Posted on Tuesday, December 7th, 2021
Got plants? Then chances are there’s a fern or an African violet you’ve been neglecting in a back bedroom that will expire soon if it doesn’t get water.
You’re a busy person. You don’t always remember these things in the face of all your other work and home tasks. You need Sprouty.
Sprouty is a web-based application Cameron Carley and his team of fellow Algonquin College students will debut Friday at the virtual RE/ACTION Showcase. RE/ACTION draws together students, educators and local professionals in a forum devoted to new research and innovative projects.
Carley describes the Sprouty prototype as his final “passion project” before he graduates in January from the Computer Engineering Technology – Computer Science program.
“I feel very lucky to have the chance to pursue it,” he says. “I love plants, my mom was an avid gardener. I recently bought a house and I need plants in it to make it feel like home. But I have so much going on in my life right now and I have a limited attention span for certain real-world applications like watering.”
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Posted on Tuesday, December 7th, 2021
“Ottawa is sexy, but much more private” explains Sue McGarvie, a well-known clinical sex and relationship therapist based in Ottawa known for her popular radio talk show, Sunday Night Sex with Sue.
There are people here who want to have fun, she explains, but they work for the Prime Minister, or a government agency, or are in the military, so they’re “much more discreet,” she says.
This is what led McGarvie to create the Ducklings Dating App, which is an extension of her 5000 plus strong ‘Ducklings’ community.
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Posted on Wednesday, November 24th, 2021
In honour of the tenth anniversary of the Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence (ACCE), we caught up with a few ACCE alumni to see what they’re up to now.
When Jeff McCoy decided to get out of a job he didn’t like, and into the trades, he chose Algonquin for his training mainly because it was convenient.
Now working as a licensed plumber, and having completed two trade programs at the College, McCoy believes he couldn’t have chosen better even if his education options had been far wider.
He was impressed by the flexibility of the instructors in his courses who readily adapted to different learning styles. “With the trades, one person is not always going to learn in the same way as the next person,” says McCoy. “I found (the Algonquin instructors) were really good in accommodating.”
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