Social Geekness

I feel like I have been living on a deserted island for the last four years. Since I moved to Toronto four years ago, I have been spending most of my time developing web applications and learning as fast as I could. But it was only after I found myself right in the middle of the blogosphere a couple of weeks ago that I realized how much I have been missing.

The huge increase in the upcoming Web 2.0 technologies aside, it seems like web developers and interface designers are getting together in the “real” world and sharing ideas constantly. Here is a list of some really cool gatherings I found out about just recently:

Also, there are some very exciting Web 2.0 startups brewing around. My favourites are Shopify, which made me bang my head on the table for not thinking of it before, and StikiPad.

It looks like I will be going to bed really late these days just so I can catch with all these new developments around the web.

Update: I just read an interesting post on Mark Evans’ blog talking about the same subject. There should definitely be more activity in Toronto in terms of a community. I think David Crow is one of the few people who are trying to accomplish that.

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