Comments on: What’s an ITC? Would like to live in a cluster of one? http://www.thomaspurves.com/2006/04/20/whats-an-itc-would-like-to-live-in-a-cluster-of-one/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:59:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Weblog of Tom Purves » Important happenings in the policy world, ICT and DRM http://www.thomaspurves.com/2006/04/20/whats-an-itc-would-like-to-live-in-a-cluster-of-one/comment-page-1/#comment-835 Weblog of Tom Purves » Important happenings in the policy world, ICT and DRM Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:40:02 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/?p=13#comment-835 [...] What the heck is going on with the once vaunted ICT Toronto Initiative? Barcamp’s own heroic policy wonk Mark Kuznicki is organizing a meet up of techsters and bloggers “to meet with ICT Toronto the first or second week in October… The focus of the session would be for ICT to share their plans with the group and to solicit our input on what’s really necessary to support a vibrant leading tech industry cluster in Toronto.”. This conversation stemming from recent stations on Mark’s blog here and Joey’s blog here. Want to get involved? Contact Mark or add comments to any of these blogs, if you have ideas suggestions or would like to attend etc. [...] [...] What the heck is going on with the once vaunted ICT Toronto Initiative? Barcamp’s own heroic policy wonk Mark Kuznicki is organizing a meet up of techsters and bloggers “to meet with ICT Toronto the first or second week in October… The focus of the session would be for ICT to share their plans with the group and to solicit our input on what’s really necessary to support a vibrant leading tech industry cluster in Toronto.”. This conversation stemming from recent stations on Mark’s blog here and Joey’s blog here. Want to get involved? Contact Mark or add comments to any of these blogs, if you have ideas suggestions or would like to attend etc. [...]

]]> By: Weblog of Tom Purves » Alternative Sources of Financing for “Entrepreneurs” http://www.thomaspurves.com/2006/04/20/whats-an-itc-would-like-to-live-in-a-cluster-of-one/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Weblog of Tom Purves » Alternative Sources of Financing for “Entrepreneurs” Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:37:03 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/?p=13#comment-118 [...] Not one mention of software or knowledge industries in general and no one talking about early stage financing. Now to be fair, this type of lending is no doubt, on a dollar value basis, exactly where the bulk of the corporate lending market is. Even in silicon valley, the bulk of economic activity is driven likely by established companies. However, all have to start somewhere and it’s startups that drive a great deal of innovation (especially disruptive innovation) within the economy. If the Ontario economy is to grow beyond manufacturing and the like, if Toronto is to become a leading ICT cluster, I’ll tell you one thing, it wasn’t happening in this room this morning. [...] [...] Not one mention of software or knowledge industries in general and no one talking about early stage financing. Now to be fair, this type of lending is no doubt, on a dollar value basis, exactly where the bulk of the corporate lending market is. Even in silicon valley, the bulk of economic activity is driven likely by established companies. However, all have to start somewhere and it’s startups that drive a great deal of innovation (especially disruptive innovation) within the economy. If the Ontario economy is to grow beyond manufacturing and the like, if Toronto is to become a leading ICT cluster, I’ll tell you one thing, it wasn’t happening in this room this morning. [...]

]]> By: Weblog of Tom Purves » Speaking of speaking the wrong language http://www.thomaspurves.com/2006/04/20/whats-an-itc-would-like-to-live-in-a-cluster-of-one/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Weblog of Tom Purves » Speaking of speaking the wrong language Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:25:00 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/?p=13#comment-115 [...] While it’s true us geeks are sometimes guilty of talking in our own echochambers and in our own cryptic jargonfile but nonetheless, it’s this kind of policy speak when used in the wrong context that just kills me. I had the same complaint with the title of the ICT toronto strategy unveiled last month. I think it’s important that industry, stakeholders and policy-makers engage each other as much as possible yet this self-obsessive and exclusatory argot of acronyms is not helping. This is not good marketing. I’m just asking to please consider your audience. [...] [...] While it’s true us geeks are sometimes guilty of talking in our own echochambers and in our own cryptic jargonfile but nonetheless, it’s this kind of policy speak when used in the wrong context that just kills me. I had the same complaint with the title of the ICT toronto strategy unveiled last month. I think it’s important that industry, stakeholders and policy-makers engage each other as much as possible yet this self-obsessive and exclusatory argot of acronyms is not helping. This is not good marketing. I’m just asking to please consider your audience. [...]

]]> By: theChickenTest http://www.thomaspurves.com/2006/04/20/whats-an-itc-would-like-to-live-in-a-cluster-of-one/comment-page-1/#comment-14 theChickenTest Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:51:40 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/?p=13#comment-14 <strong>Cluster F**Ked...</strong> Many people have posted intellegently about the April 19th ICT Toronto gathering at the MaRS Centre, where ICT Toronto announced their “cluster development strategy” paper. Joey has extremely detailed notes and insight about the event, M... Cluster F**Ked…

Many people have posted intellegently about the April 19th ICT Toronto gathering at the MaRS Centre, where ICT Toronto announced their “cluster development strategy” paper. Joey has extremely detailed notes and insight about the event, M…

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