Podcasts Other Vancouver Tech Podcast Episode 29: ReCollect

Episode 29: ReCollect

Published: June 6, 2016, 7 a.m.

Drew, Luke, and James

Drew and James jump pretty quickly into meetups since there is so much to get to this week! They do talk a little about company culture for hiring and things like transparent salaries. The guest this week is Luke Closs from ReCollect.

In 2009, Luke Closs created VanTrash, one of the first civic open data apps in Canada. The project was open source and just a side project. Eventually, VanTrash became ReCollect, a business to help municipalities communicate with citizens about waste collection. They realized that their open source project could provide real value to cities and local governments. Now they have multiple products and support multiple cities.

Interview Links

Monday 6th

  • Git Help! & 0-Tech (Decentral, 436 West Pender) 4:00 to 6:00 PM
  • Brainstation (BrainStation YVR 1110 Hamilton St, 4th Floor) 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM $15.00
  • PyLadies (Needs a Location *Planning Hangout) 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Tuesday 7th

  • Open Coffee (Nelson the Seagull 315 Carrall Street) 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
  • Brainstation Vancouver (BrainStation Vancouver 1110 Hamilton Street #410) 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
  • Vancouver Rust (VPL, 350 W Georgia) 5:30 to 7:30 PM
  • Vancouver Clojure (CodeCore, 142 W Hastings) 6:00 PM
  • VanTUG (BCTIA Innovation Hub, Great Northern Way) 6:00 PM
  • Polyglot Vancouver (St Regis 608 Dunsmuir St) 6:00 PM
  • Vancouver PHP (RED Academy 200 - 1490 West Broadway) 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
  • RED Academy (RED Academy 200 - 1490 West Broadway) 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
  • RED Academy (RED Academy 200 - 1490 West Broadway) 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
  • ReactJS (Mobify, 3rd Floor, 948 Homer) 6:30 PM *(waitlist)

Wednesday 8th

Thursday 9th

Friday 10th

Saturday 11th

Theme music by A Shell In The Pit from the game Parkitect