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James Costa

@jamescosta

Product @wrapbook. Formerly @joinleague @twg @phuseca @SpaceAppsTO. Co-founder @thepositivegear. Director @trekforteens.

 Toronto, ON
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Joined December 2007
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First day of kindergarten for our youngest, first day of high school for our eldest! It’s a big day in the house, and I thought I’d share a few of my favourite quotes.
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“I’m going to give the teacher this apple and then say I am NOT going to your school!”
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And they’re off! 🎉
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Fun fact: some people have an internal narrative and some don't As in, some people's thoughts are like sentences they "hear", and some people just have abstract non-verbal thoughts, and have to consciously verbalize them And most people aren't aware of the other type of person
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Ankita Jain@Ankita202006 Mar 2022
Little girl singing "Let it go" in a shelter #UkraineRussianWar #Ukraine #UkraineUnderAttack
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Work with this incredible human! 👇
Kristen Mehendale Spencer (@_kristenspencer) profile pictureKristen Mehendale Spencer@_kristenspencer15 Jan 2022
I am hiring! A lot! Right now! And so is everyone else in tech. So why might you want to consider working with me at @JoinLeague? (More info + links to jobs in thread)
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Are we REALLY aligned, though?
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What the hell is this garbage? @JohnTory @TorontoPolice – at Toronto, Ontario
Paul Taylor (@PaulTaylorTO) profile picturePaul Taylor@PaulTaylorTO21 Jul 2021
If we don't stand up and speak out against this, we participate in normalizing it. This is not normal!
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invader zim@f8the26 Jun 2021
i hope the babies i was born wit at the hospital doing good
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If everything is an MVP, is anything an MVP? Similarly, if all you ever build is MVPs, what does that say about your product? – at Toronto, Ontario
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🙊! – at Toronto, Ontario
BetaKit (@BetaKit) profile pictureBetaKit
@BetaKit16 Feb 2021
TWG has been acquired by Deloitte Digital, the creative consultancy arm of multinational accounting firm Deloitte. betakit.com/twg-acquired-by-…
TWG acquired by Deloitte | BetaKit

TWG acquired by Deloitte | BetaKit

Toronto-based product development consultancy TWG has been acquired by Deloitte Digital, the creative digital consultancy of Deloitte, BetaKit has learned.

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Julie Zhuo
@joulee14 Dec 2020
Do you ever get called upon to give design or product feedback? A guide below 👇
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Does anyone else just kick back, pop a bag of chips, and stream the Peleton app to their TV and watch? – at Toronto, Ontario
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Alright y’all, who’s ready for all the “2020 was so yesterday” jokes? 😅 – at Toronto, Ontario
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“So, how do we make optimal peanut butter and banana sandwiches? It’s really quite simple. You take a picture of your banana and bread, pass the image through a deep learning model to locate said items, do some nonlinear curve fitting to the banana...” 😂 ethanrosenthal.com/2020/08/2…

Optimal Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches | Ethan Rosenthal

I was personally useless for most of the Spring of 2020. There was a period of time, though, after the peak in coronavirus cases here in NYC and before the onslaught of police violence here in NYC...

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Why did I read the Facebook comments. – at Toronto, Ontario
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Des Traynor
@destraynor15 Jul 2019
This is a great, albeit slightly morbid, article talking about things like: * The difference between fluid and crystallised intelligence * The 3 stages of like according to ancient Hindu teachings * How to plan for a happier career in your later years. theatlantic.com/magazine/arc… – at Fingal, Ireland
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👇👇👇 – at Toronto, Ontario
Kristen Mehendale Spencer (@_kristenspencer) profile pictureKristen Mehendale Spencer@_kristenspencer21 Aug 2020
👋 Job alert! I’m looking for a web developer with in e-commerce experience to join my team! I love working @twg and I’m happy to talk anyone through the interview process and what the day to day will be like. My DMs are open / please RT for reach!grnh.se/04f02f9e1us
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“People in our industry think they stopped doing waterfall and switched to agile. In reality they just switched to high-frequency waterfall.” — @rjs m.signalvnoise.com/running-i…
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