When we started building Gander — from scratch — last summer, we thought quite a bit about how to involve community in what we were doing. We invited people to co-design sessions, distributed surveys, and pummelled our advisors for insight into how we could build and test better social media. A few things became clear […]

It’s Canada Day, and Canada is made up almost entirely of “come from aways”. One of my favourite of those is our COO, Jennifer Mitchell. So let’s talk about her. In the very earliest days of Gander, I knew I had a problem: we had no COO. For those of you that know me, you’ll […]

I’ve been delinquent in these posts the last couple of days while in the madness of Toronto Tech Week–which would have been far more insane if it weren’t for Alison Pearce. So let’s talk about her. In the days after we launched the Gander website, I received a VERY enthusiastic message from a woman who […]

I swore I would get through at least two pieces of thanks for Gander Gratitude Week per day, so despite it being 8pm, I’m doing it. Let’s talk about Peter Dinsdale for a moment. About six weeks ago, we started the hunt for people who could help us navigate community impact in Canada. There are […]

To kick off Day 2 of Gander Gratitude Week, I’d like to talk about Melody Lumen, our Lead Software Engineer. Shortly after we launched the Gander Social website, I received an email from one of the very first people to sign up for our Early Access Program. I try to read each and every email […]