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Hi, I'm Andrew Louis. I can typically be found tinkering with software, biking around Toronto, or gawking at concrete architecture. These days, I'm doing mostly freelance web development (with some photography gigs to spice things up). More →

May 1, 2011 · Writing

IE’s future (and why is Silverlight still around?)

Why did Silverlight, a closed and proprietary technology, get almost as much attention to the IE team’s new commitments to openness and web standards?

April 22, 2011 · Writing

MIX: the talks

JavaScript’s future; what Lord of the Rings has to do with design, and more

April 20, 2011 · Writing

MIX: the conference

The lineups moved, the wifi worked, and the keynotes were well-lit.

February 23, 2011 · Briefs

Democamp 28

January 21, 2011 · Briefs

Active Surplus and its odd items

The only place in Toronto where you can pick up baby doll legs and capacitors from the same aisle.

November 13, 2010 · Writing

Toronto in the fog: downtown edition

October 6, 2010 · Briefs

How do you host 475 Democamp attendees?

By putting the event in a movie theatre!

July 6, 2010 · Briefs

The Queen says goodbye to Canada

David Miller The Queen inspected the troops: Goodbye, troops:

January 28, 2010 · Writing

Democamp 25 in pictures

Facebook, Facebook, Facebook.

January 19, 2010 · Briefs

Rogers is now using pictures of crying children to trick me into signing up for digital TV service

January 11, 2010 · Briefs

Some neighbourhood volunteers are making a skating rink in a park next to my apartment.

I <3 The Annex.

January 6, 2010 · Briefs

I finally achieved the mythical King Palace menu substitution.

With dozens of tasty dishes available, it seems almost sinful to walk away with just one. Today, I decided to make one more attempt at customizing my food order.