39 | O akville B eaver | T hursday,S eptem ber 12,2019 insidehalton.com Best Travel Agency Suite 300, South Oakville Centre • 1515 Rebecca Street, Oakville 905.827.1100 travel@mctavish.comwww.mctavishtravel.com CORPORATE • GROUP • LEISURE O nt Re g N o 14 37 98 5 471972-41972-41972- 201920192019 Contact Us for Details or Visit us Online! Terms and conditions apply. Subject to availability. Contact us for pricing and availability.Terms and conditions apply. Subject to availability. Contact us for pricing and availability.T Book your 2020 dream trip now, get the departure of your choice and save big. It's that simple. 116 handcrafted itineraries. 220 cities. 44 countries. Leave the guidebooks at home and let Trafalgar show you the real Europe & Britain. The Real Europe and Britain Next Year's Trip at 2019 prices + Save 10%. Limited time only. All sessions are free, but seats are limited so pre-booking is essential. Discover the world of River Cruising!! Discover the world of River Cruising!! Join us for an informative presentation with the AwardWinning AvalonWaterways River Cruises. We'll have refreshments, door prizes and a show special! You are Invited 905 849 0333 Date: WednesdayMay 2nd 2018 - 11:00am - 12:30pm Location: Maritime Travel Office, 300 North Service Rd.West, Oakville Presented by Hektor Kaczuga - Specializing in River Cruising INSPIRED DESIGN PaNoRama SuItEStm oNly oN avaloNoNly oN avaloNoNly oN avaloN All sessions are free, but seats are limited so pre-booking is essential. Presentation begins at 11am followed by snacks and refreshments. Join us for an informative presentation with the AwardWinning AvalonWaterways River Cruises. We'll have refreshments, door prizes and a show special! Please RSVP by calling Maritime Travel in Oakville at 905 849 0333 or email 141@maritimetravel.ca by Friday Sept 20th. Date:Tuesday Sept 24th - 11:00am - 12:30pm Location: Maritime Travel O , 300 North Service Rd.West, Oakville Presented by Hektor Kaczuga - Specializing in River Cruising Cheryl Braganza and Mike Phillips enjoyed the scenery at the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland on a recent vacation, with a copy of the Oakville Beaver tagging along. If you have a high res vacation photo with a copy of your favourite community newspaper, send it to Beaver news editor Kevin Nagel at knagel@metroland.com. Cheryl Braganza photo BEAVER TRAILS It can be hard to get your message across through a text. Developer Ryan Dickson is aiming to change that, with his new app, e-me, avail- able now for iPhones. The app allows users to colour code their messages to convey a particular emotion. A former Oakville resident, Dickson be- lieves it solves an issue people have with visually displaying something like sar- casm or sadness. "It allows to express your emotion through colour," said Dickson. "If you're ever texting somebody and you want to be joking and you're not sure if they got the joke or not, what this does is, if you text in yellow it shows that you're sarcastic. If you text in pink it shows you love it, blue is sad, green is happy, red is anger. It clears up miscommunication with texting." Dickson said the app is free, private and secure. He sees it as a useful tool that great- ly improves communication by adding emotional depth to a message. "We live in colour, so what you're wear- ing, what he's wearing, what I'm wearing expresses yourself," said Dickson. FORMER OAKVILLE RESIDENT BRINGS EMOTION TO TEXTING, WITH NEW APP ROLAND CILLIERS rcilliers@metroland.com Ryan Dickson holds his cellphone displaying the e-me emotion texting app he developed . Graham Paine/Torstar COMMUNITY DEVELOPER'S E-ME IS A SIMPLE WAY TO ADD EMOTIONAL COMPLEXITY TO TEXT-BASED MESSAGES