Events for the week of August 16 to August 22.
Exciting events for this week include:
Wednesday, August 18
Green Drinks Toronto, 6:00p to 9:00p
Join NGOs, academia, students, government and business to discuss all things green. Details and RSVP.
Thursday, August 19
BlackBerry Developers Group Meeting, 6:00p to 8:00p
Discussing Blackberry 6.0 and planning for September’s BlackberryCamp. Details and RSVP info.
Friday, August 20
Likemind Toronto, 7:30a to 9:00a
Because drinking good coffee with likeminded people is fun. Details and RSVP.
For a casual Saturday…
Saturday, August 21
Wines of Germany, beginning at 11:30a, LCBO wine tasting at various locations throughout the day.
Girl Fight, beginning at 7:30p, 5 girls fights at Twist Gallery with music by Betti Forde.
Goodbye Tight Knit, beginning at 10:00p, farewell dance party at Augusta house with Duotone and more.
Find more events this week on the TO Events Calendar
Be sure to follow the Yeah Social TO Events Calendar for the latest events. There’s always more to see there. And be sure to let us know what’s on your radar via Twitter or add your recommended events to the calendar.
Mesh after party photos from May 18, 2010.
Those folks at Mesh sure do throw a great conference. While I wasn’t an attendee this year, I was able to join everyone at the Mesh after party. And how many conferences take care of attendees and their colleagues by having an open party like this? A great opportunity to otherwise connect with the sold out conference. Respect.
Here are a selection of photos from a great evening.
Kipu for your iPad!
You know, those photos that ship with the iPad are fine, but I’m loving my Kipu wallpapers. They’re cute, uncluttered, and bright like sunshine.
Sweeney Dale tumbls, too.
With our recent transition to tumblr we decided to help out our old friends at Sweeney Dale, moving their 8 year old flash site (that they were never able to update) to a new easy to manage tumblr site.
Check it out at http://sweeneydale.com.
Simple but practical.
The pros & cons of moving to Tumblr.
A few weeks ago we made the decision to move our blogs off of our own, proprietary platform and on to Tumblr. July 30th, we flipped the switch, and today I want to share with you the things we’ve gained by moving to Tumblr, and the things we’d love to see improved.
Events for the week of August 9 to August 15.
Exciting events for this week include:
Tuesday, August 10
Top of Toronto: Summer Breakfast Series, 7:30a to 9:00a
The Toronto Board of Trade welcomes business professionals from all communities and business sectors to attend a casual networking breakfast session. Details and RSVP.
Meet the CEOs, 6:00p to 9:00p
Meet the CEOs is a forum to engage with CEOs and discover the zeitgeist of the executive suite and what dominates the agenda, plans and minds of today’s CEOs. Details and $100 ticket info.
Wednesday, August 11
Design with Dialogue, 6:00p to 9:00p
August’s session will be hosted by Kaleem Khan and Peter Jones based on the design-friendly practices of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and World Café.
To address the concern for “What should we do now?”, we’ll use AI to create a positive framework for working together and then gather in a World Café to generate new possibilities for action. Details and tickets.
And for the beep boop music lovers…
Saturday, August 14
HARD Tour with Crystal Castles, Rusko, Sinden and Destructo, 8:00p to 3:00a
$30 admission
Sunday, August 15
Intro to Chiptunes: Making music with Game Boys, 1:00p to 5:00p
Co-taught at Site 3 coLaboratory by local chiptunes musician Jeff “jefftheworld” Alyanak and Site 3 member Jonathan Guberman, this introductory workshop will focus on the most popular synthesizer program for Game Boy, Little Sound DJ (LSDJ). Details and ticket packages from $40.
Find more events this week on the TO Events Calendar
Be sure to follow the Yeah Social TO Events Calendar for the latest events. There’s always more to see there. And be sure to let us know what’s on your radar via Twitter or add your recommended events to the calendar.
On the Web.
Here are some links that have caught our attention recently.
Google Fonts for HTML5
There are some nice Web fonts available from Google that are free of the licensing fees of standard Typekit fonts. Sans, serif, script and more. Vollkorn’s caught our attention as a nice “book” font.
Twitter Conversation threads from Twitoaster.
Every find that you can’t quite sort out where a Twitter discussion started and where it ends. Twitoaster does a pretty good job of following the thread.
Interface Design Framework, Illustrator graphics resources.
Nice set of graphics resources for Illustrator. Great for improving the quality of your wireframes and quick mockups. via @CameronMoll
Found anything interest recently?
Let us know via Twitter.
Kipu redesign by concerned observer Bob Wiley.
We love our 2D Kipu but that doesn’t mean he’s ready for Saturday morning cartoons. Bob commented on our Kipu for your phone article saying:
“The background artwork is nice. The character itself needs a bit more depth or life to it. Maybe by adding some stroke outlines or some simple one tone shadows. If Kipu is a Raccoon, he definitely needs some stripes on his tail.”
Then he sent this image in his followup email:
“This is what I had in mind based on the comment I made on your website.”
Very cool! Thanks Bob. So what do you think?
I Need Sugar now on tumblr.
Last week we announced that we had moved Say Yeah’s website to tumblr. Today, we’re announcing I Need Sugar now has a refreshed site, also running on tumblr.
The original 2009 I Need Sugar website was designed before there was a logo, so the move to tumblr was more than just a behind the scenes switch. With a design refresh called for, the site now also supports flickr, facebook and Twitter widgets.
See it in action: http://ineedsugar.com
Blackberry 6, better for users.
After struggling mightily with a Blackberry 8900 over the weekend (seriously, almost every aspect of the OS on that thing is broken - from email to Wifi to Web browsing. What a nightmare!), it’s nice to see that Blackberry is actually attempting to improve their user experience with Blackberry 6.
