Montreal Tech Watch

Design in Montreal

Upcoming: TheBugHunt with IleSansFil, TikiWiki, Bull Bear, and Subgraph

For startup fans and QA \ UX enthusiasts, we’re organizing a bug hunt next thursday. As the name suggests, it’s an event dedicated to get products and their users together, to get valuable comments, bugs, feedback and also an opportunity for product owners to see how people really use their product. Like in previous editions, [...]

Upcoming: TheBugHunt with mTrip, iWeb, matchFWD and ArtSumo

For those interested in application usability, and also those interested in hooking up with technology companies, a bug hunt event is scheduled this thursday July 28th, 6pm at Notman House (51 Sherbrooke west). Like in previous editions, the idea is simple: have a diverse panel of users go through your application, at the same time, [...]

WordCampMontreal & Recon upcoming this week

If you are using wordpress, then head over next Saturday & Sunday to WordCampMontreal 2011. Of course, the event is also aimed at wordpress designers, wordpress developers, and generally speaking, to anyone who is blogging. As in previous years, the conference has 2 tracks, one for wordpress development, and another for bloggers. See the schedule [...]

TheBugHunt finds UI and UX problems in applications

Last week, we had a “bug hunt” session at the Notman House, an event aimed towards startups and product developers and designers. For those who’ve been to a bug hunt session, it’s an opportunity to participate in a small but fun & focused event where you get to discover new & existing applications. A diverse [...]

Jason Calacanis interviews the founder of Kickstarter

Particularly interesting interview with Yancey Strickler, the founder of Kickstarter.com. The project started in 2005 when Yancey met his co-founder, Perry Chen, in a restaurant (where Perry worked as a waiter). Perry came up with the idea for kickster while trying to raise money for a concert in New Orleans. He shared his idea with [...]