word czar. two-guard. currently: @BetaKit previously: @MobileSyrup @BlackBerry and a bunch of dead sites you might remember fondly. "Wildly out of control."

Toronto, Canada
Joined March 2007
We had a good run, didn’t we?
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I think this is the... fourth time I've seen this scam ad today? Always from a different (parody!) account. Report it every time, but there's no meaningful impact.
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US-based @AnthropicAI has been revealed as a long-term leaseholder for a large Nova Scotia data centre project—the #AI giant’s first data centre in Canada. #AtlCan betakit.com/anthropic-signs-…
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“The stock market is not even the stock market. The stock market is AI companies.” @kylascan joins The BetaKit Podcast to discuss why #AI is viewed as the saviour of the US economy and the effect that's having on the public markets. betakit.com/kyla-scanlon-on-…
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You give West End Mans an inch and he tries to reinvent semiotics
Two People Talking in the West End of Toronto
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In prep for this panel, I was struck by how similar #AI and quantum are: - frontier technology - huge CAPEX requirements - long time horizons to successfully commercialize But quantum leaders don't act like AI leaders: - They don't make bold proclamations (AGI, digital god, etc.) - They don't fundraise on FOMO - They're collaborative across the industry They also haven't lost control of their tech. I really wanted to know if those differences are inherent to the industry and the people building it, or would simply dissolve later as the pressure to scale compounds. Have a watch and let me know what you think.
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Where quantum and #AI intersect (ALL IN 2026) xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1qGoNYDrb…
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Ahem. For those who may be unaware, Montreal is a cold *winter* city. Colder and snowier than Toronto. And it now ranks 2nd among the world’s best cycling cities. So don't even. momentummag.com/montreal-ran…
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for my mental health i've actively avoided most GTA VI news but this is pretty damn cool
GTA VI’s entire original score was composed by French electronic duo Justice 🚨
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A bunch of #CDNtech hiring you'll only read in the @BetaKit newsletter (@mappedin, @VeedaAI, Nord Quantique) We also cover layoffs and notable exec moves 👀
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.@GetKoho's @DanEbs has strong feelings on prediction markets. On The BetaKit Podcast, he called them techwashing for what is essentially gambling. It's a principled stance from someone about to run a bank, and it’s not the only candid moment he offers betakit.com/why-koho-wont-be…
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Canada invented maybe the greatest investment account in the history of money, then named it after a piggy bank. So now roughly $350 billion is sitting in TFSAs as cash. Doing nothing. Being slowly eaten by inflation. A small, boring policy idea that could be worth hundreds of billions of dollars: change the name. Make it the Tax-Free Investment Account. It might sound silly, but the name matters. Nearly half of Canadians with a TFSA (sorry, TFIA) keep their savings in it as cash. At Wealthsimple, it’s 6%. Over a few decades, that gap compounds into an enormous amount of money. One word. Let’s change it, close that investment gap, and actually help Canadians build wealth. newsroom.wealthsimple.com/th…
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Link to the story if you're interested in learning more: betakit.com/canadas-initial-…
Real Time Rail is slated to launch this quarter, but BetaKit reports no Big Six bank is expected in phase one. A rail most Canadians can't use is a pilot. In my payments work the hard part was never the API, it was getting incumbents to show up. Will fintechs move real volume?
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On The BetaKit Podcast, @tron joins @XanaduAI’s Nikki Bhatia, Nord Quantique’s Marc-Antoine Lemonde, @IonQ_Inc’s Lisa Lambert, and @CGI_Global's Chris Juryn at @allincanada for a fascinating discussion on where AI and quantum intersect, and diverge. betakit.com/where-quantum-an…
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Canada says it will finally launch its real-time payment rail this year. But sources say none of the Big Six banks are scheduled for Phase 1. As @GetKoho's @DanEbs put it, a system that 95% of the country can’t access risks being “kind of performative.” betakit.com/canadas-initial-…
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An update from me on Canada's Real-Time Rail system. After repeated delays, a first phase is scheduled to go live this year. But Canada’s biggest banks, which settle the majority of payments, likely won’t be participating in this first phase, sources say. betakit.com/canadas-initial-…
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I still check in with Lucifer on the Sofa like a cherished friend, but my hands are itching for a new Spoon album.
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A good haircut
what is a good alternative for alcohol that makes you more social/low inhib but doesn’t make you feel like shit the next day
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