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Thanks to George Stocker for sending this my way!
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Shopify Makes Fast Company’s “50 Most Innovative Companies” List
We’re in good company: along with Amazon, Square and Patagonia, Shopify made Fast Company’s “World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies” list in the “Retail” category. Here’s what they wrote:
For democratizing and automating ecommerce tools. Shopify offers pre-made templates that allow people to quickly and easily set up an online store without needing to know how to code a website. Shopify creates tools and templates to power online storefronts. (Notable clients include Rovio, Angry Birds’ parent company, and GE.) Shopify has grown to almost 20,000 storefronts in 88 countries, which did a combined $275 million in online sales, up from $120 million in 2010. Up next: Making it as easy to buy sell to mobile customers.
Join Us, It’s Bliss!
If making the Fast Company list doesn’t impress you, maybe my earlier article about why Shopify’s a great place to work will. From the company’s success to interesting projects to the way we get stuff done to the cool gear that’s standard issue for Shopify employees (see the photo above; you get to pick between a MacBook Pro and MacBook Air these days), there are reasons aplenty to hitch your wagon to Shopify’s star.
We’re looking to fill these positions right now:
Software Engineer, Applications
Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaShopify is looking to hire a Software Engineer for our growing Applications Team. The Applications Team is responsible for building supported Shopify Applications for the Shopify App Store as well as 3rd party applications. If you are interested in working on challenging Ruby on Rails projects with a team of highly motivated and talented individuals then this position is for you.
Software Engineer, Billing
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Shopify is looking to hire a Software Engineer to maintain and extend our sophisticated SaaS billing platform servicing over 20,000 merchants. The Shopify billing system is a core piece of infrastructure that handles millions of dollars of financial transactions. If you are interested in working on challenging Ruby projects with a team of highly motivated and talented individuals then this position is for you.
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Valentine’s Day Retro Karaoke
This one’s a Valentine’s gift for my older readers: karaoke versions of love-themed (or lust-themed) hits from my misspent youth!
If you’re in the Toronto area and looking for something to do tonight, Jason Rolland’s hosting a Hard Luck Tuesday Anti-Valentine’s Karaoke night, in which love songs are completely banned. It’s at the Hard Luck Bar tonight (772 Dundas West, 2 blocks west of Bathurst) at 10:00 p.m.. I’d go, but I’m otherwise occupied – I just want to show some support for Jason!
Just Like Heaven (The Cure)
As a matter of fact, I happen to know “that trick”.
Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics)
I love those laserdic karaoke videos where they add footage that matches the song lyrics but is too cheesy for words or doesn’t really match the song at all. Here’s an example of the latter.
There is a Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths)
This song will always remind me of drinking Jack-and-cokes with cute mopeygoth girls at Montreal’s Thunderdome club during “Kill McGill” when I was in grade 14. (As you might expect, it’s a long story.)
Somebody to Love (Queen)
Gotta get some classic rock in there!
Enjoy the Silence (Depeche Mode)
Only Depeche Mode can say “Shu’cho mouf, baby” in a really romantic way.
Punk Rock Girl (Dead Milkmen)
Okay, this isn’t a karaoke version, but the album version with lyrics on the video. Still, it’s one of my faves from that era.
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If the Golden Girls and Sailor Moon Valentine’s cards I posted earlier don’t do it for you, how ’bout these ones featuring the characters from Community?
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What People Think Entrepreneurs Do
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Funny because it’s true.
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Kids Today…
…have no idea who Paul McCartney is. Yes, his post-Wings stuff has been pretty dreadful, but I think it’s reasonable to expect to at least have a vague idea of who the Beatles are if you’re to be considered functional in First World popular culture.
(And really kids, if you can tweet your ignorance, you can fix it with a quick search.)
On the other hand, not knowing who Bon Iver are (they’re the indie rock band who won Best New Artist at the Grammys) is perfectly forgivable:
“Bonny Bear” – love it!
I have both albums and they’re just okay as background music. The odds are pretty good that five years from now, even the most hardcore fixie-riding hipsters will be asking “Who wereBon Iver?”