CAPS are used at times to emphasize on a particular word. And they should remain that way – to emphasize on a PARTICULAR word. Sadly, some of us put CAPS on entire sentences and they make important messages unreadable.

For example, there is supposedly a snow storm happening in Waterloo at the same time I’m coming down from Toronto. I wanted to learn more about the snow storm so that I can be more prepared for it, but I get this shenanigan instead:

Good thing I found this ALL CAPS Translator that translates every letter in lower-cases. Thanks again Internet!

Peter Kao

Tentacles anyone?

My stay at Velocity has exceeded all my initial expections. To begin the term, all Velocity residents were invited to attend the Velocity Gala to have dinner with industry leaders and Velocity’s sponsors. The day after the event, we had a conference dedicated to Velocity residents. There were great keynote speakers who I’ve heard of at Impact’s National Conference, but they reminded me of what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.

The beginning of term events were well planned. As an entrepreneurial residence, students needed to learn more about entrepreneurship and how to bring an idea to a realizable product/service.

Lucky for you, Velocity posts all their videos. I’ve shared them with you here

GALA

Opening Remarks –

Meg Beckel and Sean Van Koughnett

Keynote Address –

Mike Lee

CONFERENCE

Opening Keynote –

Iain Klugman, President, Communitech

The VC’s View on Entrepreneurship –

Amar Varma, Founder, Extreme Venture Partners

The Journey Begins Now –

Eric Solowka, Vice President, Programs and Principal, Lewis Media

Keynote –

Duncan Hill, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Ventures West

The Entrepreneur’s Mindset –

Jackie Lee, Founder, Jackie Lee Talent Management Inc.

Closing Keynote –

Sanjay Singhal, Chairman and Director, Simply Audio books

The original source can be found here: http://www.velocity.uwaterloo.ca/videos/opening_conference/index.php
 

Peter Kao

Want to send urgent emails to your friends but don’t know when they’ll get your message? Then, send your email as a SMS to any of your friend’s cellphone – for free.

Of course, you can already send free text messages with online services such as http://www.sendsmsnow.com/ but you can do it now in the comfort of your own email account.

Here’s how:

Your mobile has an unique email address created by your wireless carrier. All you have to do is ask your friends to send emails to this email address and it’ll be sent to your cellphone – free of charge. The only caveat is that you’re limited to 160 characters. However, you can reply to the SMS to have the entire email sent to you.

Here’s a list of all Canadian carriers and their email format so you can find your own:

President’s Choice - your10digitnumber@txt.bell.ca   

Rogers - your10digitnumber@pcs.rogers.com   

Sasktel - your10digitnumber@sms.sasktel.com   

Telus Mobility - your10digitnumber@msg.telus.com  

Virgin Mobile - your10digitnumber@vmobile.ca  

If you’re around my age (21 years old) or younger, than you’ll more or less enjoy this Flash game called PongOut. The game has two screens: one for Pong and the other for Breakout. The objective of the game is to play both games – at the same time.

Back in the 70′s, Pong was a fairly fun game even though it seems as a ridiculously slow-paced game now. With so much stimulus around us we just can’t use enough of our brains.

PongOut makes an excellent comparison of how attention-deficit the younger generations are compared to the older generations. And what makes this game fun is that it challenges players to focus on two relatively complicated things at once, each of which has it’s own gameplay.

Now, if only there was a third screen…

Peter Kao