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  • Soundtrack From Undergrad - Sunny Day Real Estate

    From joining Dave Grohl in Foo Fighters to helping with various Dashboard Confessional tracks, the individuals who made up Sunny Day Real Estate continue to have a real impact on music.
    Here’s one of my favourite tracks, from the album How It Feels To Be On Something, Pillars.
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  • Music of the Moment - Undisputed Truth

    True story: a few years ago one of my favourite artists comes to town and plays a tiny club in Toronto. It’s packed. It’s hot. It was a memorable concert.
    Funny thing though - the opening act stole the show.
    That was my introduction to Brother Ali.

  • Choice. Too Much A Negative Thing? (A Book Review).

    I’m a self described life long learner. It’s simply that I’m just too curious to not always be learning.
    Since November, inspired by thoughts that stemmed from these posts, I’ve been interested in choice, and, more specifically, how it relates to product design and development.
    Reading Nate’s experiences with jean shopping reminded me of a book […]

  • Music of the Moment - Cold War Kids

    The Cold War Kids, a group from Long Beach, have been in heavy rotation on my stereo for the past few weeks. While my favourite track on their debut album, Robbers and Cowards, is still Hang Me Up To Dry there are a number of other gems.

  • Music of the Moment - Of Mouse and Smiths

    It’s hard to be a music fan and not appreciate the Smiths. The vocals of Morrissey, the guitar licks of Johnny Marr - the songs and sound of the Smiths continue to influence Britpop as well as my musical tastes.

    So it’s an understatement to say I was excited when I heard that Marr […]

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Hi, I'm Fraser and this is my personal site where I write about the things I'm interested in: start-up strategy, the web, music, and life.

My days are spent commercializing emerging technologies. Currently I'm helping to deliver the promise of semantic web to the consumer market at AdaptiveBlue. Previously I was at Trivaris, a Canadian seed stage investment firm.

I am a co-founder of Innovation Night, a community driven event supporting entrepreneurship in Canadian and US cities.

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