i solve problems, create software, and do what I can to improve society you can follow my daily thoughts and links I find interesting on Twitter @mhp>Tumblr (3.0; @markpavlidis)http://mark.pavlidis.org/<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzd56bI3hd1qap7v0o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Scotch Monday mood lighting @TTSSpeakEasy w/ @mhp @heylolo</p>http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17589487745http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17589487745Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:18:10 -0500flixel<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcoobx9hp1qap7v0o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17567200712http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17567200712Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:21:46 -0500flixel<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz9nswmI6K1qap7v0o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>That’s a drum solo</p>http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17474494715http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17474494715Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:10:08 -0500flixel<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz9fdlDGcO1qap7v0o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>@kosinception @mhp @lestermaclean</p>http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17465165082http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17465165082Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:08:09 -0500flixel<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz9avvzWR21qap7v0o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>#flixel @lestermclean</p>http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17459906422http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17459906422Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:31:06 -0500flixel<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz991vlWed1qap7v0o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>#flixel @lestermclean</p>http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17457830190http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17457830190Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:51:31 -0500flixel<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz81i0RykL1qap7v0o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Log fire #flixel</p>http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17418011997http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17418011997Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:10:47 -0500flixel<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz7lm5ZYbE1qap7v0o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>#artcrawl @seagrams #flixel</p>http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17405838175http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17405838175Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:27:40 -0500flixel<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz7lknx5t81qap7v0o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>#flixel #smile @dalemugford</p>http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17405803603http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17405803603Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:26:47 -0500flixel<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz7hl2zlSQ1qap7v0o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>The itch</p>http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17401206500http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17401206500Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:00:38 -0500flixel<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz7ai8fVCy1qap7v0o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>#loveAheart</p>http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17392867805http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/17392867805Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:27:44 -0500flixel<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lysq1gszwf1qap7v0o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Waitin’ for you…</p>http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/16954820949http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/16954820949Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:39:15 -0500flixel<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lysq0l1kOw1qap7v0o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Waitin’ for you…</p>http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/16954790002http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/16954790002Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:38:44 -0500flixel<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyso1hZUJD1qap7v0o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>B&W is my favorite</p>http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/16952101986http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/16952101986Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:56:04 -0500flixel<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lysi7urUGx1qap7v0o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>TV’s</p>http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/16944374878http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/16944374878Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:50:18 -0500flixel<p>In Toronto the occupy movement lasted six weeks and cost the city $714,000 (source http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20111223/occupy-toronto-costs-city-111223/20111223/?hub=TorontoNewHome)</p> <p>Now imaging those hundred or so people did something productive instead of destroying a beautiful city park, decreasing visits to area businesses (except for the occupiers that would spend time at Starbucks to warm up and use the facilities while sipping on lattes… seriously).</p> <p>How many homes for Habitat for Humanity could they have built?</p> <p>How many meals for the homeless and truly needy could have been prepared?</p> <p>If you want to create change you don’t do it by sitting there doing nothing but talking in circle about what your issues are (not one of the occupy camps had a clear message). </p>http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/14699432652http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/14699432652Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:56:57 -0500occupyfuckingdosomething<p>The massive (in price and implications) news that Ratuken is acquiring Kobo (<a href="http://blog.kobobooks.com/rakuten-to-acquire-kobo/">http://blog.kobobooks.com/rakuten-to-acquire-kobo/</a>) left me a little dumbfounded to understand the deal. (Disclaimer: I was contracted by Indigo to build the iOS ebook reader prior to the Kobo spinoff)</p> <p>One the price, $315M means about a 6x return for investors of the last round just a handful of months ago. Yes the industry is growing faster than even those that created it expected, but it’s still a business struggling to turn profits. So why sell? Well the price is huge and present value is likely far less. An offer you couldn’t refuse, if you will. </p> <p>What I got stuck on is how that was a good deal for Indigo? It owns 51.4% of Kobo and at the time of the announcement its take from the deal would have been about its market cap at close that day. But why sell the chicken before it starts laying eggs that is supposed to replace the now terminal cash cow (pbooks)? Indigo doesn’t need the cash (LT debt/equity is a paltry 0.76). Sure there will be a close relationship with Kobo under the new ownership, but there is no way it could be more profitable. </p> <p>My theory it is part of a bigger plan that is going to see Indigo also exit. “But wait!” you say, “who in Canada would buy it?” That’s where it gets interesting. The Harper Government(tm) acting as the Canadian goverment is in the process of writing many laws, including copyright (Bill C 32) that currently limits foreign companies into the retail book market. With that changed, enter Amazon et.al. up into Canadian markets in a big way. Indigo is well managed, Heather knows what’s coming so why not cash out when the opportunity is there instead of suffering a slow decline?</p> <p>After the Kobo announcement Indigo’s stock spiked upto 50% at one point, but has since settled to about book value. What premium do you think it will fetch?</p>http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/12695906438http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/12695906438Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:10:19 -0500<p>There have been several issues on mobile, startups, politics, and life that I’ve wanted to discuss that are too limited by 140 characters.</p>http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/11101676578http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/11101676578Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:19:09 -0400<a href="http://blog.taskave.com/post/2882975881">Task Ave: We Care #1 - Saving Your Battery</a>: <p><a href="http://blog.taskave.com/post/2882975881" class="tumblr_blog">taskave</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>There have been several comments and questions on the App Store, the Twitters, and via email concerning the use of GPS and its effects on the battery life of your device. Let’s answer those questions and clear up some misconceptions. We’ll start with what you need to know, then get into the…</p></blockquote>http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/3376052764http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/3376052764Sat, 19 Feb 2011 00:00:05 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lel1awJnp41qap7v0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Modern art math</p>http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/2618432389http://mark.pavlidis.org/post/2618432389Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:49:44 -0500