Articles by Kyle Mackie

About Kyle Mackie

Educational Consultant. Community Builder. Technology Champion.

Ignite Guelph. March 11. Because you only turn 3 once.

Ignite Guelph is a celebration of geek culture in the Guelph area. At Ignite, presenters use their personal and professional passions to inspire the audience. The catch? They’ve got just 20 slides and five minutes to do it. Ignite Guelph is part of a global thing. The first Ignite event was held in 2006 in Seattle, and […]

DemoCampGuelph and Improvised Community Making

I reckon I’ve attended 17 out of 20 DemoCampGuelph nights. Why do I come? Community. I know, it can be a problematic term, but there is something to it that’s worth holding on to. DemoCampGuelph is part of an important movement of improvised community-making, a new, responsive way of building networks of trust and respect, […]