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Websiteunspace.ca
Blogrethink.unspace.ca
Twitter@peteforde
BirthplaceToronto, Canada
Birthdate8/11/78

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Pete Forde

Pete is the Founder and Chief Technical Officer of BuzzData. He was also the co-founder of Unspace Interactive. He is based in Toronto, Canada.

A thought leader in the Toronto software community, Pete started the first Ruby on Rails consulting company in the world in late 2004. He was a curator of the RubyFringe and FutureRuby conferences in 2008-09. Working with Meghann Millard, he has hosted over 50 ‘Rails Pub Nite’ events since 2005, setting the stage for Toronto to become the largest community of Ruby developers on Earth. He is a frequent guest speaker at various business and technology conferences around the world.

Prior to starting Unspace, Pete was the drummer in Hotel, a moderately successful Canadian rock band. He is also an accomplished film photographer and Polaroid enthusiast.

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    Pete Forde added a position as Founder and Chief Technology Officer at BuzzData. (10/1/10)
    Posted 1/2/11 at 10:17pm
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    Pete Forde added a position as Founder and Chief Technical Officer at Unspace Interactive. (9/1/04)
    Posted 8/2/10 at 5:53pm

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ByteClub Episode 2: Unspace

Added: 8/3/10

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