We're back from vacation!

If you've been looking for updates and haven't found any the last several weeks, the answer is simple... we've been on vacation!

Jonathan spent some time wandering the trout streams of southern Alberta with fly rod in hand, making it look like he was trying to fish. Other than a few trees and stumps, he came up empty-handed. Rahim, on the other hand, was far more productive from the outset: building drainage canals for his brother on Vancouver Island, helping with a cross-country move to the Maritimes, and then having some local east coast adventure time. Rumour has it that Chris was off to the wilds of K-Country as well, challenging himself with some back-country survival camping (this while Jonathan was enjoying a campsite with heated showers...). And, we're still catching up on the adventures of other organizing team members!

You get the picture... even we TEDx organizers need some down time.

But now we're back, and getting set for an exciting roster of events through the Fall. Stay tuned for news on an upcoming TEDxCalgary event in late October or early November with live speakers, plus developing plans for hosting local versions of the 2011 series of TEDxLive events. And much, much more!

And yes... our long-overdue next version of the [ 8 seconds ] news bulletin will resume next week, and will continue bi-weekly thereafter...

TEDxTransmedia | Rome, September 30

Get our new Blackberry app!

TEDxCalgary is pleased to announce that we've just released our very first Blackberry App!

Working with the talented and hard-charging team at Szello.com (a Canadian-based app developer), the new app is ready just in time for TEDxCalgary 2011: Breaking Through. Get your complete program guide, speaker bios, and our Twitter stream.

Download the app at http://www.szello.com/tedxcalgaryapp/

And yes... we're working on developing an iPhone app as well, but that's for a future event!