Icebreaker
Dre, David and I ignored the wind chill warning and headed out to the Toronto Islands for a round of disc golf today. It was absolutely beautiful out there. Also, the brilliant Rectory cafe was open so we had somewhere to warm up and drink hot chocolate. Don't let the cold weather put you off - head out there!
Wonder no longer
I spent some of last week working from the Rogers Center and just outside our window they were setting up for a Wiggles show. Ever wondered what it looks like to build a stage for The Wiggles? Wonder no longer...
Setting up for a Wiggles show from Pema Hegan on Vimeo.
Calling all Toronto tech founders
Noah and I, along with Malgosia and John from LearnHub are hosting a little get together this Saturday for founders of local tech startups. This is the second Founders Lunch in Toronto and I'm hoping these turn into regular events. They're a great place for founders to share lessons learned, get a different perspective on challenges they're facing and simply hang out with other people going through the madness of starting and running a tech business.
If you are a founder and haven't been sent an invite yet, please drop me a line - pema AT gigpark DOT com.
Breaking: Massive fire on Queen St West (at Portland)
Rosalynn and I woke up to find a huge fire burning just down the road from our condo. We can see flames and billowing smoke from our window. I hope everyone is OK.
For any TTC riders, it looks like streetcars are being diverted onto King Street at Shaw.
About Pema Hegan
A Kiwi living in Canada.
I love music, obsess over architecture, ride my bike most days and miss the ocean.
I'm a partner and managing director at Rethink Toronto.
Before that I founded and then sold GigPark, a social web startup. And before that I was the founding editor-in-chief of the Canadian media company, Dose.
Find me here
pema.hegan (at) gmail (dot) com
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