Hey folks, I wanted you to know that I'm not going to be facilitating this months Javascript Hack Night as I'll be unavailable Tuesday night, my partner Max Cameron will be here though and everything else is business as usual. Feel free to bring your own ideas or come with an open mind willing to help others with their project. Hit up the meetup page for more details. Read more...

A few good tricks to help you maintain influence over your product roadmap. Read more...

Don't let the beautiful weather deter you from hacking on Javascript. This month we're doing a regular evening of pizza and programming. Feel free to bring your own ideas or come with an open mind willing to help others with their project. Hit up the meetup page for more details. Read more...

Or: How we let our agile team work remotely and asynchronously. Read more...

This month my friend Wes Bos is giving a short talk about HTML5 video to kick things off. This is a small deviation from the normal hack nights. We're hoping that it will give a little bit of focus to the night and let people try things out with video. Hit up the meetup page for more details. Read more...

This week marks the one year anniversary of LeanCoffeeTO, a meetup group that we’re proud to belong to. I’ve written about why I think LeanCoffeeTO is a rare and valuable community resource, so we were happy to host one of the five consecutive sessions being held this week throughout the city. Read more...

Nearly all startups fail, and although failure is often awesome, I would really like to see some successful products come out of Startup Weekend TO. I’ve become engaged in the lean startup community in Toronto, I’ve run some cool experiments, and I started a workshop for early-stage startups who are interested in customer development. I think that’s why Chris asked me to address the group, and coach throughout the weekend. Read more...

Over the past two and a half years, we've come and gone through a number of meetups geared toward what we can call the "digital scene" in Toronto. More recently, we've become involved in LeanCoffeeTO, a group of small business owners that meet to discuss Lean Startup principles. I never expected it to be tremendously valuable, but that’s what this particular group has become. In this post, I've tried to articulate what I'm getting out of this meetup, and where I'd like to see it go in the future. Read more...

We've been working with a fantastic designer who goes by the name Mike Precious. He comes strongly recommended. Read more...

It's been two years since we started our company. This calls for a party. Read more...

We're looking for a Junior Web Developer to work at our office in Toronto. This position starts as a six-month full-time contract with the possibility of extension. Read more...

As an event designer, I use a number of tools to help organize and execute various events in the tech/web community. While I won't be able to talk about all of them today, I'd like to focus on a few that I REALLY like.

Traditionally a "community" has been defined as a group of interacting people living in a common location. Currently there are dozens of different types of communities, and even many more definitions of what "community" really is. I'd like to post some thoughts on community building, as it is the core of what Refresh has set out to do; build a community and promote it. Read more...

Twitter is a powerful tool for building relationships, if used properly. Used improperly, it can wreak havoc, destroy perception of your brand, and even open you up to litigation.

There are many traits to a good community builder: authentic, non-restrictive, interactive (no pun intended here), good listener. Read more...

An open to letter to anyone who's interested in the internet, but isn't sure how to start the ball rollin' Read more...

Some of our friends know that I worked at a French restaurant for 9 years. I appreciate service. Yesterday we met with Jenn from The Drake Hotel to give her our take on twitter and our thoughts on how they could use it. Here's the follow-up email I sent Jenn today, which is based on the notes I made in preparation. Read more...

Sometimes you just know you're on to something. Read more...

After hearing from Saul Colt at Refresh Events, we decided we couldn't let another minute pass without doing something nice for someone who might need some help. Read more...

I got a kick out of HTTP gallery and particularly out of Jeremy Bailey's SOS videos. I suggest checking them out. Read more...

For the past nine weeks, we've been volunteering at the Kids Community Garden in Cedervale Park... Read more...