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Robert Scoble talks at Mountain View meetup

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By Peter Urban - February 23rd, 2009

Robert Scoble recently gave a talk at the ‘mix & mingle’ with a San Francisco Bay area IT and Software Executive meetup group. Robert gave a quick insight into his personal history, how he became one of the most popular bloggers of our time and he let us know what’s currently on his mind. Then [...]

Presidential advice: Carve out time to think

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By Peter Urban - January 22nd, 2009

Now that the festivities of the inauguration are over it’s time for President Obama to get to business with the mountain of issues his administration is confronted with. I find it very timely that I came across a Time Magazine interview (’Person Of The Year’ issue from Jan 5th 2009) where Mr. Obama was asked [...]

NeXT Cube: The Computer that the Web was Invented on

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By Peter Urban - December 18th, 2008

I am interested in the history of technology and I have a soft spot for the machines that became milestones in the history of computing. Recently, I had the opportunity to get an early NeXT Cube, the same computer that Tim Berners-Lee used to invent the World Wide Web! NeXT also happens to be the [...]

Michael Reichmann on SmibsTV

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By Christian - December 5th, 2008

Currently on SmibsTV, you can watch an interview between Smibs founder Peter Urban and influential photographer Michael Reichmann. The interview took place in September in Toronto, ON and profiles both Reichmann and his company Luminious Landscape. The Luminous Landscape website is an excellent and highly trusted source for photographers. We rely heavily on Michael’s expertise [...]

How great is Dragons Den?

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By Christian - October 15th, 2008

Watching a show about venture capitalism is not supposed to be this fun.  Airing on CBC on Tuesday nights, Dragons Den is a show in which entrepreneurs pitch their businesses and ideas to wealthy industry experts in the hopes of securing capital.  The show is successful on two fronts.  One, the contestants are usually completely [...]