Category Archives: montreal
BarCamp Montreal FonoMe Demo
Alok shows FonoMe at BarCamp Montreal – video after the jump.
From Montreal Tech Watch
Alok Mohindra, one of the guys who had his laptop open, presented a proof-of-concept for FonoMe. The idea, crowdsourced at cambrianhouse, is to allow laptops to receive phone calls with Google Talk, via open source frameworks such as asterisk. Simon Law phoned the test phone number and after some fiddling, they could talk to each other. This would be really handy for business travellers who want to keep in touch with their clients. However, GTalk has a very limited subscriber base, compared to MSN Messenger for instance. But still, I am very interested in the “hack”. By the way, with a account, he can receive 2 phone calls at the same time.
BlackBook
Thanks to Alok’s writing skills, and McGill university’s understanding, my stolen ThinkPad has been replaced with this awesome black MacBook. The machine was purchased from a local Apple retailer. I then cancelled all my credit cards, and sent a copy … Continue reading
Laptop Stolen
Last night, while we were at the movies, someone took my laptop after breaking the appartement window. I am shattered.
8 jours & 8 nuits à Montréal
Déjà! Dans l’ordre inverse chronologique des choses, j’ai: mangé un sandwich sur le campus de l’université acheté des billets pour voir Superman en IMAX me suis rendu compte qu’on commence à utiliser mon thème bu un verre au « Foufounes Electriques » … Continue reading
Blackbird
I made it! I’m in Montreal, in one piece. The trip went fine, no problems whatsoever. Alok picked me up at the airport, drove me to our student flat. It reminds me of Marjorie’s JoeSayers appartement in Austin. And it … Continue reading
