Montreal, action !
Why are all my recent posts about Montreal? Did I mention I never left for Rawdon as planned back in december?
Julien gets the ball rolling in his latest post about Google moving to Montreal (mentionned here) and looking to hire 200-300 new geeks. A bunch of comments (Hugh, Patrick) are hitting the nail right on the head. I was already talking about topic 2.5 years ago with ideas for Montreal and free software. How have things changed?
… and that’s saying nothing about our “deux solitudes”. Lots of us are bilingual, but that’s not a cure all. Evan Prodromou had a great paper about the cities two languages and web sites and groups. I think the recent barcamp trend is going to help a bit too. Also, there is a global calendar for Quebec that I’ve been maintaining for about 4 years and where anyone is encouraged to post.
Oh, and a little place called Bande-Passante where a few groups already meet from time to time. Let me know if you need a room (we got two) for 10 to 15 people. Cheap :) Comes with a projector, wifi, large table and blackboards.
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