As a follow up to the posts that I did a year ago I wanted to look at the growth of the Canadian Networks in Facebook. I wasn’t really sure what I was going to see, aside from my gut telling me that there are alot of Canucks on Facebook.

If you weren’t sure if the social web was catching on ….these numbers are going to astound you.  These are very impressive numbers for adoption of anything. I guess if you are in the Canadian market you might want to be looking at this and wondering “is this going to help me or hurt me?” and/or “how can i do something here?” 

So here it is …. 

Here are the numbers. This is a visual so if you want the actual spreadsheet here it is.

So what are you going to do with these numbers ? Reconsider your stance on social media? Look at the money you are spending on a publically funded portal projects? Wonder if you should be on? Figure out how to leverage the networks? Build apps for your Canadian Customers ? Spend your advertising dollars differently ? Something interesting to watch. 

Cheers, 

Scott 

 

 

previous posts 

Canada is all  FaceBook! Big time.

Canada is all about Facebook. Big Time : The redux

The 3 month look at Facebook growth in Canada

4 months of FaceBook growth in Canada

 

 

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The word is out on the FROM MASS to GRASS conference being hosted by the Canadian Marketing Association. The event brings together a really cool bunch of speakers to talk with the audience. Sean Moffit the conference chair and social firebug talk about the conference here:

“Nowhere in Canada will you find a more entertaining and remarkable set of speakers dedicated to getting their companies noticed and talked about. Sure, there are other great conferences in Canada -mesh and ICE have their devoted followings, and for good reason. Whereas they deal with various facets of the new online and media environments in great depth, “From Mass to Grass” is designed to tie together these disciplines and shape insights and fully integrated strategies for progressive business people, marketers, entrepreneurs, agency people and media folk alike.”

I will be one of the people talking at this conference. I wish I could give you the exact details but I either don’t know them or I don’t know what has been made public. So I will wait for more official releases from the conference to announce those. 

If you are interested in finding out more information about the CMA or the FROM MASS TO GRASS conference please check out the sites. 

I am excited to be a part of this event and I hope you can make it part of your calender. 

Cheers 

Scott 

 

 

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Flash In The Can (FITC) is the premier flash conference series in the world. This was confirmed by a fantastic Conference that wrapped up. I was most impressed by the quality of the people that were there. Everyone that was there was at the top of their game and looking to keep climbing. It was a jam packed event that brought some of the finest flash and interactive specialists to take the rest of us to school.

There was no shortage of great sessions to attend and I over heard several people wishing to be in two sessions at once. That is a great change from some conferences I have been to that you some where you couldn’t find a decent session.  I can’t even begin to list all the great sessions that there were … If you are serious about Flash and how some of the greats are building their interactive experiences this is the place you have to be next year.  

A big shout out to Shawn Pucknell and all the great people that work so hard to put the conference. We only get to see the few days of events but their work continues on year long building a better experience. If I was giving any suggestions they would be very simple. Bigger pipe for internet (word was hilton was limiting connectivity), a place where people could get together and show off the stuff the are doing (show and share room). I have become very fond of Mars center for hosting events, I have been to a few different things there and it is a great venue, very open, bright and lots of the ever important bandwidth.     

Great conference and hope to see everyone I met again next year …or sooner.

Cheers 

Scott

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                    It is time again for the MESH conference, it is just around the corner from what I can see everything seems to be rolling in high gear. If you have read this blog before you know what I think of MESH and the guys running it. Top notch all the way. I am continually impressed with the stuff that these guys are doing on top of the daily stuff they are doing. (Remember this isn’t anyones full time gig) They have pulled a great line up of speakers, workshops, networking and purely social events. If you are reading this on my blog … you should be attending MESH. 

I think this years event is going to be much better then the previous. Here is why:

Mesh U: A new addition to this years line up is the extra day for the Mesh U. 

A day jam packed with great presenters that can really help you take your game up a notch. MeshU is not included in the conference package I think that if you are serious about learning and leaving with a broadened skill  set then this is the day you want to be at. I know there are those who will bitch and complain about the added costs ….but if you have ever run an event …it is not cheap. 

Look at this as an investment in your business, career, project or what ever reason you are attending. The smaller size and tight workshop environment is great. Here are 3 great examples of sessions you won’t want to miss. 

• Spend some time with Daniel Burka and listen to his tips on iterative design strategies….This guy has creativity to spare. Try to soak some up.
• Jon Lax is going to teach you how to run better creative projects. Don’t miss this one! Jon is one helluva guy and you will be informed and entertained! 
• Leah Culver is the co-founder of pownce. She is the lead developer and is heavily involved with a all aspects of the direction and the development of the product.  

Great Keynotes: I really like the line up for this years keynotes. I think that these are going to be informative and entertaining. Here is the quick summ up. 

• Ethan Kaplan- I don’t know if you got a chance to check out Ethan last year, he is funny, intelligent, working on some of the cool projects. His is incredibly well versed in the all aspects of the technology and I am excited to see him on the stage.  
• Lane Merrifield- Club Penguin might mean nothing to you but your kids know it. From a Kelowna Startup to a acquisition by  Disney …There is a story there that I think everyone should hear. 
• Garret Camp- Stumble Upon has been a huge success allowing people to stumble across cool sites that others have liked. Stumble upon was acquired by Ebay in 2007 for a tidy little sum of $75 million. 
• Matt Mason – This guy has done a lot of really cool things, has a wealth of experience all of which he has penned into the book “The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture is Reinventing Capitalism“

Session Speakers: I like the line up of people they have this year. It seems to be quite a few new faces and some faces that we have seen before in front of the audience. I think it depends on the format that the guys choose and the makeup of the panels. I have grown less fond of panel discussions as of late ….i think it is usually due to the poor moderation. Lets hope they have this taken care of and put on some great sessions with great moderators ……or what ever formats they choose. 

Lets Get Meshing: I am going to be at the MEsh meetup on Monday …..hope to see you there.

When: Monday, April 21

Where: The Irish Embassy Pub & Grill, 49 Yonge Street 

Time: 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Facebook it

Looking forward to seeing all the ususal suspects at MESH and meeting new people …..lets mesh it up people @!@#$%#@$%!!!!!!

Cheers 

Scott 

http://www.meshconference.com/

http://www.meshconference.com/meshu/

 

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I guess there isn’t much sense in leading into this article with elaborate lead up to a big announcement, as my title has thrown off the covers. We are excited to announce that our full API is being released to all those who have been patiently waiting on it.

ConceptShare API link 

http://api.conceptshare.com/API/API_V2.asmx

The release of the ConceptShare API signals a new era in our company history. We want to enable our clients large and small to leverage our platform to further improve their projects. The API will allow users to customize the ConceptShare experience for their organizations, teams and clients. 

Implementation

An early API implementations include automated workspace generation from a web form. Our client wanted to create an automated way to get their customers to submit projects via the website. We worked with them using the API to build this functionality. The system allowed customers to setup new project spaces from a public web form on the corporate website. Customers submit a project brief via web-form and upload associated project files. The system automatically creates a new workspace for the customer project. Information from the project brief is presented as the first concept and associated files are saved into the workspace. The system will then bring the proper people into the project space and notify them. 

This system reduced: time spent getting projects setup, missed opportunities and communication problems throughout the project. This resulted in increased project capacity, happier customers, reduced time between design iterations, and over all better project flow.      

Support 

We are here to work with you and support your development and integration projects. We will be providing support for the API via our webforums as well as direct support at our (support at conceptshare dot com) email address. 

I look forward to hearing about the ways that people would like to work with this. A big thanks to our faithful users who have supported ConceptShare since our inception. We appreciate all the people we have talked to about this, we have listened to what you wanted and put it in the very comprehensive API. Thank you for the support that you continue to give to us as we grow.

If you have a question call us. If you have a suggestion tell us. If you want to talk about how this can help your organization call me. 

Show us what you can do!

Cheers 

Scott 

 

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