So I was at Democamp 12 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada last night doing meet and greet, and talking with fellow technology start-up people. Democamp is always a blast, it gives me a chance to bounce some of the ideas here at Sharing Books off a group of tech people and entrepreneurs. We did not present at this Democamp, but there were some really neat companies there.

One in particular I'd like to give a shout out to, www.christmasfuture.org. Christmas Future allows you to take your some of the normal money you spend on Christmas gifts and buy people charitable donations, letting them pick where the money gets to go. They focus on big ticket projects like water purification, housing, land reformation. It is easy, it is cool, and they are run ultra lean. 100% of the money you donate to a project goes to that project. Check them out if you have time.

For people in Calgary who use transit, check out www.trainit.ca. There isn't a ton open to the public right now, but keep an eye on them. They have a site that gets you transit information ultra fast.

For the gamers, check out www.gwabs.com, neat and crazy stuff from the Cambrian House crew.

I try to get out to as many of the tech events in Calgary as possible, particularly Democamps and Barcamps. I will try to post a heads up for events I'm going to be at in the future so that anyone in the area who is interested in finding out more about Sharing Books can track me down.

Labels: calgary, democamp, event