I watched a few French films on the flights home yesterday. One of them was L’histoire de Souleymane, which I really enjoyed and was apparently very well received at the Cannes Film Festival last year. The story follows Souleymane, who is a food delivery cyclist and asylum seeker in Paris. And it takes place over a two-day period leading up to an interview that will determine whether he is granted permanent residency in France or whether he will be forced to return to Guinea. I won’t give away the movie, but he goes through a lot while he’s illegally working in Paris and preparing for this interview. And, there’s a plot twist. I also found it interesting to watch Paris through this lens. Paris is a city with many facets, and not all of them look like Emily in Paris. Maybe none of them really do.

We've spoken about Vitalik Buterin before.

He is the inventor of the Ethereum blockchain, and its most prominent figure. He also happens to have grown up in Toronto. He went to the University of Waterloo. So when I wrote this post back in 2021, I asked: Why the hell is nobody talking about this? Why are we not celebrating the fact that our great city helped birth one of the most important technologies of our time? You couldn't ask for a better economic development story. Well, I guess the answer is twofold. Crypto isn't mainstream. Even back in 2021 when things were frothy it wasn't. And, we're awful at promoting and driving a global brand for our city. Both of these things need to change. So if you're interested in learning more about Vitalik and Ethereum, you should check out this new movie (trailer) called Vitalik: An Ethereum Story. To watch it, go to

I watched a few French films on the flights home yesterday. One of them was L’histoire de Souleymane, which I really enjoyed and was apparently very well received at the Cannes Film Festival last year. The story follows Souleymane, who is a food delivery cyclist and asylum seeker in Paris. And it takes place over a two-day period leading up to an interview that will determine whether he is granted permanent residency in France or whether he will be forced to return to Guinea. I won’t give away the movie, but he goes through a lot while he’s illegally working in Paris and preparing for this interview. And, there’s a plot twist. I also found it interesting to watch Paris through this lens. Paris is a city with many facets, and not all of them look like Emily in Paris. Maybe none of them really do.

We've spoken about Vitalik Buterin before.

He is the inventor of the Ethereum blockchain, and its most prominent figure. He also happens to have grown up in Toronto. He went to the University of Waterloo. So when I wrote this post back in 2021, I asked: Why the hell is nobody talking about this? Why are we not celebrating the fact that our great city helped birth one of the most important technologies of our time? You couldn't ask for a better economic development story. Well, I guess the answer is twofold. Crypto isn't mainstream. Even back in 2021 when things were frothy it wasn't. And, we're awful at promoting and driving a global brand for our city. Both of these things need to change. So if you're interested in learning more about Vitalik and Ethereum, you should check out this new movie (trailer) called Vitalik: An Ethereum Story. To watch it, go to