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title: February 7th, 2024

     

       
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date: 2024-02-07, 12:47:34 -08:00

     

       
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link: https://www.eqbank.ca

     

       
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Just heard of another Canadian founder switching to [EQ Bank](https://www.eqbank.ca/) because of their direct partnership with [Wise](https://wise.com).

     

       
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Never mind International business, transfers in Canada of more than $10K are way too hard with the big banks!
     

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title: February 7th, 2024

     

       
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  - Vancouver

     

       
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[20 years of Flickr](https://blog.flickr.net/en/2024/02/02/20-years-of-significant-moments-in-flickrs-development/). And I just happened to tell the story today of the tech meetup I organized in Vancouver 20 years ago. 6 people came, including [Roland Tanglao](http://rolandtanglao.com/), who got us all early access to Flickr.

     

       
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I still have the [blog post from the Vancouver Geek Dinner](https://bmannconsulting.com/archive/2004/02/11/vancouver-geek-dinner-wrap-up/). And some notes on that [early full screen Flash-powered version of Flickr](https://bmannconsulting.com/archive/2004/02/16/flickr-kicks-off-rich-media-arms-race-for-social-networking-apps/). And some sort of [Flickr Buddy Icons](https://bmannconsulting.com/archive/2004/03/09/flickr-buddy-icons-fun/) that _still works 20 years later_.