The Think City

The Think City Where ICT Works Uptown Saint John, New Brunswick is the urban ICT sandbox on Canada's east coast.

The place where collaboration really happens.

Saint John is a liveable, walkable, touchable small, historic city on the Bay of Fundy. We are a treasure of diverse, easy lifestyles and supportive, honest community for people drawn to historic, urban neighbourhoods and life surrounded by nature, usable waterways, and accessible to the big cities of the eastern seaboard. What we're mos

t proud of is the advanced, creative economy and workforce here that affords us this good life, with our ICT companies and the enablers and, increasingly, drivers of our greatest opportunities. If you are proud to be part of this great place, please share with this community and support our growth.

Your Tech Startup Doesn’t Need to be in Silicon Valley http://sologi.co/1GiLqaP
02/23/2015

Your Tech Startup Doesn’t Need to be in Silicon Valley http://sologi.co/1GiLqaP

By Jeremiah Owyang , living in Silicon Valley since 1997.

Be a 21st century builder: learn to code. vizwik: "We are all better when we are actively building things" - Ashton Kut...
12/11/2014

Be a 21st century builder: learn to code.

vizwik:

"We are all better when we are actively building things" - Ashton Kutcher

Highlights: http://bit.ly/1yAyeYX

Imagining New Brunswick as a world leader in open data "Once you have paid your taxes, voted, complained and ...
11/28/2014

Imagining New Brunswick as a world leader in open data

"Once you have paid your taxes, voted, complained and protested, you’ve run out of ways to interact with your government.

"It can be different. It needs to be different."

New Brunswick should aim to be a leader in open data and open government, according to Nick Scott, the executive director of the New Brunswick Social Policy Research Network.

New York City is building 10,000 internet pylons for free public Wi-Fi http://sologi.co/1zx7gDZ
11/18/2014

New York City is building 10,000 internet pylons for free public Wi-Fi http://sologi.co/1zx7gDZ

Say goodbye to New York's public pay phones and hello to one of the largest public Wi-Fi experiments ever. A new city plan dubbed LinkNYC will replace public pay telephones with a console that...

You Can Already Code—You Just Don’t Know It Yet http://sologi.co/1wMO9nQ
10/31/2014

You Can Already Code—You Just Don’t Know It Yet http://sologi.co/1wMO9nQ

When someone tells you they code, it’s as if they’re calling you from inside the world’s most exclusive club. It’s proba…

Why women leave tech: It's the culture, not because 'math is hard' (via Chris London)
10/17/2014

Why women leave tech: It's the culture, not because 'math is hard' (via Chris London)

Stories from 716 women who left tech show that the industry’s culture is the primary culprit, not any issues related to science education.

“If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine.” – Jim Barksdale, former ...
10/08/2014

“If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine.” – Jim Barksdale, former Netscape CEO

Ed Doherty - Congrats on Government Services position! Lots of time to update the Assessment Act before March:  Service New Brunswick is not allowed to provide bulk property assessment and last sale information in an open digital format due to antiquated legislation (refer to Section 12 within the c…

*6 Expert Tips for Keeping Your Kids Safe on Social Media *
09/24/2014

*6 Expert Tips for Keeping Your Kids Safe on Social Media *

While growing up online has its benefits, it also poses new risks. Here are six tips from parenting experts to help you keep your kids safe on social media.

Schools Across England Introduce Coding to the Curriculum - aims to equip children with "computational thinking and crea...
09/05/2014

Schools Across England Introduce Coding to the Curriculum - aims to equip children with "computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world". Did you know that an increasing number of local high SJ high schools have developed computer clubs and are looking for ICT professionals to volunteer? http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/coding-classroom-schools-across-england-introduce-coding-curriculum-1463188

Coding is to be taught as part of the new computing programmes of study in the national curriculum

Information Gathering. Help a fellow blogger out!
06/06/2014

Information Gathering. Help a fellow blogger out!

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