It’s time for the Friday wrap-up, and Antti Vilpponen and I are in Tallinn for the Latitude59 conference. Antti got a chance to speak to Urmas Purde from Pipedrive (above) and the whole event has been interesting and inspiring. Expect a followup on Monday. As always, we’ve got more news, jobs, and events for you to attend. Quick plug: Be sure to come to ArcticEvening Helsinki on the 14th!
News
Tripbirds is apparently pivoting. They’re shutting down the site and relaunching in a couple weeks. ArcticStartup will have you covered with whatever they come up with.
ZeroTurnaround released a Developer Productivity Report of what developers use and what keeps them happy. It’s really well put together, so check it out.
Juho Malmberg joins Zen Robotics as CEO.
There’s a good guest post on the Flattr blog about Apple’s anticompetitive behavior regarding Flattr.
Interesting motorcycle project on the GrabCad blog.
Events
Again, seriously we have a ton of events going on in the region. Check them all out. Here are a couple:
Most importantly is ArcticEvening Helsinki on the 14th of June. Free beer and an interesting discussion!
Tonight in Helsinki: Aaltoes Build it.
12th in Helsinki: StartSmart Demo Pitching
14th in Tallinn: Geek Out!
14th in Helsinki: Aalto talk with Linus Torvalds
15th in Trondheim: StartupWeekend Trondheim
21st in Oslo: StartupSummer at Mesh
Jobs
We’ve got a lot of new Helsink-based jobs this week from Nextdays, Tinkercad, LiveMusicStage.com, Kiosked, and Alekstra. Check them all out on our jobs board, or post your own for free.
