for the Liveblog address.

Mike Agerbo is today’s digital living expert.  Heard nationally on Corus Radio’s GetConnected every week, and seen by thousands of television viewers with his regular Tech Segment appearances on Global, Citytv and CTV, Mike’s casual style makes technology fun and simple.   Not only is Mike a veteran broadcast TV and radio personality, he is also an award winning television producer and creator.   He has produced hundreds of hours of television programming for Global TV, City TV, Prime, The Men’s Channel, The Biography Channel, Clear Channel, Tech TV and YTV.   He has extensive experience in creating innovative relationships between television broadcasters, and the new digital world - with internet service providers and portals, including Yahoo, Rogers, Shaw, Telus, MSN, Bell Sympatico and many others. 

In addition, Mike is an accomplished speaker, speaking regularly to industry associations, government agencies, corporations and families on everything from taking advantage of technology in the workplace to internet safety.  

Catch Mike Agerbo at Ideas on Tap - coming up on October 16th.

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Deborah Collins from Soya Marketing

Deborah Collins from Soya Marketing is going to present at the October 16th Ideas on Tap.

Deborah Collins is a co-founder of Soya Marketing, Canada’s first Web PR agency. She helps companies build their brands online, through Google Storytelling and Social Media Marketing. Her clients include Opus Hotel Group, Park Royal Shopping Centre and Blast Radius. She’s been featured in Vancouver Magazine for her business ethics.

Deborah has been responsible for some marketing ‘firsts’ in Canada, including Canada’s first restaurant launched via social media (Koko Restaurant & Bar for Opus Hotels) and the nation’s first social media back-to-school campaign (for Park Royal).

Deborah’s marketing background includes more than a decade at some of Canada’s leading agencies including National PR, RMG Connect, Inventa, McMillan and Silver Lining. She’s worked on big-name accounts such as Molson, Telus, Vancouver General Hospital and VanCity.

Veratta is excited to jump on board as a sponsor for Ideas on Tap. “Nice work 6S Marketing. It’s great to see Ideas on Tap back in full swing! Some great, and at the least entertaining, web ideas sprang from creative minds on the patio at Yaletown Brew Pub in the dotcom years.”, says Tim Major President of Veratta. “Bringing this tech watering hole back to life is super for the Vancouver Internet Community”.

DigitalPractices, a digital interactive media firm based in Victoria, has also joined a sponsor. They are a web development company offering Sitemasher and OpenOffice.org  development as well as many other services.

The Fraser Valley’s largest web company, Domain7 Solutions, has joined as an event sponsor as well. Domain7 was recently recognized as one of BC’s Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies published by Business in Vancouver, ranking number #66.

Welcome to the party!