Tech events in Greater Victoria this month

Anu's Take

If Planner came with your Microsoft 365 licence and you've never opened the AI side of it, this is a good lunch hour to change that. Most people I work with were never actually trained on these tools. They were handed a login. Jeff is covering both Planner and ClickUp, and you may come away with one or two things to try that same afternoon. Grab your lunch and join in!

Anu's Take

David was on this stage in March explaining what going AI-native means. He is back with the part that comes after the idea: where all that agent output actually lives. He is on a roll, and I suspect he is quickly becoming a regular on the Victoria speaking circuit.

Anu's Take

The session that earns the day is the closing one, sorting $10 tasks from $1,000 decisions. Everyone can already tell which is which, and we all still do the $10 one first because it can be finished before lunch. A Friday booked out to make a couple of the expensive calls instead, with your own numbers in front of you, is the hardest thing on any owner's calendar to justify and usually the only thing that moves.

Anu's Take

Connor was a very early adopter of AI-assisted coding, and has built an AI-assisted coding product that integrates with Linear. He's not out in public that often so grab the opportunity to be in a room with a local doer in the tech industry. Bummed I can't make it.

Anu's Take

I'm stoked to see Adam Haigler take the mic again. If you haven't had the opportunity to hear Adam, now's your opportunity. I'm on the Victoria Data Society board, so I'm not exactly neutral, but I can't recommend this event enough. If you use AI at work, you should be there. AI will give you a confident answer to whatever you ask it, so the people getting the most out of it are the ones who've worked out what's really needed before they ask. That's what this evening is built around, and it's worth a lot more than another prompt trick. I've written that the problem is almost never the technology, it's people, and that the first step isn't choosing a technology. AI's getting really good at taking orders. It's still on us to work out what's worth asking for and to get the people who'll use it on board. If you've ever built exactly what someone asked for and then watched it sit unused, go.

Anu's Take

Wednesdays have historically been a little light on the Victoria tech calendar, so it'll be nice to have a regular Wednesday option. Looking forward to seeing how this new local event from a national organization evolves. Knowing who's leading the local charge bodes well for its future.

Anu's Take

Couldn't make it to the sold-out Victoria Tech Week edition. Looking forward to this one.