Michael Tamblyn

I work at Kobo. I'm a dad, reader, tool-maker, cook, bookseller, crossfit-er, start-upper, MBA-in-recovery, presentation jockey, ace dishwasher.

Send me messages: michaeltamblyn at gmail dot com

Posts

November 04, 10:45 AM

Thank you, Internets, thank you. Just what I needed.

(Courtesy of @jkottke. He says it best:

"Dancing skills + sword fighting skills + old lady sitting motionless in a chair skills + huge boom box skills + dog almost gets beheaded skills + it gets magical around 52 seconds ="

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October 29, 07:52 PM

Vox gets its first try in the kitchen and passes with flying colours. Totally flour- and butter-proof.

 

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October 14, 05:26 AM

IMG_4017.MOV Watch on Posterous

The big finish. (and we're still all back on the floor this AM!)

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October 14, 05:23 AM

If you were there, thank you so much for coming. It was amazing to have our friends and supporters there for such a fantastic night. We had a lot to celebrate - our new partnership with FNAC for France, our equally new partnership with WH Smith in the UK, happy publishers, a killer team. If you weren't there, I guarantee whatever party you were at paled by comparison. And probably didn't have sweat-drenched dancing. (thanks to Cam and Nina - you should go into business! And stephen, the doorman who never failed.)

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September 16, 10:48 AM

My favourite time of year in NYC.

 

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September 02, 03:58 PM

At Kobo, we hear a lot of 

"[Amazon/Apple/B&N/Google] is [ten/twenty/a hundred] times bigger than Kobo. How can you possibly [compete/survive/look at yourselves in the mirror]?" And we've always kind of believed that bigger doesn't mean smarter, it just means bigger. Anyway, I stumbled across a quote in WSJ today that summed it up perfectly.

"Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it." -- Steve Jobs, Fortune, Nov. 9, 1998

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/11/09/250834/index.htm
via
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/08/24/steve-jobss-best-quotes/

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April 19, 12:59 PM

Try it out here: http://www.earslap.com/projectslab/otomata

And here's a quick video to show you how it works.

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February 28, 12:03 PM

A pretty seamless move. Wireless up, coffee machines functional, desks assembled. Really, what else do you need?

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Michael Tamblyn
EVP Content, Sales & Merchandising
Kobo
p: 416-977-8737 x3346
m: 416-409-5925

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February 25, 04:21 PM

We outgrew our space in 9 months. After months of interns chafing about our "Sharing Means Caring" two-to-a-desk policy, we're movin' on up. Onward to Liberty Village!

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January 30, 07:43 PM

An incredible day of skiing. Blue blue sky and mountains all around.

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Michael Tamblyn
EVP Content, Sales & Merchandising
Kobo
p: 416-977-8737 x3346
m: 416-409-5925

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January 08, 09:26 AM

How could I possibly have missed this? Fantastic. Imagine "Smells Like Teen Spirit" if they'd hired Bob Fosse to direct...

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November 29, 06:59 PM

The Sheraton Taipei includes an introductory brochure on fruit. I had no idea that Taiwan was known as "Kingdom of Fruit", but it's true! Includes tasting notes.

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November 19, 04:46 PM

Mid-way through a busy day in the Valley. Fear the burger-coma that follows.

 

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October 03, 02:19 PM

Family will not starve in the harsh Canadian autumn. Or get thinner, for that matter.

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October 02, 07:42 AM

Thanks @presentationzen!

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August 29, 12:02 AM

Kitchen destroyed in the reno, no stove, no counters, no problem. Annual late-night kick-out-the-jams goes on regardless, backyard al fresco! A BBQ, the halogens from my beloved's studio, the Coleman stove, 8kg of sugar and a beautiful end-of-summer night, with an extra helping of chiaroscuro to make berries look extra excellent.

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Profile

EVP Content, Sales & Merchandising at Kobo Inc.
Information Technology and Services | Toronto, Canada Area, CA

Experience

  • Dec 2009 - Present
    EVP Content, Sales & Merchandising / Kobo Inc.
  • Sept 2009 - Present
    Board Member / House of Anansi Press
  • Jan 2008 - Present
    Adjunct Professor / Simon Fraser University
  • Jun 2007 - Present
    Director / Book Industry Study Group
  • Jul 2009 - Dec 2009
    VP Content, Sales & Merchandising - Shortcovers / Indigo
  • 2003 - Jun 2009
    CEO / BookNet Canada
  • 2002 - 2003
    Consultant / Bell GlobeMedia Interactive
  • 2000 - 2002
    Director, Product Management / CompanyDNA
  • 1998 - 2000
    Vice President, Online Operations / Indigo Books & Music
  • 1995 - 1998
    Co-founder / Bookshelf.ca

Education

  • 2007 - 2008
    The University of Western Ontario - Richard Ivey School of Business
  • 1990 - 1994
    Wilfrid Laurier University
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