Blackberry

The saying “Sell in May and go away” is more than evident along Bay St. during the summer months as Toronto’s business elite pack up their BlackBerries and head for cottage country. Yesterday, however, it was surprisingly packed. Instead of old men in suits, FIVE THOUSAND hot and sweaty, twenty-something shutterbugs clamoured on -whatever they could - to get optimum views for the free Metric show, put on by Samsung Mobile. read more...

By Christina Miller

Toronto was added to the roster of cities this year for the 2nd annual Social Media Week. The international Social Media Week conference is designed as a series of localized events, which city partners are responsible for organizing. Since tickets to the conferences are, for the most part, free, they went fast and I was only able to secure my place in one conference, Architects of Community. It turns out, that’s all I needed to become inspired and enamored with the idea of this new media. read more...