FaceBookCampMontreal

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One more! Tonight was FaceBookCampMontreal, an unconference for everyone with an interest in building on the Facebook Platform. Once again, great event, great crowd, very interesting subject.

I’d venture to say that the event was actually a bit late for the developer crowd, since we’ve all drunk the Facebook API Kool-Aid months ago, and most of us have been playing with it publicly or in private sandboxes. On the other hand, the PR crowd was there in full force and was visibly excited by the torrent of opportunities the FB ecosystem truly is.

So if you need a Facebook application and don’t know where to start, a good first step is to call Plank. :o) We’ll hook you up with a strategy that makes sense for both you and your users/audience.

I also have my own pipe dreams, but I’m just too busy to take on yet another project right now. Maybe in December…

BarCampMontreal3

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I spent the afternoon at BarCampMontreal3 yesterday, and let me tell you, it’s good to be in Montreal! Startups, Open Source projects, successful ventures, etc. You name it, we’ve got it. But most of all, it’s the people that really make the difference. And we’ve got that too!

Can’t wait until FaceBookCampMontreal next wednesday, especially in light of what is expected to be launched by Facebook on tuesday. Despite the event’s name, I’m fairly sure OpenSocial won’t be a stranger at this event though. ;o)

Edit: Be sure to check out Heri’s complete report on the event, as well as Sylvain’s notes on the OpenSocial BOF.

Release: WPhone 1.4.0: “Tada!” Edition

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We were planning on releasing a WPhone 1.3.2 tonight. Then we figured the new Plugin Management feature and some of the backend improvements called for a 1.4.0 release instead.

Moving forward is fun!

On a related note, I though the following was just brilliant: We got our first confirmed post from a BlackBerry. What’s so interesting about this? Well, Sergio, the author, embarked on a 4×4 expedition to Morocco (and its desert) last Friday, and will be using WPhone to blog for his family and friends back home.

Thanks a lot of for your quick support. I want to post for my family and friends in my recent blog http://www.sergiorico.com with my blackberry traveling into Morocco (from this friday)… probably nothing is going to work… least wphone!! Great extension!!

Lucky him.

First Day at Plank, aka Sponge Monday

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What a great first day!

The sponge analogy explains itself when you take in consideration the amount of information you’re exposed to on your first day in a new company. Dataset acquired, time to parse.

One sure thing is that I lucked out, because this team sure knows how to make someone feel right at home. Can’t wait to be productive, so I can carry my own weight. And then some.

Like good old Stimpy would say: happy happy, joy joy.

Last Day at McGill. Counting the Minutes until Monday.

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Yesterday was my last day as McGill University‘s Web System Architect.

It’s always sad to leave a team you’ve so enjoyed working with for five (long/short) years, but how could I refuse taking on the role of technology director for the dynamic Plank Design?

As Doug, a teammate on the WPhone project, would so elegantly put it: *grin*.

And as Buzz would, since one analogy is never enough (…): to infinity, and beyond!