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Font Swoon with Sara Cannon

Times New Roman. Helvetica. Comic Sans. We’ve all got fonts we love to use or love to hate. Typography is one of those topics that’s easy to overlook, but when you bring it up, everyone has an opinion. Sara’s talk is not just for designers...

by sandy on April 18th, 2013
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99 Ways To Get Your App Noticed

  You’ve submitted your app to the App Store. Congratulations! Umm, no, not yet. Gone are the days where you could simply submit an app and watch those download numbers climb. Now with over 1.5 million apps available and with almost 2,000 new apps going...

by sandy on March 13th, 2013
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Confoo: Web Development Conference

What is ConFoo? It’s one hour presentations by experts over the course of 3 days from February 25th-March 1st 2013. They share their knowledge so that developers become better, more productive and discover new technologies. It’s also a place to network. Come meet clients, partners...

by sandy on February 24th, 2013
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Going to Market: Product Strategy with Margaret Dawson

  Ever wonder what goes into building a hugely successful product? What separates winning startups from the ones that are fueled by hype only to disappear shortly thereafter? (Color, anyone?) Many start-ups fail because they can’t get beyond technology for technology’s sake. We all love...

by sandy on November 29th, 2012
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Help Build Notman House, The Home Of The Web

As a community not-for-profit organization, we rely heavily on support from other organizations within the Montreal community. We are fortunate to have places like Notman House that welcome us to hold our monthly networking events. Over the last year Notman House has operated in proof...

by sandy on October 26th, 2012
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October: The Art of Visual Storytelling with JC Little

We’ve all heard that a picture is worth a thousand words; but did you know that one word can spark a thousand pictures? Daily we are inundated by pictures, images, infographics whether it is on Facebook or Instagram but what makes some stand out while...

by sandy on October 10th, 2012
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4G Funshop for Girls!

One of our mandates this year was to get out there and address the “lack of women in tech” issue from a positive standpoint.  Rather than simply talking about it, we wanted to do something that would have a positive impact and help #changetheratio. Based...

by sandy on May 22nd, 2012
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February Event Recap: Punch it up with HTML and CSS with Amanda Aitken

Last month, over 60 Geeks descended on RPM-Mtl, start-up centre and co-working space, to hear incurable entrepeneur Amanda Aitken talk about HTML and CSS and how to create stunning websites Amanda also addressed why it’s important for women to learn how to code and that...

by sandy on March 5th, 2012
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Hacking Health this February 24-25th!

Interested in applying your dev skills to help solve healthcare problems? HackingHealth is happening this February 24-25th and is looking to bring together designers and developers to work with healthcare professionals to innovate and revolutionize healthcare. The event is designed to improve healthcare by pairing...

by sandy on February 13th, 2012
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January Recap: Building Websites with Drupal Gardens

We kicked off the New Year with a workshop on Building Websites with Drupal by Suzanne Kennedy of Evolving Web. Over 40 keen members battled the winter ice and rain to come learn how to set-up a website using the Drupal Gardens hosted solution at...

by sandy on February 6th, 2012
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