He also worked as a CTO for hire in Silicon Valley in 2000-2001, where he was a senior consultant to several dot-com startups. He’s a frequent speaker at technology events and has been blogging since 2000. You can read his thoughts at http://afroginthevalley.com.

Here is the first outline for my presentation at Podcamp Montréal this Saturday…

The future is always too far / 10 tech trends you have to know about… and 10 ways to get them in your daily routine :

• The atomization of content (Atom, RSS, microblogging) – small pieces loosely joined
• Distributed platforms (Tumblr, Friendfeed, Praized)
• Semantic and meta-data, machine tags (qrcode, microformats)
• GeoEverything / Location as a filter
• SocialGraph / Friends as a filter
• Identity follows you (OpenID, OAuth)
• Data portability
• Virtualization of infrastructure
• Mobile is the new desktop
• Open source code, open data, APIs are the new black – Open Hardware
• Creative Commons and the new rights (or wrongs)
• The messaging web (back to roots!)
• Aggregation and mashups, exponential
• The global village and trust your tribes

It’s more than 10 for now, I will probably mix some together… Stay tuned!

Sylvain’s session is schedule on Satuday morning at 9:00.

Video didn’t kill the radio star, it just made her job very different. With the advent of digital technology, media is changing before our eyes (and ears) faster than ever. Where do YOU see things going? Come join the discussion!

Jay Moonah will lead this conversation. He is the Director of Strategy at the digital creative agency 58Ninety Inc. and is a co-organizer of Podcamp Toronto. He also an active musician, and currently plays with the bands The McFlies and Uncle Seth. Jay lives in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough with his wife, daughter and two very fat cats. He podcasts and blogs at http://mediadriving.com.

Jay’s session is scheduled on Saturday afternoon at 16:00.