Information from the sessions can be found on the DrupalCamp Vancouver website and I’ll try to get a couple posts out of John as well.–DrupalCamp Vancouver Wrap Up » Vancouver Blog Miss 604

The consumer electronics industry is perhaps the worst offender. When you’re buying $29 DVD players or even $400 computers, throwing them out after a year or two has become fairly common. If something goes wrong with them, there’s no sense repairing them when the replacement cost is not that much higher. It’s a terrific environment for people who want and/or like new things but terrible for the environment. Sooner rather than later, consumers need to start realizing that there is a cost associated with buying cheap products with a short shelf life. Think about what all the consumer electronics you’ve purchased over the past five years would look like if you threw them into a pile on your front lawn.–The Disposable Economy Has to Change | Mark Evans

Codefest is a 3-day event due next week, from May 16th to May 18th. The event’s tagline is “2 days to optimize and improve your favorite free / Open Source project”.–Montreal Tech Watch » Upcoming: Codefest, a weekend coding session for open source projects

Again, this is a bit of an experiment here.  Let me know your thoughts.

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