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Re: » Idée providing duplicate image detection to Digg.com | StartupNorth

Thusenth — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:53:13 -0000

It's pretty interesting that Digg has two Canadians in the lead roles of Design and Coding.

Re: » VeloCity - Incubator 2.0 or something completely new? | StartupNorth

Thusenth — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:30:53 -0000

I'd like to see what sort of products are produced through VeloCity. The University of Waterloo has a lot of strong programs, and it would be interesting to see what sort of 'Majors' are mixed into this incubator. One thing that lacks at the UW are business students, where most of their students take business programs from Wilfrid Laurier University (full disclosure, I'm a business student there). I'd like to see if they solely focus on short term 'web-related' activities. With 'Mobile' and 'Media' in the phrase - I doubt there will be much in the way of innovation if they're already given such a narrow focus.

With an endorsement from Apple, for a program in RIM's hometown - the students are going to be torn between the two mobile platforms, or just develop for both.

Re: » VeloCity - Incubator 2.0 or something completely new? | StartupNorth

Thusenth — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:35:22 -0000

Jevon: Fair enough, it isn't a sponsorship.

They've yet to announce their corporate partners. Their access to talent and ideas brings up some concerns. Who will ultimately own the products produced?

"Some of the biggest players in mobile communications, web and new media will be partners in VeloCity.

Through their partnership activities, they'll lend their expertise and technology and in return, they'll have access to the talent and ideas developed in the incubator."

Re: » Delusions of Facebook - Should you be a Facebook Startup? | StartupNorth

Thusenth — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:52:29 -0000

This is a really interesting post on a topic with lots of uncertainty surrounding it. Facebook has tons of applications on it now. It's becoming clearer that many have built up a defense against installing new applications due to the loads of requests they get on a daily basis for shit application installs. Facebook should carefully take a look at the developers on it and start cutting out most.

Facebook is not the new Windows, OSX, etc. Those platforms took off because of their complexity in a time where making an OS was difficult, and it still is. To say that Facebook is the equivalent is not right, as the complexity behind the application isn't there - hence the whole NASN issue people bring up.

My personal opinion on the Facebook Platform is that it is a great extension to any freestanding Web site where sharing information is at the core business. The platform is not advanced enough yet to create the same experience within Facebook itself.

Re: » IOUCentral - P2P Banking isn’t always so simple? | StartupNorth

Thusenth — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:02:14 -0000

Anyone could have seen this one coming. Our banking system is no where close to that of the United States. Anyone who's driven through both can quickly realize anyone can open a bank up in the US. In Canada, if you're going to be accepting deposits at that sort of scale, you'll need to be a chartered bank, a trust, a credit union or a caisses populaire. The government has a tight leash on banking in Canada (and thankfully so).

Re: » Always Be Audacious - Otherwise you are just boring | StartupNorth

Thusenth — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:07:32 -0000

I agree with everything you said. You really need to see the vision - then the hard work is moving towards it.

Re: » Tripharbor.com - community, cruising and a real business! | StartupNorth

Thusenth — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:32:50 -0000

The site is definitely polished and very easy to navigate. Seems to have some really good deals too.

The cruising community is a very tight nit group comprised of what seems like mostly 40+. The site will be a refreshing addition to the current mix of cruising sites available.

Re: » New $150 million Blackberry Fund, based in Canada | StartupNorth

Thusenth — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:46:00 -0000

I guess this is the fund that Rick was referring to during the VC Round Table that was being launched May 12.

I look forward to the next few months!

It's also great to see the new BlackBerry 9000 enable Geo-Tagging of photos taken with it. Good step in the right direction.

Re: Watch this space

Thusenth — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:12:19 -0000

Rick Segal during his VC Roundtable talks mentioned a new fund launching May 12 from JLA. This is probably what he was hinting at. He also hinted that JLA was looking to make investments in localization applications. So really anything that leveraged geomatics.

Their investment in PlanetEye was a bet on geographical information becoming embedded in EXIF data in photos taken by mobile phones. Guess what, the BlackBerry 9000 has the feature to embed geographical information into the photos taken with the BlackBerry 9000. I'm putting 1 and 1 together here though...

Re: Nifty New Google Maps Feature

Thusenth — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:28:18 -0000

This phenomenon will explode once mobile phones with GPS (like the new BlackBerry Bold) automatically begin geotagging photos that are taken with them.

PlanetEye.com is an example of a site that is playing towards this trend.

Re: Wikinomics » Blog Archive » Sneak Peak at the Absolutely Terrible Facebook Redesign!

Thusenth — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:38:32 -0000

Facebook's current design wasn't built for the loads of Facebook applications that now litter most pages. Unfortunately for developers, the app boxes are now on a separate page.

The most active content on Facebook is the wall, and they've integrated it with the newsfeed, which then connects you to other updated content.

The new design is better focused, and will load much faster without having to pull application content.

Re: Idée providing duplicate image detection to Digg.com

Thusenth — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:53:13 -0000

It's pretty interesting that Digg has two Canadians in the lead roles of Design and Coding.

Re: VeloCity - Incubator 2.0 or something completely new?

Thusenth — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:30:53 -0000

Re: VeloCity - Incubator 2.0 or something completely new?

Thusenth — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:35:22 -0000

Re: Delusions of Facebook - Should you be a Facebook Startup?

Thusenth — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:52:29 -0000

Re: IOUCentral - P2P Banking isn’t always so simple?

Thusenth — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:02:14 -0000

Re: Always Be Audacious - Otherwise you are just boring

Thusenth — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:07:32 -0000

I agree with everything you said. You really need to see the vision - then the hard work is moving towards it.

Re: Tripharbor.com - community, cruising and a real business!

Thusenth — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:32:50 -0000

Re: New $150 million Blackberry Fund, based in Canada

Thusenth — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:46:00 -0000

Re: So Many Web Designers, But So Few Talent

Thusenth — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:41:41 -0000

Once you start finding good designers, you'll also find that they're: 1 - Expensive and/or 2 - Booked up.

Even the student ones.