Your odds of being great at anything are directly proportional to your willingness to suck at it for a long time.

just got my most musically challenged friend ever to play “Hallelujah” - his fav song - in about 6 mins. he’s tried for years. it was magic to watch him get to the joy. ❤️ if we can it for him, we can do it for everyone.

very happy to see my friend @jaimestein out his hat in the ring!

In a world where we have a new AI thing everyday, it's refreshing to see someone building something different. A brand new instrument that lowers the barrier to create music. Looks and sounds super cool. @ddebow is a legend in the Canadian tech ecosystem. Excited to try his new instrument out.

Daniel Debow (@ddebow) demos his new musical instrument in public for the first time. It has no speaker. Magnets vibrate a piece of wood to produce sound. Instead of making the user think in chords, the instrument makes the user think in finger shapes. He built it for people who believed they weren’t capable of being musical.

we are all capable of making music. we have a gift for you.

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Super cool Daniel! Love the idea of chord types as shapes. Makes this sound like something good for beginners both young and old. And a good step before learning chords on other instruments. Much like Suzuki method - learn the sounds first

first time i've ever been described in tech world as a musician...and first time sharing what i've been working on for past years. worlds & identities collide!

A political scientist with 1.4 million followers reposting Qatari state media with the history cropped out. Your own graphic notes that Israel and the Palestinians agreed to this division and left settlements for negotiation. You left that out. Meanwhile Jews in Canada + US are getting attacked at record rates. This is the fuel. You know exactly what this does, Ian.

omg. just came back from a tour of @OTILumionics … Canada has no idea how big this company is gonna be. just wow. build foundational deep tech takes decades and huge capital. step it up Canada.

this was so fun. and a bit scary.

hey @aliasaria this absolutely freaking cool. huge ambition, great story telling. excited what your AI city discovers - and how those discoveries improve our world.

T&T is still in Founder Mode despite being bought by Loblaws over a decade ago. CEO still personally replying to constructive feedback on IG. Respect 🫡

#Toronto rant: I'm not one to get too sensational about the ongoing decline of public transit in Toronto, but anecdotally, here is a recap of my three subway rides just this week. 1. A woman on the subway at 11 p.m. after a concert is screaming racist comments and hurling threats at young passengers to the point that people are moving cars. 2. A man with his pants down is fondling himself outside Union Station in the early afternoon, trying to get close to women to get himself off. 3. A man is screaming homophobic slurs and hurling threats at two young men minding their own business. My family and I take public transit in Toronto every week, and have done so for almost two decades. It is getting worse and worse. My friend was randomly punched in the face, many women I know will not ride the TTC alone, and my teen son has too many horror stories to retell. I do not feel safe most of the time. Rarely do I see any transit police, even late at night, when subway cars are packed after special events in the city. If I did, I would be the first to ask for help. Yet we've been having this distracting conversation about removing bike lanes (as if that will help the absolute 24-7 traffic disaster in our city). Also, side note, I would bike everywhere if I didn't think there was a good chance of getting hit by a car. So, here's an idea. Make public transit cleaner, safer, and more reliable for everyone, including families, commuters, teens, seniors, etc. I am not going to stop taking the TTC because I believe in the importance of public transportation to make our city better. However, we need to stop kidding ourselves about why public transportation is not a choice for so many of our residents. Also, I understand that many people ride the TTC and have had no issues whatsoever, but that is absolutely not my experience. I understand that there are a growing number of people in our city who are battling addiction and struggling on the streets, so let's do everything we can to get them help. As a voter in the upcoming municipal election, this is my number one issue. I will vote for the candidate who is honest about this situation, which I believe is at the root of so many of our issues and a growing embarrassment for a city that wants to compete on the world stage.

Here's the Go Fund Me on behalf of the Canadian Jewish Community for the officer wounded heroically defending the Belleville synagogue gofundme.com/f/const-jeff-sm…

what fun to have such a great convo w/ @internetvin... and, to share what we've been working on. our gift.

Muse is now available in Canada 🇨🇦 muse.ai/join

excited for this

great to see the this exchange program off the ground! incredible opportunities for talented Canadians to step into 1-3 year roles in government and help build our nation canada.ca/en/department-fina…

Canadians are launching more businesses in the U.S. than in their own country and there are “517 American companies started by Canadians. They’ve raised about $414 billion.” We must make Canada the freest, lowest-taxed, and simplest place for entrepreneurs to invent, grow, and build.