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Edmonton Tech in 2008

By Mack D. Male | December 30, 2008 at 4:41 pm

Now that 2008 has come to a close, I think it’s safe to say that the Edmonton tech scene has had a fantastic year. It feels like the community grew tenfold, but I know that’s probably not true. Instead, I think the community just became more integrated and public. We had far more events than ever before, which resulted in lots of opportunities for everyone to meet one another.

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There were many tech groups active in Edmonton this year. We held four DemoCamp events (one, two, three, four), and one BarCamp. It was great to see attendance increase with each one. In November, we held the 3rd annual Code Camp event for developers. We also held three Tweetup events (one, two, three) this year. The Edmonton .NET User Group, Edmonton Microsoft User Group, and Edmonton Flash User Group all held fairly regular meetings throughout the year. The Agile Edmonton User Group was established this year and held a few meetings. A few other meetup groups got started toward the end of the year, and should be quite active in 2009 – Edmonton Web Design Meetup, Edmonton Social Web Meetup. There were a number of other tech events that took place throughout the year as well, such as the ICE Technology Conference, Moonlight in the Meadows, and the NAIT Digital Media Expo.

Here are some of the year’s most interesting Edmonton tech stories from my blog, Techvibes, and elsewhere:

And here’s the collection of Edmonton Startup Index posts at Techvibes (prior to September all of Alberta was grouped together – yet another sign Edmonton is getting stronger):

I’m really impressed with the way Edmonton’s tech scene grew both larger and stronger this year, and I think 2009 can be even better. Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen.




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7 Responses to “Edmonton Tech in 2008”

  1. Chris LaBossiere Says:
    December 31st, 2008 at 12:16 am

    Mack,

    Thanks for the mention. Look for another announcement on January 2nd!

    Chris

  2. Mack D. Male Says:
    December 31st, 2008 at 12:21 am

    Sounds good Chris, looking forward to it :)

  3. Kevin Swan Says:
    December 31st, 2008 at 9:01 am

    Great summary Mack! Hopefully 2009 will be even bigger!

  4. Alain Saffel Says:
    December 31st, 2008 at 2:18 pm

    I made it into four of the 14 photos you posted. That’s hilarious! :) I was at two of the other events as well.

    Let’s hope that 2009 has even more interesting events. :)

  5. Edmonton in 2008 at MasterMaq’s Blog Says:
    December 31st, 2008 at 2:41 pm

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  6. Mack D. Male Says:
    December 31st, 2008 at 2:49 pm

    Nice Alain! Didn’t really have a strategy with the photos, just wanted some nice-looking tech-related ones!

  7. Diane Begin Says:
    January 5th, 2009 at 9:46 am

    Thanks for NAIT mentions. Looking forward to an exciting 2009 too!

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