
Fun
Think you know Canadian Web 2.0 companies? Based on the recent Backbone cover story, this interactive feature lets you rank and discuss their expert's choices.
A collection of bon mots, witticisms, rants, and more, chosen from over 200 entries and several years of blood, sweat, and editing.
Continuing her series about her volunteering experiences in Ghana, Kristy details her adventure in passport acquisition, including a bumpy, parched 100+km trip on the back of the motorcycle.
Big news sites or blogs? Slashdot or Engadget? What's your gold standard for tech news, product reviews and business perspectives?
"You also need to work hard, because I’m the best date that you’re going to find. I’m such a knockout that I don’t even shave my legs." Trevor takes a funny look at jobs descriptions from a blind date perspective.
A collage of technology company logos (Canadian or with strong Canadian representation) that Red Canary has had the privilege to cover, profile or help find talent. Canada is home to a thriving technology industry that doesn't celebrate or recognize itself as often as it should, eh? Here's part two of our 'webpaper' of Canuck contributors. I hope this ‘webpaper’ continues to serve as a reminder of our industry’s vitality and diversity, and of Red Canary’s effort to shine a much-needed spotlight on great Canadian technology companies.
Jeff Fedor identifies three varieties of CTO and gives advice on how to let a CTO drive innovation without driving everyone else crazy
2007 has been a great year for Red Canary. The site received a new look and vastly improved user experience in July, and over 9000 software professionals now hear from us monthly. Here are my favourite articles from the past year. Please add yours in the comments area below.
Building a winning software company isn't that much different from building a winning hockey team, says Mario Laudi. It starts with the ability to identify talent.
12 months, 12 lousy excuses not to sell. "Can’t sell in January. Between the terrible weather and everyone coming back from vacation, how can you expect someone to focus on buying now? I’ll pound the pavement next month."
Have a grain of salt handy? Then you’re ready for the results of Red Canary’s experiment in mass prognostication.
How many 'average' developers is one 'great' developer worth? Steve Jobs says 50-to-1, others say 1000-to-1, some say none-to-1. Just how valuable are the best devs and engineers when it comes to building a product?
Microsoft's Surface is a multi-touch, multi-input display that has to be seen (in a video, at least) to be believed
It was 2001 and the tech sector was reeling. Thousands lost their jobs and 'Pink Slip' Parties sprung up overnight. Red Canary talks to their creator and invites you to share your own dot-bomb story.
An American survey breaks individuals into 10 tech segments. Will Red Canary's Canadian tech-savvy audience find themselves in the 'in-tech-connected' top four?
Ask any HR manager about their interview nightmares and they'll share some sordid, desperate and outright weird tales. Here's the *cough* best we found.
Despite the hype surrounding Sony's PS3 release, not everyone thinks this new system is as great as it sounds. Tim Tang discusses the simple way to judge the difference between radical and incremental innovation.
There has been a great deal of fuss among bloggers lately regarding the verisimilitude of the term “Web 2.0”. What’s all the fuss about? Web 2.0 is just a buzzword – an (imperfect) encapsulation.


















