• Ambient Vector, mobile content sharing - Sutha Kamal
• Eclipse C/C++ Development Tooling, an integrated development environment
• Idee, visual search
• Partnership Platform, networking between non-profits and tech consultants
• Quest, technology management
• Radiant Core, Web solutions, Jay Goldman
• Side Effects Software, 3D animation tools

I'm looking forward to the showcase and to the pub night afterwards!

If you want your company to be part of the event, you might be able to get in touch with Greg Wilson through his blog.

By the way, gotta love the tagline for Greg's blog: "Data is zeroes and ones — software is zeroes and ones and hard work."

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My dad used the Vaio as a wearable computer, strapping it into a customized belt bag during his aerial photo shoots so that he could preview pictures on an 8" screen. When he bought a camera with a better built-in preview, the Vaio languished on a bookshelf. The Japanese version of Microsoft Windows didn't make it easier to use, either. I installed Ubuntu on half of the disk and for a short while toyed with the idea of making it my main computer, but I found the Lifebook's size made it better to typing. Still, my parents felt I'd probably find some interesting way to use the Vaio, so I packed it in my carry-on when I moved to Canada last July.

With the Lifebook out of commission, I needed some other way to compute, and I thought I'd dust it off and try it again. Besides, I'd been meaning to use it as the VPN machine for IBM anyway, as it's the only gadget I have that still runs Microsoft Windows. ;) I spent all of yesterday just getting back up to speed and setting everything up the way I liked it.

The Sony Vaio U1 turns out to be a totally sweet ultraportable that's just perfect for reading blogs in transit and even writing a few entries along the way. My thumbs are just a little bit too short to use the keyboard as a thumbboard, but I can type with one or both hands even while walking around. The scroll wheel is well-placed, too.

It's just transformed the way I think of transit time. Now, transit time is blogging time—and I can even be more productive doing that in transit than sitting at a desk.

Now there's technology for you. =)

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