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"Build software to meet a need and don’t become a commodity or enter a commodity space. Not all needs are equal." http://buff.ly/11wjmgu

@amyhoy YES. Commuting killed me. Was so glad when we moved to #vernonbc. Now I commute on my bicycle every day. Huge improvement in my life

@amyhoy wowser. For that kind of money, one of the privileges should be complimentary cocktails with the mayor. Or Will Smith. ;-p

@amyhoy @studiofellow whoa. What kind of privileges do you get? ;)

@davidsgallant @eyuzwa I think this has more to do with it: http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/27/turbotax-maker-funnels-millions-to-lobby-against-easier-tax-returns/

@studiofellow I think the Gov't would be surprised how willing we'd be to pay + how much more money we'd generate if they made it simpler.

@kylefox me too. Super uncomplicated in so many ways. The fact that I need to hire an accountant to help me find loopholes, etc...

@johnbeales ha ha thanks. I do have an accountant, it's just getting the stuff for the accountant that's a pain.

@davidsgallant @eyuzwa I'd like to see GDP currently being generated by complicated tax system VS potentially lost GDP for business owners.

Tax time is such a huge drain on my focus / creativity / energy. If the Canadian gov't really wants to help biz ppl they should make it easy

@sonixstudio thanks for sharing. ;)

@Malarkey I hear apes have a great P/E ratio.

@Malarkey but the Planet of the Apes collectables… that's another story. ;)

@mastermaq wow. He's been a pretty savvy "businessman" in a sense; I wonder if he's seeing a decline in revenue?

@mastermaq I'd love to see some data on his numbers. In his heyday I'm sure he was #1 for numbers & revenue. Shows a big demographic shift.

@mastermaq What do you think of this? http://www.inews880.com/news/edmonton/story.aspx?ID=1942511 "The talk show landscape is changing" Is this be a good topic for the podcast?

RT @stats_canada: Bieber Fever costs each Canadian taxpayer $1700 in annual healthcare expenses

@evankirby ha ha. No. Hadn't thought about that!

@amcwilliam @petevangenne @stewmcwill ha ha ha. So awesome.

Love this kid. RT @stuffmartysaid: "Dad let me help you imagine something awesome: it's raining sandwiches AND pancakes."

@petevangenne so awesome.

@petevangenne ha ha ha. That's awesome. (Who's Marshall Brown?) I love this.

@petevangenne what??? How do they know about it? ( you mean @stuffmartysaid? )

@kdnewton you're welcome! We enjoyed having you over.

@kylefox Wave has a personal finance side. http://waveapps.com

@stewmcwill proud of you man!

Love hearing about people getting value from @productpeopletv: @claytoncorreia mentions our @evanish interview here http://claytoncorreia.com/blog/two-things-every-product-person-should-do-before-starting-work-on-a-new-feature

Would love to see @cnagele speak at @baconbizconf. His SuperConf talks is one of my favorites: http://justinjackson.ca/chris-nagele/

@joestump what's a good model to use? Have you seen http://startingandsustaining.com/?

@einarvollset Are you using ConvertKit for your iOS Master Class sign-up page?

Look who we had walk through our front yard!

@ttimsmith you're going to need to fix that if you're ever going to immigrate to Canada. ;)

@ttimsmith *a* beer?

@joestump so you start charging and set baseline goal for # of customers to be profitable? Is there a magic time period: 1 year? 6 months?

@joestump joe, how do you estimate scale? When you're starting out its difficult to guess # of customers you'll attract @amyhoy

@amyhoy ... of product people is that they're sharing their revenue numbers + sharing their stories + good theory.

@amyhoy a lack of quality information + bad (fluke) role models played into that in the past. What's exciting about this new gen of...

The biggest business externality: the amount of employee productivity that can be attributed to coffee.

@amyhoy I think because sensible choices aren't always "easy", fun or desirable. Also: we don't think about "the math" (30x500 vs 10x1500)

@amyhoy it struck me most with his story about his iOS app. Most people build a $0.99 app. He chose a market that supported a $200 app.

@amyhoy ;) I've been thinking about this a lot since interviewing @nathanbarry - he's consistently made good choices. A big part of success.

@Malarkey do you apply the same thinking to your business? (ie don't finance computer purchases, etc)

@bakkahfei yes! We should definitely try to have @sivers on the show.

@Malarkey it's great! Did you have to do an initial push to pay off existing debt? (I'm assuming you still have a mortgage)

@Malarkey wow. Has it always been this way? Or is this a recent push?

Coffee rainy day https://vine.co/v/bUTKmBlKTED

@bakkahfei me too ;) Part 2 is coming on Wednesday!

@ttimsmith you're welcome. Voted on it on DN as well.

Hey, my buddy @ttimsmith is: a super nice guy, and a great designer. He's available to be hired by the right company: http://timothybsmith.com/articles/designer-seeking-great-company

@AgileStyleInc the title of this movie is "Escape from the suburbs" cc @paper_leaf

@JimGaffigan Jack's delivery is perfect http://youtu.be/zOQ7uxoUyg0?t=29s

@kdnewton for you: http://www.dorkly.com/comic/51536/how-buying-videogames-is-different-from-buying-everything-else

@kylefox welcome to the club. ;)

@ttimsmith Are you freelancing right now? I'm wondering if something like this would be helpful for you: https://news.layervault.com/stories/3252-get-a-signature-and-get-paid-with-stripe-in-one-step

I think @inkdit could be especially helpful when used in conjunction with @malarkey's Contract Killer: https://inkdit.com/blog/2013/04/get-a-signature-and-get-paid-with-our-stripe-add-on/

Hey #makesomethingyeg, check out @inkdit's story on HN "Get a signature and get paid with Stripe" http://news.ycombinator.com/newest

@RafaelCorrales what makes a "high quality" startup? Potential market size? Potential revenue? Quality of team? Quality of tech?

@stevetsuida hmmmm. You could be on to something.

@AlyssaAFox I'm crying tears of jealousy right now. #tearsofjealousy

@joestump smart man.

"The public, not the polluting businesses, picks up the tab" http://buff.ly/17tC60E

@danbenjamin @hotdogsladies @jsnell ... Adventure Time and OSX shortcuts?

@kdnewton yes! That last 10% is the hardest.

RT @codefortravel: @kadavy Product People has been my favorite lately. @productpeopletv

Somebody you know on Twitter may just be dancing in his office to bad Lady Gaga remixes.

"I assumed that the problem they were trying to solve was: getting a new website. But it’s not." http://buff.ly/11ksuUg

@chadtomkiss thanks!

Pretty doesn't sell http://wp.me/p1366z-cT

@amcwilliam yeahhhhhhhhhhhjj @stewmcwill!!!!!! Amazing!

Daft Punk Is the Apple of Dance Music http://buff.ly/1748GIm

@carlhancock check out Wing$ and Same Love. That whole album is brilliant. Perfect mix of fun shit + serious shit.

@carlhancock yeah, they've got some great serious stuff.

RT @unsalted: I was kindly interviewed for the @productpeopletv podcast, talking about Litmus and how we got started: http://wp.me/p2XAqS-2c

@TimFletcher Envato! (Ha ha, a lot of people can't get that theme out of their head)

@brennandunn whoa! Fighting words. I like this.

Is there a day of the week where you need a new podcast? What shows get published on Tuesdays?

@StephenKiers whoa dude. I think you just auto-published 10 tumblr posts in a row.

@bakkahfei Hmmm. I think @kylefox wins this round. That's a BIG photo…. size matters?

.@kylefox and I compete. He put one big image of himself on his About page http://kylefox.ca/about/ so I put 13 on mine http://justinjackson.ca/about/

@bikemech_ca did you see this? http://www.vernon.ca/images/uploads/hr/grant_worker_bike_to_work_asst_coord_p.pdf

@Aaron_Morton @danbenjamin mine's @productpeopletv ;)

@ryanjanvier gotta keep 'em separated.

@ttimsmith whoa. Speech Pad looks good too. I wonder how fast / how good the quality is.

@ttimsmith I've used Casting Words https://castingwords.com (@patio11 gave me the tip, and they've been great)

@bikemech_ca check out this bike! http://www.canadiandesignresource.ca/officialgallery/transportation/37789/

THIS is brilliant software marketing: http://grumpygamer.com/5777333 (be sure to read the comments)

@desk New apps look great! You have a typo here.

.@michaelbridge can sketch out UI in ASCII like you wouldn't believe.

RT @productpeopletv: Join our email list to hear us gossip a bit about @robwalling @SachaGreif @nathanbarry @saddington (in a good way) ...

@LukeInSpace ha ha. You are committed! Voted!

@bikemech_ca Yup! We'll be there at 12:15.

@mattamyers whoops. Ha ha. Geez.

The best thing Yahoo ever did for me was give me this lunch kit at a conference. #useiteveryday

@bikemech_ca gettin gold?

As we age, we misplace things. Now imagine there are "little people" actively moving and hiding your stuff. That's called parenthood.

@kylefox "hey, sorry I was on vacation, but lemme jump in here and say: I think it should be blue."

@kylefox party line! Throw a couple of animated GIFs in there. It'll feel gooooood.

@kylefox mine?

@chaseclemons @adamstac Enjoyed the show guys!

@marcoarment hmm. I always want to know how different providers define a "download." For @productpeopletv each provider had a different defn