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Data Centre Renovation... Follow the Progress!

Submitted by Tamara Adizes on August 11, 2011 - 2:59pm

The University of Toronto's Data Centre is currently undergoing a major renovation. I+TS has established a progress blog for the University of Toronto community.

You may use your UTORId and password to access the blog to view pictures and more information about the project.

Click here to access to Data Centre Renovation Photo Blog.

TechKnowFile Registration is Now Closed!

Submitted by Tamara Adizes on May 20, 2011 - 9:22am

Dear Colleagues:

Thank you for registering for TechKnowFile 2011! The registration is now closed. We look forward to seeing you all on Friday, May 27th at UTSC's brand new Instructional Centre. In addition to a great program and a keynote address, we also have a selection of fantastic prizes!

Next week all registrants will receive the following information via e-mail:
Personalized schedules
Shuttle Bus Schedule and Pick-up/Drop-off locations for UTM and St. George Campuses
Parking Instructions

TechKnowFile 2011 Call for Proposals Closed

Submitted by Tamara Adizes on April 15, 2011 - 6:02pm

TechKnowFile received a record number of proposals this year! The TKF Team will review all submitted presentations over the next 10 days. An announcement of the chosen proposals and the conference schedule will be published by the end of April.

Thank you to everyone who submitted their great ideas and work - this conference will be a success thanks to you!

Stay Tuned!

TechKnowFile Team 2011

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New TechKnowFile format?

Submitted by Tamara Adizes on October 14, 2010 - 4:05pm

Exploring new potential session formats for TechKnowFile. Point/Counterpoint: Where speakers take two opposite (extreme) positions and engage in a discussion.

Watch this promo from Educause 2010. and give us your feedback.

TechKnowFile Tweets live from EDUCAUSE 2010

Submitted by Tamara Adizes on October 13, 2010 - 1:34pm

Follow TKF Tweets live from EDUCAUSE 2010. http://twitter.com/techknowfile

Registration for DrupalCamp Toronto now open!

Submitted by Tamara Adizes on October 6, 2010 - 1:50pm

Registration for DrupalCamp Toronto 2010 has officially opened! Cost is $25/day! Sign up today!

http://2010.drupalcamptoronto.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=1

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Agile development at its best

Submitted by Tamara Adizes on August 5, 2010 - 10:36am

This is a great example of having a constructive and critical outlook on agile development. It goes to show, that an institution must be equally willing to push the envelope on innovation and as it is willing to pull the plug on doomed projects that waste valuable resources. I give kudos to Google for pulling the plug on Wave. Read the article below for more info.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/update-on-google-wave.html

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Thunder from the UofT Cloud

Submitted by Tamara Adizes on May 2, 2011 - 6:24pm

A panel session about three great on-campus services every UofT IT professional and faculty member interested in developing leading edge IT applications should know about, but may not! Come hear and discuss how you and your network can leverage these amazing pan-university services.

Featuring:

Chris Loken (SciNet) on High Performance Computing at UofT
Sian Meikel (UTL) on UofT s Digital Library Services
Donna Shukaris (IPO) on ICT Commercialization & Corporate Partnerships at UofT
(Facilitator: Avi Hyman, UofT s Institutional Strategist for Academic Technology)

Press 'LIKE' if you think TechKnowFile is Cool!

Submitted by Tamara Adizes on June 2, 2010 - 10:56am

TechKnowFile is on Facebook. Go to our community page and press 'Like'. Spread the word!

TechKnowFile Facebook Page

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The Team that Powered TechKnowFile 2010

Submitted by Tamara Adizes on May 27, 2010 - 2:55pm

I would like to acknowledge the fantastic efforts of the TechKnowFile 2010 team that helped power this year's conference chaired by Bob Cook. Every single member of the team volunteered their time, efforts, skills and ideas to make this year's TechKnowFile a memorable event for the community. In total, it took 43 people to make this event happen!