Agree it's a good analysis. What I wonder is why the fog creek people didn't pursue that path(building Trello into more of a platform) as opposed to taking the exit. I mean it appears that it was quite a good exit for them, but there not "starving artists" and they definitely have the chops to build the product out, so why not?
A recent report by Tech North argues that a technology and innovation supercluster in this southern Ontario region would spark Canadian innovation and attract talent and capital from around the world. The report identifies the current gaps the region lacks ( ] risk capital, ] access experienced talent, ] absence of customers for new products ] homegrown champions ) and the assets it posesses ( ] world-leading technical talent, ] outstanding entrepreneurs, ] game-changing ideas, ] excellent research universties, ] cities, ] diverse population ). A concrete blueprint has been developed which identifies the need to double down on two emerging forces of disruption – artificial intelligence and quantum computing. Concludes that the supercluster would drive productivity and growth across Canada with potential econmic benefits of 17.5B increase in GDP and > 170K quality jobs.
Exactly. I clicked on the link and when I saw the list of libraries alongside the word 'simple', I immediately thought it was a parody or satire site. I kept reading, looking for the joke and wondering why I didn't 'get' it?!?
Some promises, ex "Bring in 25K Syrian refugees by end of 2015" is considered "Broken" for the purposes of the "Promise Tracker" but the government actually did bring in 25K refugees and counting, they didnt hit the 25K mark until sometime in 2016-02.
So, keep in mind that while that promise may be 'technically broken', they pretty much did what they said they were going to do.
> he didn't mention anything that you can't find on the first page of a cliffs notes on quantum physics
ummm, i think the idea was to give a "cliff's notes/ELI5" explanation of the subject
If you watched the video[0], a reporter asked a question about a political issue but prefaced his question with a sarcastic question along the lines of "I was going to ask you to explain quantum computing < chuckle, chuckle > When do think Canada's ISIS mission will ...."
When Trudeau answered the question, I think many were somewhat surprised.
American: huh, guns are great, healthcare IF you can afford it, language #2 = spanish, hockey is a sport they play in Canada, worlds most powerful military, Trump, avg. American knows little about Canada, metric system - who needs that, good universities
Canadian: eh, no guns allowed, healthcare FREE for all, language #2 = french, hockey is the 2nd most popular religion, neighbors with country with worlds most powerful military - they'll have our back, no Trump, avg Canadians knows a little about America, metric system, good universities - taxpayer subsidized
But there are plenty of Americans that fit most of your Canadian stereotypes (see sanders's popularity among young Americans for example) and probably vice versa too.
I suspect 2 US states that are far from each other will have more cultural differences than a US state and Canadian province that are adjacent.
[0] https://github.com/poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards
related HN discussion thread[1]
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13874026