DISQUS

Also - I has a strange experience with my jail broken iPhone yesterday... I plugged it into the laptop and got an iTunes screen saying "iPhone activations are unavailable at this time". Photos, music and contacts didn't update. I guess Apple really want us to 'officially' activate with Rogers...
http://pe.ma/2008/06/unlocked-iphones-not-synci...

I'm sticking with my 1st-Gen iPhone too Jevon. This is ridiculous.
I heard an interview with someone from Rogers on the CBC yesterday. They explained that you will be able to use an iPhone on the Rogers network without picking an iPhone plan - you can simply pick the voice and data plan you want or use your existing plan. For me this at least means I'll be able to stick with my current plan and update the software on my iPhone (i.e. re-virginize it and update to the official iPhone 2.0 software).

I might be wrong (I know how good your research is Mathew) but isn't Richard MacManus a fellow Kiwi, not an Aussie?...
http://www.readwriteweb.com/about_readwriteweb.php

There aren't many of us Kiwis so we have to stick up for each other ;)

If anyone is inspired to go looking for their own short domain name, here is a complete list of TLD's...
http://domainlinked.com/list-of-all-domain-name...

Good luck!
-Pema

If anyone is inspired to go looking for their own short domain name, here is a complete list of TLD's...
http://domainlinked.com/list-of-all-domain-name...

Good luck!
-Pema

Great post Jevon.

I agree - entrepreneurs shouldn't let comments like “It’ll never fly” convince them to give up. Good ideas usually start out as crazy ones, and most people have trouble seeing the brilliance in crazy ideas. But I also don't think entrepreneurs should completely ignore these negative comments either. I sometimes hear people who run startups saying things like "they just don't get it". They use this comment to write-off anyone who doesn't tell them what they want to hear.

I think most feedback is useful when you are starting a new business, even the negative kind. If people tell you your idea won't fly, that's an opportunity to ask them why and then to use their POV to help make your business better. Don't let them talk you out of your startup but do use their advice to make it better. That's my advice anyway ;)

Great post Jevon.

I agree - entrepreneurs shouldn't let comments like “It’ll never fly” convince them to give up. Good ideas usually start out as crazy ones, and most people have trouble seeing the brilliance in crazy ideas. But I also don't think entrepreneurs should completely ignore these negative comments either. I sometimes hear people who run startups saying things like "they just don't get it". They use this comment to write-off anyone who doesn't tell them what they want to hear.

I think most feedback is useful when you are starting a new business, even the negative kind. If people tell you your idea won't fly, that's an opportunity to ask them why and then to use their POV to help make your business better. Don't let them talk you out of your startup but do use their advice to make it better. That's my advice anyway ;)

Congratulations to Malgosia, John and rest of the team. LearnHub looks great, and it was built in record time!

Congratulations to Malgosia, John and rest of the team. LearnHub looks great, and it was built in record time!

Thanks for the thoughtful review Jevon. And for your kind comment Mark (Paul is definitely a rock star!).

As we've built GigPark - the site and the company - we've worked with some excellent startup related service providers: logo designers, lawyers, SR&ED consultants, illustrators, accountants, printers, etc. If any other Toronto founders need anything, feel free to check out our recommendations. And don't worry, if you're in a hurry you don't need to join to view them...

Noah's recommendations: http://www.gigpark.com/people/noahgodfrey
Pema's recommendations: http://www.gigpark.com/people/pemahegan

I hope other Toronto founders find this helpful!

Pema
Co-founder, GigPark

Thanks for the thoughtful review Jevon. And for your kind comment Mark (Paul is definitely a rock star!).

As we've built GigPark - the site and the company - we've worked with some excellent startup related service providers: logo designers, lawyers, SR&ED consultants, illustrators, accountants, printers, etc. If any other Toronto founders need anything, feel free to check out our recommendations. And don't worry, if you're in a hurry you don't need to join to view them...

Noah's recommendations: http://www.gigpark.com/people/noahgodfrey
Pema's recommendations: http://www.gigpark.com/people/pemahegan

I hope other Toronto founders find this helpful!

Pema
Co-founder, GigPark

Your timing is uncanny Mathew - we launched the GigPark facebook application last night... http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id...

For us, Facebook is one of a few important places GigPark should be available. Since GigPark is all about finding services with the help your friends, we need to be where friends communicate - and Facebook is definitely one of those places.

You're dead right that Facebook is a great place to test ideas, but I think for services like ours that get better when your friends are involved, offering your service through Facebook is almost essential.

I believe being platform agnostic is the name of the game. There was a good quote from James Hong of Hot or Not about this in a TechCruch article last year: "I have really stopped thinking of Hot or Not as a destination site and worry about how many people are using our service no matter where they are ... People will go where they will go. The world is evolving."

I wish the GigPark crew could have been there Jevon and Jonas. It sounds like an absolutely brilliant event. Next time we'll time our trips to San Fran a little better ;).

I wish the GigPark crew could have been there Jevon and Jonas. It sounds like an absolutely brilliant event. Next time we'll time our trips to San Fran a little better ;).

Ha! Mathew - I've just realized I called you Rob in my comment above. Must have forgotten which blog I was reading and confused you with your Mesh buddy, Mr Hyndman. Sorry about that.

I think this could have been great, Rob - but after the video blew up there was no follow through for Sunsilk, just confusion.

Capitol C said on their blog that the idea was to "explore and harness the power of ‘wigouts’." It seems they were trying to seed the term 'wigout' ahead of their traditional TV ad campaign launching which used the term. This could have been a great strategy were their TV ads not so completely unrelated and quite frankly - crap. I watched their ad for the first time last night during Lost - here it is on YouTube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WceQJ2RPivI