Workshop 12 launches Kickstarter for automated car systems
The typical startup story can be broken down to; founder has idea, hires team, builds product, tries to become a unicorn. But for some founders, the road to their startup begins when a beloved side...
View ArticleTech About Town takes a look back at 2015
“Four score and seven years ago… No, wait, just the last 12 months.” – Josh McConnell As the year draws to a close, it can be a challenge to find new content for a column. So, in keeping with...
View ArticleLocal libraries offer tech access to everyone
Last month, I had the chance to be at the grand opening of the new Google office in Kitchener. The morning presented an opportunity to learn about the Codemakers program. Codemakers is a joint effort...
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Ales and apertures: These local professionals create through community
Communitech welcomes more than 12,000 visitors to our region each year. I’m lucky to be a host for many of the tours, which lets me talk about the history of industry and tech here in Kitchener and...
View ArticleGet the word out: these books belong in your beach bag
After the winter that wouldn’t end, we are finally starting to feel some warmth on our faces. Longer and warmer days are perfect for patios — and nothing goes together better than a patio, a cold...
View ArticleStressed? Try a little patio therapy in Waterloo and Kitchener
It has been a few days of great summer weather and I’ve already heard someone complaining about the temperature. That is Canada for you. I grew up in the humid heat of South Florida. Sadly, I spent too...
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CTRL-V opens Canada’s first virtual reality arcade in Waterloo
I admit I’m skeptical when it comes to virtual reality. I remember going to the South Florida Fair in 1991. I found my first virtual reality experience waiting for me, just past the pig races and the...
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Caps off to this beer-and-tech collaboration
You have heard Waterloo Region has the second-highest density of startups behind Silicon Valley. This high density of startups acts as the Oort cloud that produces high-velocity, scale-up tech...
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North Waterloo tech community has appetite for Factory Square project
Waterloo exists as a place of constant transformation. Once-shuttered manufacturing buildings now serve as lofts, retail spaces, offices and cultural hubs. Look around and you’ll see the Bauer,...
View ArticleArt group seeks new home downtown
What home does a piece of art have in this age of Instagram galleries, disappearing Snapchat pics and gigabytes of digital storage? That is the question Nik Harron put to me last week as we discussed...
View ArticleSAP Waterloo volunteers with muscles and minds
There’s an old adage in tech that “culture eats strategy for breakfast.” The definition of culture varies from company to company. Culture lies at the heart of every startup, scale-up, and yes – every...
View ArticleThe deets on cheap eats from downtown to uptown
September brings cooler temperatures and the daily routine of packing lunches for school. During the first Thursday back, I remembered to pack lunches for all three of my children — but forgot my own....
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Studio Central will be a maker space for creatives of all ages
We’re all makers. We’re all creators too. Earlier this month we celebrated this at Maker Expo. Students at the University of Waterloo — all students, not just CS and engineering — have access to...
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Maker education is the goal of The Underground Studio
Mayors of SimCity know that two of the best ways to make your sims happy are libraries and museums. In real life, these two institutions hold similar sway. Waterluvians and Kitchenerites* have great...
View ArticleNew Year’s resolutions you can keep
The end of the year is time for reflection and goal setting for the new year to come. It’s also a time to remember the New Year’s resolutions you made last year that you never kept. Instead of setting...
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Abe Erb aims to brew success in downtown Kitchener
I write the words “entrepreneurship” and “scaling” so often at work that I see them when I close my eyes to go to sleep. All too often, we only think about those words in the context of startups and...
View ArticleActively connects groups with unique, local experiences
Many startups find themselves confronted with an interesting conundrum when developing their product. Somewhere along the journey, they discover a different problem that needs a solution. Do they stick...
View ArticleDust off your backpacks for D2L Night School
Local education tech leader D2L believes learning is a life-long pursuit. Over its seventeen-plus year history, D2L has seen transformation in technology and in their home of downtown Kitchener. Last...
View ArticleThe trek to end homelessness
Sometimes an issue seems too big to be able to fix. Often we feel powerless because of the number of factors involved. Even with that feeling, we can find ways to make a difference. An article about...
View ArticleA choose your own adventure holiday party
As often happens in this small community, I ran into a friend at the Communitech Breakfast Series event on Wednesday. We caught up and started to make lunch plans. We both stopped dead in our tracks...
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