Ecorio puts Ontario on worldwide developer map
Written by Verne on August 31st, 2008This isn’t exactly breaking news but I was excited to learn that Ontario-based (Toronto and Waterloo, to be exact) group Ecorio was recently announced to be one of 10 winners of the Google Android Developer Challenge. For their efforts and innovations with their winning carbon-offsetting-themed app (Ecorio) The group of 5, composed of Jeff Kao, Robert Lam, Gary Pong, Taneem Talukdar and Jason Wong took home a sweet prize of $275,000!
Why am I reporting this, you ask. Well, for one, I am proud to have gone to high school (Agincourt Collegiate Institute) with 3 of the 5 guys (Jeff, Gary and Jason). But more importantly, I think their achievement marks the impact and fight that Canadian/Ontarian/Torontonian developers (and entrepreneurs) have in this global marketplace. In a competition against hundreds, if not thousands, of other developers from around the world, Ecorio scored among the top 10. That’s big huge.
Anyway, I thought I’d throw some love over to the Ecorio guys and to all others alike who are helping to put us on the map. Here are some links to learn more about the app and the challenge:
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Ben
August 31st, 2008 at 5:12 amNice post! its great to see ontari-no wait lets narrow it down-Scarborough! on the world map for breeding successful talented people. Big congrats to the Ecorio team!
Verne
August 31st, 2008 at 3:07 pmIt’s nice to see some success come out of ACI!
Jeff Kao
September 18th, 2008 at 6:17 pmHey Verne,
I’ve been meaning to thank you for your blog feature - it’s just been so crazy here the past few weeks. We’re really excited about our progress and hope to make Scarborough proud! :-)
Cheers,
Jeff
Verne
September 19th, 2008 at 2:25 amTrust me Jeff, you guys have already done your part to make Scarborough proud! And embrace the hecticness - all good things come with a healthy dose of chaos. :)