Week in Review – 2010-01-29

RT @startupcfo: Post: Free legal tools for your startup http://bit.ly/66ISXr locally @rhh @rubsun @suziedingwall #toronto #startup #lawyers #
Microsoft case study with #toronto #startup Dayforce and @dossip http://bit.ly/6ts9Y9 using @bizspark to its fullest #
RT @aliasaria: Reminder: TieQuest 2010 submissions for Canadian startups is soon — entry deadline Jan 30. http://bit.ly/6Kl4m8 #
@Brydon #dct25 is going to be a great one, thought you were doing DemoCamp Guelph? #dct25 in reply to Brydon #
New job post: Senior Consultant, Digtial / High Road Communications / Toronto, ON, Canada: High Road Communication… http://bit.ly/7URXwW #
New job post: User Interface Designer / Subvert Marketing Inc. / Whitehorse, YT, Canada: Subvert Marketing Inc./Wh… http://bit.ly/8pluRe #
New job post: Queen/King of Data Integrity / HomeStars.com / Toronto, ON, Canada: HomeStars.com/Toronto, ON, Canad… http://bit.ly/6H3cHV #
RT @VCMike: Interview w Sean Ellis on Product Market Fit: http://bit.ly/8Dlswp #
RT @cdixon: How to disrupt Wall Street http://bit.ly/5LJHeE #
"Dominated by engineers, the agency [TTC] tends to forget it exists to serve the public." http://bit.ly/5jxw0E #
WTF is the union thinking "made no attempt to determine if there was anything wrong with this TTC employee. " http://bit.ly/7GbfYr #PR #fail #
Congrats @dmorin on new startup http://bit.ly/8ocTVx + http://bit.ly/7GcNIa wondering if there is an emerging Facebook mafia #
@tremaine @taxnerdatplay my comment is about the idiocy of the unions PR stance, not the treatment of the employee in reply to tremaine #
@tremaine @taxnerdatplay step 1 to win public opinion (hearts & minds) is to blame the people responsible for revenue generation #goodidea #
@tremaine @taxnerdatplay PR = public relations, if he was in a diabetic coma that could influence public opinion, but instead attack riders #
New job post: Director of Development / Chief Architect / Confidential / Toronto, ON, Canada: Confidential/Toronto… http://bit.ly/7f2MdM #
RT @cdixon: I just backed @NYCResistor – A Hackerspace Grows in Brooklyn on @kickstarter http://bit.ly/5DwOCn #
YCombinator summer 2010 applications open http://bit.ly/675r5Z #startups #
RT @fredwilson: How To Calculate A Return On Investment http://bit.ly/7MKanR #
Checking out We Feel Fine http://bit.ly/5HRBZK by Jonathan Harris & Sep Kamar http://http://bit.ly/5sXfUR (via @stevecla) #
RT @sgblank: What's A Startup? First Principles.: http://wp.me/prGQZ-1f5 including strong support for #bmgen http://bit.ly/4M5621 #
RT @rogerchabra: Avid Life IPO love the part about some i-bankers passing on the deal…what, now they have morals? LOL http://bit.ly/5f7FSL #
Wow, ex-Trilogians Convio announce IPO http://bit.ly/79s3tB congrats to Vinay and team #startup #IPO #
The World's 25 Most Inventive Companies http://bit.ly/8CqyA5 < got me thinking how much tech is becoming like pharma #
RT @skanwar: Jet Cooper is looking for Interface Designers (x2) to join our bomb-dizzle team in Toronto. http://bit.ly/4NRVI7 #jetcooper #
Checking out Lightning http://bit.ly/7v27lZ in Thunderbird – calendaring is still such a mess, reminds me of Zaplet days #
<vent>Why do people have such a hard time with calendar invites? You want to know why I'm not there, you didn't send me an invite!</vent> #
It's not even like calendaring is new! CalDAV first published in 2003 http://bit.ly/5Z5T3E additional details http://bit.ly/6H4Rf4 #
@ryancoleman I love back to back scheduling w/o consideration for travel time (0 min between Meadowvale & downtown) where's my transporter? in reply to ryancoleman #
ARRRHGHGHGHGHGH, 7 questions regarding 7 things in 1 email, breath deeply before I stroke out #hAttack #
"Urge to kill…fading…fading…fading — rising! Fading…fading" http://bit.ly/8xOEWY #sigh #
RT @spelton: does focusing on two e-mail accounts and ignoring mails i get in other services (linkedin fbook etc) make me a bad person? < NO #
creating a blank presentation to send to someone as evidence that I have created my presentation yet #snarky #
@xtremelabs is the @BetaWorks @pivotallabs but in Toronto #awesomesauce #toronto #startups #
who needs a snarky email challenged pain-in-the-ass with 2 kids? special skills bourbon consumption, fluent drunkenese, product marketing+ux #
@anulman steady paycheque a requirement, i.e., 2 kids and their well being in reply to anulman #
http://bit.ly/4y8pzb @howardlindzon on a tear to build Bloomberg for the Twitter generation #awesome #
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Albert Einstein #
I just ousted @shap as the mayor of Microsoft Canada on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/5isWvZ #
RT @spelton: @randallh you guys will like this .. my favourite "new" ui (outside of bumptop that is) http://bit.ly/524SyU < HAH! #
@ArfanChaudhry <snarky-remark>you snooze you loose</snarky-remark>, sorry, it's sold out no additional tickets available #democamp #dct25 #
RT @geoffreywiseman: @thecadmus as presented by @jayair and @fanjiewang at #DemoCamp Toronto 24: http://bit.ly/8FdBeY #dct24 #
New job post: Senior Web Developer / Points International Ltd. / Toronto, ON, Canada: Points International L… http://tinyurl.com/ygvs4wh #
New job post: Product Manager, Star Media Group Digital / TorStar Digital / Toronto, ON, Canada: TorStar Digital/T… http://bit.ly/4GE9tc #
New Fluevogs for me #treat http://post.ly/KYfx #
Coffee @remarkk (@ Dark Horse Espresso Bar) http://4sq.com/35GbY6 #
@gregboutin no just providing further evidence of my insanity through repetition in reply to gregboutin #
@smichm ACK – there's no direct flights from YYZ to AUS? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO, looks like DEN here I come in reply to smichm #
RT @Jordan_Banks: The real secret sauce behind @welldotca is their tremendous technology http://bit.ly/cLgvCq + http://bit.ly/9ld0g2 #
RT @jrodgers @ImpactOrg: [Impact Blog] Launching VeloCity Entrepreneur Bootcamp! http://bit.ly/dekZvd #incubator #programs #
@jacquimurphy prbly 11pm coming into Toronto or going to Guelph? #startupdrinks #
@rlangdon @clickryan ticket updates made, sorry about the delay #DemoCamp in reply to rlangdon #
How to gross $9,100 on a $650M + $4M investment? http://bit.ly/9hI04U just ask Newsday.com #newspapers 35*$260/year yikes #
RT @umairh: how constructive capitalists think "Ethical design ultimately wins cuz it makes you build better software" http://bit.ly/c492rA #
@ArfanChaudhry you were in the waiting list queue, I added you to the guestlist, assumption was you wanted to attend #DemoCamp #
@ArfanChaudhry you can attend, you're on the guestlist, see you at #DemoCamp in reply to ArfanChaudhry #
@nizm I'll be at #DemoCamp but that's probably not a surprise in reply to nizm #
#DemoCamp donation $2580 to @MSF_Canada thanks @gchahal @leilaboujnane & everyone attending http://tweetphoto.com/9723601 #haiti #
Sadly, I owned a PowerBook Duo 280c and a Newton, I played with an eMate but was underwhelmed #iPad #
It's iPhone meets an MacBook Air /me underwhelmed, it's pretty but… #
New job post: Senior PHP Developer / Dashboard / Toronto, ON, Canada: Dashboard/Toronto, ON, Canada (downtown)-Sol… http://bit.ly/cAIuy1 #
@aditya8020 presentations start 6:30, doors open 6pm #DemoCamp #dct25 in reply to aditya8020 #
I'm at Ted Rogers School Of Management (575 Bay Street, Dundas St. West, Toronto). http://4sq.com/7CILLT #
OH "we need a Canadian startup peace corps – go to the valley, Boston etc for a few years and then come back" @rayluk #
RT @rayluk: Lookout for new Toronto based seed fund from Duncan Hill and Robin Axon fr Basecamp Partners. Those guys are great /via @byosko #
OH "Why do women watch porn until the end? To see if they get married." Jimmy Carr #
RT @derekjsmyth: RT @ddebow: How to think and act like Apple in your career… http://bit.ly/d9xuFA (via @dstein) #
SteveB on Microsoft & Internet Freedom http://bit.ly/dkuRv1 including Global Network Initiative http://bit.ly/dvfHGs #
@jayair just to clarify @WebNotWar had nothing to do with #DemoCamp NOTHING in reply to jayair #
New job post: Interface Designer (2 Positions) / Jet Cooper / Toronto, ON, Canada: Jet Cooper/Toronto, ON, CanadaH… http://bit.ly/9xe3Ed #
Buying a new laptop is extremely difficult, I remember why I like buying from a fruit company #paradoxofchoice #
RT @firstround: @Firstround Capital unveils their Entrepreneur Exchange Fund http://bit.ly/950M4q #kiretsu #
@bwireless the list is complex: MBP13, MBA, ULA30A, UL20A, S12, U150, x200s – full size keyboard, battery life, build quality, light, BT+3G in reply to bwireless #