Brendan’s fourth annual backyard pool party was Friday. To shield himself from the sun’s harsh rays, Allan put a camera on his head: The camera was set to snap a photo automatically every 10 seconds. With the following results: Allan squeezing the meat. Spritzing the gallery. Whipping the pool noodle. Noodle whiplash. Bum War: Nathan [...]
We’ve had several new employees join us in the past few months and thought we’d better share these awesome additions with the world! Yuan Wang grew up in Beijing, studied at Wuhan, then went to Sweden for his M.Sc. in Information Systems. Finding Scandinavia insufficiently frigid and remote, he applied for and won a scholarship [...]
We’re adding employees like it’s going out of style here. And we’re not stopping any time soon with 5 more job postings up on our website. But for those of you reading this and thinking: a) I’m not looking for a job right now. b) I don’t know squat about software and/or the internet is [...]
The rule of the VendAsta Challenge is that any VendAsta employee may challenge any other to any trial of skill at any time for any reason. The VendAsta Challenge has been going on for several years, but only recently did we get around to honouring its victors by engraving their names on this trophy, made [...]
After a mild autumn, it’s finally winter in Saskatoon. Driving a co-worker home through the falling snow Thursday night, she commented that it felt like Christmas. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. It’s still November. It’s another long month before winter officially begins, four months before Thursday’s snowfall finally melts. That blue scarf I [...]
I was on vacation when our two newest employees arrived last week. Before approaching them for biographical details, I asked Marie-Louise to tell me which was which. “Cody is the shorter one. Jeremy is taller with…” She mimed a crest projecting from the top of her skull. “A pointy head?” I asked. “Pointy hair,” she [...]
Scott was voted first prize in this year’s costume derby – primarily because of his commitment to the role of “creepy bum”. He showed up early and camped out on a cardboard sheet in the foyer of our building: Tiffany got second place for her vegetative get-up, although some argued for her disqualification on the [...]
Here’s Tavis McPherson, VendAsta’s VP, Finance, and chief evangelist for the Daily Deal Platform 3S project, waving the flag for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies at their game against the University of Manitoba a couple weeks back. The Huskies destroyed the Bisons 64-3, primarily owing to Tavis’s enthusiastic cheerleading. Photo and story courtesy of the [...]
Last Friday after lunch, Allan announced that a new guy would be starting this week. “You’ll probably notice him,” he said. “He’s tall and he looks kind of like… what’s his name… the actor…” “Nicolas Cage,” someone said. “Does he sound like Nicolas Cage?” asked Ryan. “I don’t know, what does Nicolas Cage sound like?” [...]
I’ve been too busy to take notes on our demos these last couple weeks. It’s too bad – I’ve had to pass up some good material. Jeff gave a presentation about search engine optimization. Jason and Shawn gave a pair of detailed talks about Finite State Machines. Blair decapitated a pineapple, to much applause. Alas, [...]