CTP Ep. 122 – Jul 2, 2017: Take On Me

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Sponsored by Olio Digital Labs and Codeship

Thanks to Techdoz.ca for the loan of the Snowball Blue Mic

Hosts & Guests

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva
• Kelly Andrews

Kelly is the Developer Advocate at Codeship. Dev by day, card magician by night, and a massive karaoke enthusiast.

Quick Hits

• Canada’s 2 newest astronauts named during Parliament Hill festivities
  • http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/two-new-canadian-astronauts-announced-canada-day-1.4187535
• Drone Delivery Canada partners with Ontario’s Region of Peel on delivering defibrillators
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/06/22/drone-delivery-canada-partners-ontarios-region-peel-delivering-defibrillators/
• Transport Canada revises recreational drone use restrictions
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/06/29/transport-canada-revises-recreational-drone-use-restrictions/
• Earn gift cards with BlackBerry Messenger Rewards in Canada
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/06/22/earn-gift-cards-blackberry-messenger-rewards-canada/
• IDC Report: AI Could Boost Revenues of Canadian CRM Businesses by $32 Billion
  • http://betakit.com/report-ai-could-boost-revenues-of-canadian-crm-businesses-by-32-billion/

Topics

• Women in Tech Speak Frankly on Culture of Harassment
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/technology/women-entrepreneurs-speak-out-sexual-harassment.html
• Canada and China sign no-hacking agreement to protect trade secrets
  • http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-china-no-hacking-agreement-1.4178177
• Are cryptocurrencies about to go mainstream?
  • https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/01/cryptocurrencies-mainstream-finance-bitcoin-ethereum
• Russia behind cyber-attack, says Ukraine’s security service
  • http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40471310
  • http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40442578
• Canada’s top court backs order for Google to remove firm’s website from global searches
  • http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/google-ruling-1.4181322
  • http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/google-ordered-by-b-c-judge-to-block-website-from-search-results-1.2679824

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – Behringer Q1202USB Premium 12-Input 2-Bus Mixer
• Derek – Tide focus/productivity app: Google Play, iTunes App Store
• Kelly – Expert Card Technique – latest book I’m reading

What are you up to lately?

• Stuart – Got a new audio mixer to be used in future podcasts. On call next week and moving to a new version of our backup software at work.
• Derek – Posted a Council recap of February – April, responded to two RFPs, lots of Canada Day festivities on Friday and Saturday, yard work today, looking for acquisition targets for CleverHost.
• Kelly – Travelling around to Meetup groups – most recently VanRuby in Vancouver. Heading to Seattle and LA next.

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Music Credit:

“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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