There’s a lot of cool stuff going on in technology right now. Here are a couple of things that are on my radar right now:

I’m really looking forward to BarCamp Toronto (aka TorCamp), May 13, 14. I went to the first TorCamp and got a lot out of it, though what you get out of BarCamp seems to be even more than usual a function of how much you put in, the description emphasises that interactive part too.

BarCamp is an ad-hoc un-conference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees.

Just finalised, immediately following BarCamp will be mesh, Toronto’s web 2.0 conference.

mesh is Canada’s Web 2.0 conference, being held in Toronto on May 15 & 16. You will hear from thought leaders, connect with peers, and get a better understanding of the impact of new developments online.

Not sure if this one will be right for me, as the focus seems like it might be a little web 2.0 101. But the speakers list does look pretty cool Om Malik, Jason Fried and Joe Messina amongst others, so I’ll be keeping an eye on this one.

To finish off this morning’s forward look I’ll mention a short, interesting piece at Fast Company, Fast Talk: What’s the Biggest Change Facing Business In the Next 10 Years? with thoughts from 10 luminary types. Avram Miller (who has an oddly 1995 website for a web tech guy) says:

The cornerstone for this millennium is the end of time and space. Most organizations today are run the same way as early-20th-century businesses. Everyone goes to his car, drives to work, has certain hours, has a certain job. It’s all built on the factory model. Moving forward, it really isn’t going to be important where you are in order to do your job.

I think that’s fairly true right now and it’s only going to get more true as time passes.