Posted on November 17, 2009, at 10:12 am .
This isn’t breaking news as it went live about a month ago, but it slipped under my radar and I have to post it. The Canadian Wilfrid Laurier School of Business and Economics in Waterloo, Ontario (near RIM headquarters), offers an MBA BlackBerry pilot program. The program puts a BlackBerry Curve 8900 in the hands of every student, as well as provides them with education and collaboration tools for their device.
The faculty even talks about using push technology to push content to their students’ BlackBerrys, and will be recording metrics to gauge which content is being accessed.
So if you’re a student in this program, feel free to hit up BlackBerry Cool for software and accessories. I have no problem giving you some cool applications for the device to test what it can do.
Posted on October 19, 2009, at 4:04 pm .
Beginning October 15th, and lasting 10 days, the Perimeter Institute is hosting Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas for the Future (Q2C).
The Perimeter Institute was founded in the summer of 1999 by Mike Lazaridis, co-CEO of RIM. The Institute is a center for innovation in Canada and is helping to spread access to fascinating and important research. PI is a world renowned organization devoted to theoretical physics and it remains a source of pride for Canada and scientists everywhere.
Q2C’s extensive program features more than 50 events – including panel discussions, keynote presentations, special screenings, exhibits including the full-scale model of the next Mars Rover (named Curiosity), and recorded sessions with Honorary Festival President Professor Stephen Hawking.
To follow this amazing festival, visit q2cfestival.com and TVO.org.
Posted on September 23, 2008, at 11:23 am .
When you’re Canadian Business Magazine and you want to sell some issues, it helps to put the most recognizable Canadian CEO on the cover. The September 29th issue has RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie front and center, with an interview discussing why the Kitchener-Waterloo area is the best place to do business in Canada (The issue is a “Top 40 Canadian Cities For Business” feature; the KW placed first and our very own Ottawa made the Top Ten). Here are some highlights from the interview.
On the core strengths of the Waterloo area:
“The core strengths here remain the highly collaborative community, a good quality of life, our technology infrastructure, and exceptional universities with a co-operative framing to education at their core,” says RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie. “What’s become additionally exciting is the ability to make it a critical centre of excellence for new forms of intellectual capital.”
More Jim Balsillie Wisdom
Posted on July 24, 2007, at 1:00 am .
Hey guys, just thought you should know that I’ll be on vacation for two weeks out by Lake Huron. Should be back on August 7th. On the way, I swung by to visit some family down in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM’s home turf. Even at 9:30 PM their campus still had folks coming and going. There wasn’t enough time for the full tour, but odds are I’ll be in the neighbourhood again soon. Until I get back to BBCool HQ, the illustrious Doug Soltys will be bringing you the daily highlights.
Two snaps of RIM’s HQ behind the jump.
