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Another Event: A Game Design Competition

February 2, 2012 | Andrea Mallozzi | Posted in CFC Media Lab > Events > Interactive Industry > News & Events

GameChangers is a game design competition for diverse teams to collaborate, network, share and develop skills in software and game development. Join in at the Open House to get started!  Participation is FREE and teams will be a mix of women and men studying or working in software development and game design.  For anyone interested in joining a team this open house is the first step to get signed up.  The 2-hour open house includes: Snappy Info Presentation, Game Demos, Mix & Meet, and a Game Design Jam Improv.  For more information please visit the GameChangers website, or email GameChangers.

GameChangers is a project of the Centre for Social Innovation, made possible with seed funding from the mesh prize and with support from great community advisors and partners.

Details…

When: Saturday February 4, 2012, 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Where: CSI Annex, 720 Bathurst Street
RSVP Here: http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/242/168969/192217455/98711c4fdc59ccf1a41000293bce3d7f

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Transmission: GLOBAL SUMMIT 2012 & Innovation Camp

February 1, 2012 | Andrea Mallozzi | Posted in CFC Media Lab > Events > Interactive Industry

transmission: GLOBAL SUMMIT is an invite-only event for thought-leaders in the content and technology sectors who are interested in a completely unique conference that’s focused on shifting the future of global digital innovations.

Taking place in Victoria transmission: GLOBAL SUMMIT (TGS) 2012 is the think-tank conference that focuses on bringing together international creators, entrepreneurs, innovators and thought leaders from the creative content and technology sectors to exchange and leverage ideas linked to the creation and demand of digital creative content.

The conference attracts a wide range of creators and leaders from all content and technology sectors. The format of our events allow people to sit down to have the conversations and make the connections that bring value to their businesses or organizations. TGS is the event where you make new contacts and form new strategic plans in one of the most beautiful cities on the West Coast of Canada.

transmission: GLOBAL SUMMIT 2012 will once again feature over 50 signature roundtable sessions, keynote presentations, B2B discussion forums, and cutting-edge live showcases.

Part of the transmitNOW series, transmission: GLOBAL SUMMIT 2012 is comprised of the following key elements that form the backbone of transmitNOW events:

  • 50+ Roundtable Discussions that allow delegates to sit down with each other and have face-to-face conversations about the issues that are affecting their industries.
  • 6+ Keynote Presentations- that bring together thought-leaders from a diverse cross-section of sectors who have a story to tell and can relevant knowledge and intel.
  • 6+ B2B Discussion Forums- that are specifically tailored to our event partners and like-minded stakeholders to bring together select attendees to focus on a sector-specific issue.  Ana Serrano, director of the CFC Media Lab, will be leading one of these sessions.
  • World-Class Facilitation-in partnership with The Value Web, the internationally renowned facilitation team behind the World Economic Forum.

As part of Transmission: Global Summit we will be showing Heart of Stars a prototype completed by Vanessa Shaver and Tsu-Ching Yu.

David Nam of Herd.fm will also be attending the conference:

HERD.FM was conceived at the CFC Media Lab’s NBC Universal Multiplatform Matchmaking Program where co-founders Romeo Candido (2010), Davin Lengyel (2010) and James Milward (2010) challenged themselves to find a new way to share music.  Herd.fm welcomed David Nam as an executive team member and the vision of the product grew from being a geo-locative music discovery tool to a mobile service that solves the problem of sharing and discovering meaningful music in a fun, and easy way on the mobile platform.  Nam is the former VP of Product and Marketing at MXP4 and former Head of Marketing at Last.fm.

 

TRANSMISSION INNOVATION CAMP

A Monday-To-Monday Acceleration Programme for Startups Between Content and Technology Within the Context of transmission: GLOBAL SUMMIT

Launching for the first time in transmitNOW’s history, the Innovation Camp is a unique acceleration programme dedicated to startups at the intersection of creative content and technology that leverages the expertise from transmitNOW’s international network of creators, academics, and business leaders.

Held over the course of eight days, 3-5 selected startups will be working in focused business modeling sessions in conjunction with a group of renowned mentors and The Value Web, while also having the opportunity to engage face-to-face with decision-making leaders and experts in the content and technology industries through the intimate surroundings established at transmission: GLOBAL SUMMIT.

Mentors to date include:

Conor Holler will be participating in the Innovation Camp and will be working on his project Deebo, a gamified approach to Diabetes management.  Deebo was recently presented at Lean Startup Machine Toronto and was incredibly well received.

Details:

When: February 8-10, 2012
Where: Inn at Laurel Point, Victoria, BC
Register Now: http://www.transmitnow.com/participate/register

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What You Missed at Lean Startup Machine Toronto!

January 31, 2012 | Andrea Mallozzi | Posted in CFC Media Lab > Events > Interactive Industry

Lean Startup Machine is not a hack-a-thon or a pitching competition, it is a space where individuals come together to discuss ideas and validate them through real world interactions with potential customers.

Participants were asked to ideate, form groups, and then get customer validation for their products by talking to potential customers.  Validation often came in the form of money, letters of intent, or some other form of commitment to the startup idea.  Participants were encouraged by the organizer, Trevor Owens, to hit the street and talk to their customers and invalidate their assumptions!


The energy at the Burroughes in Toronto was intense, the teams worked quickly and feverishly to validate their startup ideas and pivot to create a minimum viable product to continue to test within their consumer bases all in four days!  The participants all felt that it was an incredibly intense and rewarding experience!

If you want to read the play-by-play be sure to go read out Twitter Feed from the weekend!

Lean Startups To Keep on Your Radar:

Several interesting startup ideas were presented at Lean Startup Machine Toronto to a panel of very interesting judges some being: Max Cameron of Big Bang Technology, and Satish Kanwar of Jet Cooper.  The presented ideas ranged from conference matchmaking databases to solutions to a tattoo artist’s paperwork management.  The winning idea of the event was HireShark a service that sorts resumes and helps you find the right talent for your business.

The CFC Media Lab was well represented at the event, Deebo, a gamified approach to managing ones diabetes was presented by alumnus Conor Holler, and fellow alumnae Simone Maurice joined his team to help him out for the weekend.  Deebo received the award of most niche startup idea.  Way to go guys!

 

Lean Links to Check Out

http://leanstartupmachine.com/
http://www.torontostandard.com/business/dont-talk-with-your-mouth-full-ten-lessons-from-lean-startup-machine-toronto/
http://www.torontostandard.com/business/lean-with-it/
http://bigbangtechnology.com/post/advice_for_lean_startup_machine_toronto_attendees

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Job Posting: Mobile Application Developer

January 25, 2012 | Andrea Mallozzi | Posted in CFC Media Lab > Jobs

Job Description: Mobile Application Developer, Toronto

EDAC is looking for a highly skilled multi-platform mobile application developer to build the first version, and potentially future versions, of Quinzee a mobile application that makes energy use relevant. This is a contract position that will last the duration of the development of the first version of Quinzee.

This project would be a good opportunity for someone already programming in Sencha Touch 2 to add a very exciting application to his or her portfolio. It would also be a great way for an experienced Adobe Flash, and specifically Adobe Flex, developer to retrain and build a best-in-class application for their portfolio on a fast-growing crossplatform development tool.

Responsibilities

  1. Understand application’s objectives through discussion with the founders and by interpreting the already completed design brief, wireframes, and graphics.
  2. Develop, from the ground up, the application on the Sencha Touch 2 platform (for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry), including design, development and debugging
  3. Test the application on all platforms and outline limitations and potential issues
  4. Be available for product maintenance for a reasonable amount of time upon completion of the project

Knowledge And Skill Requirements

  • Experience working with PhoneGap or Sencha Touch 2 or other multi-platform development tools
  • If not the above, experience developing in Adobe Flash, and particularly Adobe Flex
  • Experience with social media APIs and API structure language
  • Familiarity with relational database concepts

Education And Experience

  • Undergraduate degree, preferably in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering or a related field
  • Masters degree in computer science or a related field preferred
  • At least two years developing mobile applications, at least one of which is awesome
  • Experience designing simple and compelling user experiences on a mobile

Good Qualities To Have

  • Attention to detail
  • A desire to build a game changing application that users will love
  • An appreciation for the visual arts, social networking and mobile social gaming

Compensation

Compensation will be determined based on the successful candidate’s level of experience and the work schedule agreed upon.

About Environmental Data Analytics & Communications (EDAC)

EDAC is a software-as-a-service company that builds systems that educate and influence individuals to improve resource management and system efficiencies.

If you are interested, please email:

Lee Bremer, Director, Systems Design, lbremer@edacglobal.com or
Faizal Karmali, Director, Commercial Development, fkarmali@edacglobal.com

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Upcoming Events: Dx3 and Sprout Up!

January 20, 2012 | Andrea Mallozzi | Posted in CFC Media Lab > Interactive Industry > News & Events

Dx3 is the Canadian Trade Show Where Business Gets Digital.

When it comes to the digital landscape, there’s a ton of confusion. Luckily, Dx3 can help. Their educational, informative, and hands-on content sessions will deliver practical advice and help you to move your business and your career forward. Everything from early stage introductory sessions to advanced classes for the seasoned professional is covered.

Dx3 Canada will also have a wide array of companies exhibiting on the trade show floor, as well as unique interactive features that will inform, inspire, and intrigue. You can find our more about these under show features.

Details:

Where: Metro Toronto Convention Centre
When: January 25-26, 2012
Register Here: https://www.microspec.com/reg/dx32012/index.htm

 

Sprout Up is a monthly event for forward-thinking entrepreneurs to gather and mind-meld.

A great chance for startups around the to get friendly, discuss current trends, and network in a casual, open, and focused setting. Sprout Up events have been held in cities around the world including Toronto, Montreal, NYC and London, and regularly have over 300 attendees.

Sprout Up is excited to announce the details of Sprout Up Toronto, taking place Tuesday, January 31st at The Courthouse. The guest speaker will be Dan Martell, an investor and serial entrepreneur. Most recently Dan was the founder of Flowtown, which was acquired in October 2011.

Details:

Where: The Courthouse (57 Adelaide St. E, Toronto, ON)
When: Tuesday January 31, 2012, 6:00pm.
Register Here: http://www.meetup.com/SproutUpTO/events/44210192/

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Who Wants to Attend Lean Startup Machine Toronto?

January 14, 2012 | Andrea Mallozzi | Posted in Calls for Submission

The <stabletalk> perks keep on coming!  We’re asking you to send a pitch of a project you would like to present at Lean Startup Machine Toronto and we will send you and your team to the amazing weekend long event!

What is Lean Startup Machine?

Lean Startup Machine is a metrics-driven startup competition where teams learn to identify the key risks in their business model through hands-on mentorship and our framework of tools. Over the course of the weekend you will do the following:

  • Ideate a startup or work on the one you have now
  • Practice Customer Discovery
  • Research your Target Market
  • Practice Customer Development
  • Test your Assumptions in Iterations
  • Understand your Business Model
  • Iterate and Pivot (when necessary)
  • Build something you can Launch
  • Present your Validated Learnings
     

How to win free passes:

Send me (amallozzi@cfccreates.com) a one-pager of the idea you would like to pitch at Lean Start-Up Machine Toronto by Friday January 20, 2012 and the best pitch will be awarded free passes for their team to attend!

Be sure to include the following in your submission:

  • An outline of your idea (include the platform for your project and the audience you wish to target)
  • Your team (include brief bios of your team members and their role)
  • Any mock-up images you may have (not required but always nice!)
Details:

Date: January 26, 2012- January 29, 2012
Location: The Burroughes Building, 639 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario
Register: http://lsm-toronto.eventbrite.com/
More Information: http://theleanstartupmachine.com/events/toronto-january-26/

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Interaxon is Hiring: Two Amazing Positions!

January 5, 2012 | Andrea Mallozzi | Posted in CFC Media Lab > Interactive Industry > Jobs

Who’s hiring you: A small, well-honed team that have muscled our way to the front of the race to bring thought-controlled computing to the mass market. With limited resources and no small amount of pluck we have created groundbreaking applications that show up in places like CNN, The Wall Street Journal and WIRED.com . We travel a lot, we work hard, we make great stuff, and we take tremendous pleasure in blowing people’s minds. More than anything, we’re out to change the way people interact with technology and move the needle of human-computer interfaces.

Apply to: jobs@interaxon.ca

Job Title: Rock-Star Developer and Team Lead

Summary: We need an exceptional coder who loves challenges and makes insanely good things that people love and use often. You’ll be building and leading a tight team of genius developers in creating the applications that will make thought-controlled computing a part of people’s everyday lives.
Compensation:  Salary & Equity

When Hired: ASAP

Description of role and tasks:

  • Development of a cross-platform applications (including iOS and Android) using a revolutionary new human-computer interface
  • Executing a complex software development project from planning through delivery and maintenance and upgrades
  • Working closely with interaction & interface designers to create magnetic, engaging experiences on the mobile platform
  • Working closely with engineering, research and neuroscience teams to ensure that all aspects of the product are fully integrated
  • Building a flexible team of developers to handle future software development effort
  • Managing all software developers and development efforts.
  • Reporting directly to CTO & Executive team

Qualities and experience of hire:

  • Strong Coder in all languages: Python, C, Ruby, Objective C, C++, Java, Android, iPhone, etc.
  • Experience with the following:
    • cloud-based applications
    • real-time signal processing
    • mobile application development
    • encryption
    • mobile gaming
    • user-interface & interaction development
  • Loves programming and programming languages
  • Strong understanding of how to deliver magnetic, engaging experiences on the mobile platform
  • Exceptional track record creating solid, successful applications

Job Title: Interaction designer

Summary: You are a white hot designer who eats sleeps and breathes user experience. You have a track record of creating (and shipping!) beautiful, emotionally resonant designs that people actually use, and have experience in interaction design, user interface design, graphic design. mobile app design on iphone, ipad and android platforms. You are going to be creating the language of brainwave-based interaction, and working with a team of genius developers and engineers to realize that language in innovative, magnetic products.

Compensation:  Salary & Equity

When Hired: ASAP

Description of role and tasks:

  • Responsible for the end-to-end development of the user experience from the purchase through to the product including
  • Assets
  • Experience Flow
  • Metaphors & inconography
  • Audio / Music
  • Product Management – understanding target markets and developing features that appeal to those markets
    • Developing a language that will define all future brainwave interactions
    • Work with external collaborators to realize your vision

Qualities and experience of hire:

  • White hot designer
  • Have designed multiple successful applications for mobile platforms
  • Extraordinary graphic design skills
  • Outstanding  ability in motion graphic design
  • Skilled in communication in all media (web, video, print, product, applications)
  • Passionate about human-computer interaction and how technology can enhance and improve the experience of self
  • Experienced in developing winning applications that connect with targeted markets
  • Has the ability to create products with the power to significantly change consumer behaviour
  • Portfolio of magnetic, emotional, compelling designs and applications that have gone to market and shown traction

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Don’t Miss it: nextMEDIA and the Digi Awards!

November 23, 2011 | Andrea Mallozzi | Posted in CFC Media Lab > Interactive Industry > News & Events

As the end of November approaches we are reminded that nextMEDIA and the Digi Awards are around the corner!  We will be there and to make sure that you are able to attend the crew at nextMEDIA has decided to offer a discount for all <STABLETALK> Readers! This is one of the many perks for following us online!

nextMEDIA 2011 is poised to be the most anticipated yet!  Evolve your business alongside leading executives from advertising, publishing, media and technology for two days of strategy, networking and insights at Canada’s most influential media conference.

Some of this year’s participants include:

Also, don’t miss The Branded Entertainment keynote:

The Entertainment Marketplace: Where Buyers Meet Sellers…Yet The Price Is High

Join Robert Friedman on an informative keynote session and behind-the-scenes look at @radical.media’s global company success with well-known next generation entertainment properties. Hear from him how the development and distribution of content across multiple platforms is evolving. @radical.media has created some of the world’s most innovative content; developing, producing and distributing content for television, feature films, commercials, music programming, digital content and design including projects such as the critically acclaimed “Iconoclasts” for Sundance Channel, Emmy®-winning “10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America” for the History Channel, “Oprah Presents Masterclass” for OWN, HBO’s “Paradise Lost”, a wide array of MTV music projects including “Lady Gaga: Inside the Outside”, “Britney: For the Record”, the Award-winning digital experience “The Wilderness Downtown” for Google Creative Lab and Arcade Fire and the the Grammy-nominated digital project “The Johnny Cash Project” with Chris Milk.


After nextMEDIA be sure to attend the Digi Awards!

We are very proud of our alumni for making it on the Digi List for this year’s Digi Awards!

Best of luck to all of you, we will be there cheering you on!

Digi Awards details…

Date: December 6 2011 at 7:00pm
Location: The Carlu
Tickets: https://registration.achillesmedia.com/delegate_registration/list_products?event_id=37 (this comes with your nextMEDIA pass)

As always, I will be live-tweeting from these two events as well as writing a wrap-up <STABLETALK> post so stay tuned!

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McLuhan Mashup Challenge!

November 8, 2011 | Andrea Mallozzi | Posted in Calls for Submission

The McLuhan Mashup Challenge is on and amazing prizes are up for grabs. From October 31st to November 12th, CBC invites you to remix, rework and recreate Marshall McLuhan’s message by creating your own McLuhan Mashup.

What’s a Mashup?

A mashup is media content containing any or all of text, graphics, audio, video and animation drawn from pre-existing sources, to create a new derivative work. You are also welcome to use content and elements you’ve created yourself; however, your work must be created from two or more separate pieces of digital content.

What do I need to do?

Start with an idea, gather your media, mash it up in any form you like and upload your most creative reinterpretation of McLuhan’s ideas. Video or Audio submissions must be no more than three minutes long.

More details are on CBC’s site!  Good luck to all entrants!

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