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If we focus on only the urgent problems of today, we'll miss the solutions for tomorrow (Lazaridis) #4Front - so true! 9:40 AM May 25th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
RIM cofounder, Lazaridis taking stage at #4Front says his 1st visit to #Halifax & heard best blackberry joke here!! 9:18 AM May 25th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
@SpiderVideo back at ya from the front! 6:30 AM May 25th via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to SpiderVideo
The new normal on raising capital? There is none. #4Front #VC 6:30 AM May 25th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Good insights at #4Front from Marie-Lucie Morin of @WorldBank on going global. 6:07 AM May 25th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Peter Mansbridge takes the stage, cool dude! #4Front @CBCNews 5:17 AM May 25th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
@halifaxdave agree! And need to celebrate as a country, not just regions #4Front 5:15 AM May 25th via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to halifaxdave
Great preso by GE Canada CEO, Alyse Allan on #innovation at #4Front this AM. Good insights! 5:14 AM May 25th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
The world will add 300Million new consumers in nxt 15 yrs; mostly in emerging markets! Crikey! #4Front 4:37 AM May 25th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
We will need to extract 70Billion tonnes of materials to reach global product demand in nxt 20yrs #4Front 4:36 AM May 25th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Vibrant energy at #4Front this morning; regions biz leaders all on hand! 4:13 AM May 25th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Our RCNavy lads coming home from a tour! Nice to see! yfrog.com/o070fthj 11:11 AM May 24th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Turn the light out say goodnight, no thinking for a little while, lets not try to figure out everything at once 7:02 PM May 23rd via HootSuite
So cool to see RCMP guarding the Queen today...& first time ever a woman on guard. Nice. Go #Canada 6:49 PM May 23rd via HootSuite
RT @extremekinger: The worlds only lobster trap web cam and one polite lobster... bit.ly/LrpdJ4 6:17 PM May 23rd via HootSuite
RT @statedept: Live now! Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon delivers remarks at @BrookingsInst conference on #Europe. goo.gl/kIfLi 10:54 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
Google finishes its buy of Motorola mobile for $13B: ow.ly/b6aAx 7:36 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
RT @pbsidealab: The best stories across the web on media and technology. Daily Must Reads bit.ly/JpEong 6:27 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
@stephanielummis Heh...so true! 6:25 AM May 23rd via HootSuite in reply to stephanielummis
Seems to me the issues of 1) eyeballs on websites and 2) content is king have been harped on since 1996. Still no answers. 7:48 PM May 22nd via HootSuite

Name Giles Crouch
Location Halifax, NS, Canada
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Bio CEO of MediaBadger a digital media intelligence firm, British ex-pat, explorer of the globe, fascinated with our increasingly complex world. Data junkie.