It occurred to me the other day that the only reason we have a desktop computer at home is to hold digital photographs and music. With all members of the household owning laptops, this old, slow machine was taking up too much valuable real estate and something had to be done about it.
If you are a technologist and an innovator, and you think you have an entrepreneurial bent, then do I have the training program for you! It is at Saint Mary’s University, and it is called the Master of Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MTEI) program.
While many organizations are still trying to decide what to do about Cloud Computing, Megamation Systems Inc. figured it out a dozen years ago. This outfit, which offers computerized maintenance management software, uses a “Software as a service” platform which it runs from a data centre in Halifax.
At one time, there was a lot of talk about spam. The term “spam” comes from the canned meats of the same name, and in 1970 the British comedy group Monty Python did a sketch in which diners were served Spam with practically every meal. The term was thus adopted to describe electronic messages that are sent randomly to a large number of people.
Well I didn’t get hit by any celebrity golf ball, but I did get a grand tour of the Telus technology bus. We take what they give us.