In 1988 the Department of computer Science instituted a yearly lecture series now know as the Paul G Sorensen Distinguished Graduate Lecture. Since its inception an impressive list of speakers have graced the presentation stage and imparted their wisdom and experience to the undergraduates and faculty of the University...
We’ve been busy moving to our sweet new “Caves and Commons” office and haven’t really had time to blog. We have taken pictures and Picassa does an okay job of throwing together a video automatically.
At VendAsta we just announced our Friday afternoon Jam Sessions. Basically we have decided that we are going to allocate time to allow people to work on anything of, interest to them – as long as it is software. Personally, I love what we are doing here. I wanted to write...
We have been doing a lot of hiring, mostly through word of mouth and the recommendations of our current team. In fact we have 5 new people starting within a month but we still have a long way to go. Hiring is one of the toughest and most crucial...
How many times have you heard someone ask “what’s it like there” when referencing a work place? Usually the answer reveals a lot about the company’s culture. But what the heck, really, is culture? About.com has this to say about culture: “A culture is the values and practices shared...
When we first started up we were all working on our personal computer. We didn’t yet have any hardware or software. We needed to work. I don’t know if it was Allan or Jason but someone fired up Google Docs so we could at least get to work. That seemingly...
We had a great week at VendAsta. Jason C and Kevin P spent the week working with Sybase in Waterloo and. Ryan B was up from Regina working with Allan, Guy, Ches and Dale (remotely from London). Jon took off to Jamaica, and I had a lot of fun with a new...
I think we may have started a tradition at VendAsta. Come by any Friday after 3pm have a beer and get on camera.
We had some great new arrivals this week at VendAsta! We are proud to announce that Kevin Pierce and Ryan Baldwin have joined the VendAsta Team! We have all worked with both Ryan and Kevin in the past and know they are going to make fantastic additions to the VendAsta Team. Ryan...
When we were choosing a name for our new enterprise we were very cognizant of it’s Google search footprint and it’s “Google-ability”. We wanted a name that didn’t already have “thousands” of entries. We wanted a name we could make our own. So when we settled on VendAsta I was pleased...
