• Songs of the Year - Best of 07: Number 5

    I’ve moved a lot over the past 5 years. 7 times. There’s something about the first night in a new place. Anticipated excitement. The thrill of daydreaming about what the place can look like.
    There’s always a tradition I follow that first night: plug in receiver, hook up speakers, and listen to the song of […]

  • Songs of the Year - Best of 07: Number 6

    The lethargic pace with which I’m working through this list has little to do with the minimal attention I’ve given this site. It has everything to do with public taste catching up to my eclectic ear.
    Kidding, of course.
    Although, I do continue to believe there will be a day when the world understands the brilliance […]

  • Incentives

    Remember when this blog was relevant? Me either.
    I do remember when it was fun. And alive. What happened? Life. Sadly the asset that was DisruptiveThoughts has slowly eroded. Gone. I want to invest into it - to build it up while enjoying a hectic life.
    What to do?
    Follow the advice a Nobel Laureate gives to […]

  • Links of the Moment

    Here are some recent posts that are excellent reads.
    1) Influentials On The Web Are People With The Power To Link. With keen interest I’ve been reading the content that has erupted around Clive Thompson’s latest article in Fast Company. I’m not convinced that Watts’ theory is mutually exclusive from Gladwell’s.
    2)  The Big Lie About […]

  • Songs of the Year - Best of 07: Number 7

    Forever this song will be linked to some memorable runs through Westdale in early fall. Classes were starting at McMaster and the village was alive with frosh week action supported by the warm Indian summer.
    Gotta Get Myself Into It by The Rapture is my 7th favorite song of 2007. If you’ve been following the […]

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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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