TheStar.com | Ontario | Man with chainsaw hacks beach fence to cheers. that’s a quality headline. via pete.

Rethink: Tyler Rooney has joined Unspace. i guess that makes it official. pete, who is a mad photographer, took the photo on the streets of portland.

teehan+lax. ux & design firm out of toronto. a nice portfolio.

frustration list #1

I just paid $8 for a pint of guinness. Eight fucking dollars! On the plus side, leaving work to go watch Eurocup is quite easy.

quick update

I’m back in Toronto now. I’ll be posting some photos of the road trip as soon as Sean sends them to me. I still have my Seattle cell phone number and might just keep it until Rogers releases the iPhone. Also, I shall be at the Toronto Rails Project Night tonight with fellow unspace people who will be telling people why RubyFringe is a must-attend conference.

Torontoist: Little Missed Sunshine. someone organized an anonymous craigslist missed connections meeting in toronto. via ram.

Torontoist: PhotoTO: High Park’s Cheery Blossoms. the second last photos is my fav. Seattle gets some awesome cherry blossom photos as well.

Green Enterprise Toronto. business association to think local and green.

seattle, toronto, amazon, unspace

Looking at feedburner trends over the last few months it looks like there’s about 30 people who read awardtour five days a week. I highly suspect that I personally know every single one of these people. I also suspect that this won’t be news to any of them as it’s been in the works for a very long time…

I’m leaving Amazon in May and Seattle in June. I’ll be driving my 2000 VW Golf across the USofA and should be arriving at my final destination, Toronto, sometime during the second week of June. Soon after that, you’ll be able to find me at the offices of Unspace near Queen & Spadina. I met the guys from Unspace at Railsconf last year and I’m quite honored that they asked me to join their ranks. I suspect this is when I start asking everyone I meet “Hey, do you need a kickass Ruby on Rails consultant for your cool project?” or exclaim “What do you mean you’re not going to RubyFringe? Are you out of your mind?”

“But Tyler, don’t you love Seattle and enjoy working at Amazon? Have you lost your mind?”

‘Tis true. I am quite fond of Seattle and Amazon, excluding my brutal first year, has been great. But as you might also know, I’ve been dating my lovely girlfriend (who’s still in Toronto) for the last 3 years. Three years of phone calls and flights is more than enough for me. That said, I’m so excited to be moving back to Toronto (more so than Jessie Spano on caffeine pills).

Seattle people, I have no idea when the going away party will be. Toronto people, would asking for a parade upon my return be out of line?

That’s all for now.

Oh, I also suspect this is when Ram comments “Fuck ya! Toronto rules! What took you so long?”

WELL WELL. discussion between Malcolm Gladwell and Mark Kingwell at Massey Hall in May. Sounds cool. nice little flash site too.


Toronto Reference Library. nice photo grant.

Canada’s visible minorities top five million “Almost half, 46.9 per cent, of Toronto’s population is made up of visible minorities. Conversely, for the entire Atlantic region, it’s only 2.6 per cent.” some crazy numbers in the report.

toronto’s anti green energy rates. oh toronto.

6-Alarm Fire at Queen & Bathurst. that’s nuts. some crazy photos. how did the fire get that big?

jordan bower | photography. photos of india and nepal. on display at cafe insomnia on bloor in toronto.


Warren Buffett interview from the other week in toronto.

Rethink: Announcing RubyFringe. unspace is running it’s own ruby conference. “Deep nerd tech with punk rock spirit.” i shall definitely be in attendance.

TheStar.com | Ontario cuts transit red tape. that seems like a good idea for the most part. what transit project isn’t going to have at least one person complain and stall it? via amr.

Passerby shot, killed on Yonge Street. i wonder how stupid you have to be to shoot someone in front of video cameras with a gun registered to yourself and think you might get away with it.

CONTEMPORIST ยป N-Blox. one crazy looking condo proposed for college and shaw in toronto.