Boris Mann’s Personal Blog

Nov 2015

Very interesting. We currently use Quip for documents / notes alongside Slack.

Very interesting. We currently use Quip for documents / notes alongside Slack. Mainly this is because Slack Posts don’t ...
Nov 2015

Explaining Stock Options to Employees

Explaining Stock Options to Employees Buffer describes how they do this, as part of their open / transparent work cultur...
Oct 2015

NACO Summit 2015 Summary for Capital Investment Network

Boris has been active in the Vancouver startup ecosystem for over a decade. He co-founded Bootup Labs, the first startup...
Oct 2015

Alan Cooper on the need for the independence of the external design consultancy

Link: Alan Cooper on the need for the independence of the external design consultancy The entire relentless onslaught of...
Oct 2015

This is exactly what I’ve seen.

This is exactly what I’ve seen. Canadian founders who are pitching to local investors are getting the signal that true v...
Sep 2015

Welcome to Medium, NDP!

Welcome to Medium, NDP! It’s great to see you embracing writing on here. With the animated GIFs, you’re a little confuse...
Sep 2015

PhoneVR Cardboard Showcase at VR City Vancouver

VR City is an organization supporting the growth of the VR industry. We connect cities with people working in VR acros...
Sep 2015

Pro apps on iPad

(the above written quickly on the Medium app on iPhone. A few more bits added below) I’m not saying the appstore is a pe...
Aug 2015

PhoneVR and Powered Headsets are still a useful way to think about the VR Headset landscape

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Jul 2015

Company Email Updates

Keeping investors & advisors up to date with monthly email updates Any company that is serious about growing its bus...
Mar 2015

Coffee Dictation: Voice in Public

With watches and VR on the horizon, what does it mean to use voice as an input method? At HUMAN, we’re thinking about ex...
Jul 2014

Car2Go is an excellent roast pork delivery vehicle! #roland5dot0

Jul 2014

Boules! Bought at Strathcona Neighbourhood Garage Sale!

Jul 2014

Selfie selfie - Sony DSC-QX10

Jun 2014

Strawberry drinking vinegar

Jun 2014

rachael_ashe taking sky pics #bowenisland #howesound

Jun 2014

#eastvan skies

Jun 2014

Strawberry rhubarb jam and stage one of drinking vinegar: ginger + white vinegar & balsamic / apple cider vinegar.

Jun 2014

Yes, the strawberry is half the size of @rachael_ashe’s head

Jun 2014

Evening

Jun 2014

The secret of Pathful cc @campythedude

Jun 2014

Sablefish rice bowl – just like @shikabowen

Jun 2014

Red shoes, green socks

Jun 2014

Ling cod tacos #dinnerlog #latergram

Jun 2014

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