| Apr 16 |
This is a really great piece from @jessitron . Love the idea of building a camerata and the line "When the world is ready for an idea, it doesn't come to just one person" https://t.co/vM8biQAuIJ
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@can @80000Hours My understanding is there's "EA as an org" (although I'm not sure of ownership etc.) and "EA as a concept/community". For example, from https://t.co/CjhQtYTq0k https://t.co/lYL4KBrsnW
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@can @80000Hours Donate to orgs who promote effective altruism. Effective Altruism being: "Using evidence and analysis to take actions that help others as much as possible."
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| Apr 09 |
@can @80000Hours Effective Altruism is “Using evidence and analysis to take actions that help others as much as possible”. If you take issue with that, as you’re entitled to, a more honest thing to do would be to tweet about why you think it’s not a good approach.
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@can I think you’ve misrepresented Effective Altruism & @80000Hours here - whether intentional or not, by conflating EA as a concept, with 80000 hours, an organisation who practices and promotes Effective Altruism.
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| Apr 07 |
@andreasklinger Things I’m most interested in:
- Team, culture, performance & incentives
- Workflow & tooling
- Product, product strategy, technology strategy and the intersection of each.
Highly technical topics have their place but tend not to be as generalizable across orgs.
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| Apr 07 |
@andreasklinger If you decide to open this up to people outside SF I'd love to get involved - mentorship/advice/discussion on these things is something I find lacking, particularly out here in SEA.
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| Apr 05 |
This is a sentiment many early @WebSummit employees will also appreciate. https://t.co/mdyDrHk85w
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| Apr 05 |
@visakanv I think what I was trying to articulate here is that to do (2) requires a lot more responsibility than (1) - it’s very difficult to get people excited/bought in unless you’re leading from the front
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| Apr 05 |
@visakanv It sounds like for you (like me), number 2 doesn’t come natural. My advice would be to find and team up with people for whom it does. Figuring this out was for me the most significant thing that happened in my career, and has completely removed that tension you spoke about.
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@visakanv 1. Things you would think are pre-requisites of leadership responsibilities: Virtue, ideas worth listening to.
2. Things which are significantly more synonymous: The ability to get followers excited and bought in.
The best leaders have both, but are a dime a dozen.
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| Mar 28 |
@dtuite @airtable We use it a lot & have a custom frontend built using the airrecord gem to interface between tech and non-tech parts of the business. Plan to write about this in future but short on time now so this screenshot might add more context or help in some way, also happy to answer qs https://t.co/l2lIM8SarO
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| Mar 28 |
.@stratechery's cleverly curated new concepts page is awash with wisdom. Read if you’re into:
✅ Mental Models
✅ Tech & Society
✅ Incentive Systems
✅ Business Strategy
✅ Product Strategy
https://t.co/BOjsNqrZe7
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| Feb 28 |
@apotonick Have been using https://t.co/h5gZ5rE6LB for years and find them great. Intuitive UI, great support
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| Feb 27 |
@cjquinners @100minds Amazing!!! Great work again! 🙌
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| Feb 04 |
@colmtuite Have always been interested in making tech teams more efficient - design tooling was definitely an area of interest which was piqued by following you guys on here. I'm sure I'm not the only one taking note. Keep up the good work.
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@mkeftz @colmtuite Thanks Michael, super interested in what you guys are doing - let me know when I can give @interplayapp a whirl 😉
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Colm wrote in much more detail about this recently, which is well worth reading. And some related accounts worth following are @colmtuite, @getcompositor , @mrmrs_ , @markdalgleish , @interplayapp https://t.co/GCOdtYPWP9
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| Feb 04 |
I’d also be surprised if bigger players like @adobe and @invisionapp aren’t already quietly working on their own new-generation products in the background.
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To be clear, I don’t believe this new generation of code-generators will kill pixel-manipulators like Sketch, framer, figma etc - In fact I think that market will continue to grow. I think there is room for, and a need for both.
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At @firstcircle our designers are already experimenting with some of these tools and practices, and we intend to blog about our own experience moving further in this direction in the coming months.
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Like any new technology, adopting this tooling in the early days will require high effort with little short-term reward. But in the long term, teams who do will spend less money, produce better output, and have an advantage over teams who don’t.
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| Feb 04 |
In the ideal scenario, building an interface that someone can *use* (minus backend) goes from taking a few weeks to a few hours, and the shortened feedback loops compound to result in a much better stress-tested product in substantially less time.
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| Feb 04 |
In my experience, a big chunk of product design feedback (maybe a majority) comes after an interface is built. Working with images in Invision/Marvel etc. is ok, but the closer someone comes to being able to use the actual product, the more comprehensive the feedback tends to be.
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| Feb 04 |
Design libraries, grid systems, and componentisation are now well understood concepts and relatively standard practice in most decent tech teams. Reactive programming has also obsolesced the need for frontend MVC frameworks. These are the simple abstractions we need.
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| Feb 04 |
Designers and devs will always have distinct roles, but as Colm points out, the current practice whereby they work on separate “products” is a relic of historical necessities, ignoring what’s now possible. It’s starting with the solution, not the problem https://t.co/lyUMGkkd59
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| Feb 04 |
As a result, the typical tech team has traditionally needed high degrees of specialisation to write and maintain what is essentially boilerplate. But as tooling has improved, these specialisations have become less relevant and roles more similar.
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| Feb 04 |
I’ve always been vocal about the extent to which building software is unnecessarily convoluted - we’re using infrastructure & tooling which wasn’t originally intended to deliver what is now expected of it - fast interactive interfaces.
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| Feb 04 |
It’s exciting to watch a small group of people working on an idea which will fundamentally change a discipline, and flying (relatively) under the radar. If you’re involved in building software in any way, I would recommend reading this, from @colmtuite: https://t.co/JjVsdkBoqJ
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| Jan 24 |
Watching @JohnLilic speak this eve, it strikes me that the ratio of addressable market -> receptive government -> smart evangelists in the Philippines positions it pretty well as a country with massive potential for impact from blockchain/crypto tech in the next few years.
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| Jan 21 |
RT @iam_preethi: The best thing you can do for someone is believing in them. It's magical what can happen when you show someone that you be…
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| Jan 20 |
Now that we have reactive front end programming, one of the last missing pieces of cloud software infrastructure is a standard database format which can be natively interpreted by both server and client.
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| Jan 18 |
The abstractions we commonly use are there for many different reasons, but they’re mostly not the best abstractions for the job at hand - building software
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| Jan 18 |
The answer in this case of course isn’t that engineers are making it more complicated (though sometimes it may be) - the answer, as with similar examples, is that very few parts of the system were originally built for what they’re currently used for
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| Jan 18 |
This rings so true when it comes to software building. The system, at it’s core, is about moving data from a database, to an interface, to a user, and back again. I find myself increasingly taking the non-tech-person’s side when they ask “Why is this so hard?” https://t.co/B3xsCtUG31
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| Jan 18 |
@DanielleMorrill Intern + @FrontApp
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| Jan 17 |
@davefromdublin @RevolutApp @airtable @metabase @Bose @SECRID Yeah I think they struck the balance very well. They've also changed how I view a lot of common undesirable experiences, to the point that I no longer find them undesirable. Long walking commutes, intercontinental flights etc. feel way less stressful when you control the noise
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| Jan 17 |
@levelsio @jokowi As well as freezing them, @RevolutApp also lets you set withdrawal limits on cards. Haven't used it myself but worth a look
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| Jan 16 |
Feeling and reason are symbiotic. They inform each other. Feeling comes naturally, reason requires practice, and the best results usually come when they're used in tandem.
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| Jan 12 |
@patphelan @WordPress @donncha Your SSL cert is coming from Squarespace, which means, assuming you're certain you're using Wordpress, your CNAME records are likely misconfigured. You need to update your CNAME record for WWW to point to where the site is hosted, and also ensure there's a valid SSL cert there. https://t.co/lUXcR6YvW7
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| Jan 11 |
My mental model for dealing with unconditional oughts: In programming if you attempt to run a function which requires an argument, without passing an argument, it will fail. Language regrettably doesn’t enforce the same constraints, but not everything we say has meaning.
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| Jan 11 |
@colmtuite Haha it's never too early for a good spirited twitter discussion! Also it's 7:15pm here 😏
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| Jan 11 |
@colmtuite I agree here. My qualm is with semantics rather than epistemology. What Sam labels "moral truths", I label "stuff that causes suffering".
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| Jan 11 |
@colmtuite Interesting and fair point - I'll look out for this in his stuff. Question: What meaning does an *unconditional* ought statement contain if not to convey moral obligation?
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| Jan 11 |
@colmtuite That said, many people I respect on this topic (Pinker, Parfit) disagree with me, so it’s likely I’m wrong. I’d like to think I’m open to changing my view - part of the reason I’m talking about this stuff more on twitter is to have my points critiqued, so thanks for engaging
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| Jan 11 |
@colmtuite This is why I don’t eat meat/fish and why I co-founded a kids charity. I’m just not convinced I, or anyone else, have any *intrinsic* moral obligation to do this. I’m also not sure most altruistic people are altruistic out of obligation. We do it because it’s mutually beneficial
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@colmtuite As a separate point - I don’t disagree that suffering can be quantified, and that we would all live more enjoyable, prosperous lives if we work collaboratively to alleviate each others’ suffering.
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| Jan 11 |
@colmtuite The "but" in your tweet implies that you're disagreeing with my point (Sam is answering a question based on a dubious premise, using that dubious premise to prove his hypothesis), but I'm not sure what you're disagreeing with.
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| Jan 09 |
RT @tonyennis: A more effective cultural approach to increasing charitable giving globally is:
1. Extending the realm of “moral imperative”…
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| Jan 09 |
A more effective cultural approach to increasing charitable giving globally is:
1. Extending the realm of “moral imperative” beyond existing norms: "You have an *obligation* to help."
2. Educating maslow-complete groups on benefits of giving and how to give effectively.
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| Dec 30 |
Better way to word: As cost of storage/processing improves, would it be viable/profitable/economical to package mainframe model for smaller businesses/households/consumers where previously it was enterprises/govts. Similar thing happened with dedicated server -> VPS
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| Dec 30 |
@docligot Agreed. I also think A & B are closely related. Regulation seems necessary because traditional methods of application (paper/manual) are so prone to human error. With infrastructure standardisation this becomes less of an issue. See also @patio11's thread: https://t.co/U6hy1huFOa
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| Dec 29 |
@shaunau Yeah sorry that's what I'm getting at - badly worded. Point is previously both were important, now the former seems significantly less so. And the application part tends to come post study/qualification
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| Dec 29 |
Do I have many followers in other highly skilled fields (law/medicine/engineering/accounting) who think the excessive study/qualification period can be optimised similarly to tech industry? If so is that likely to happen any time soon?
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| Dec 29 |
For example, in the software industry a college degree/qualification is now rarely a hiring pre-requisite. And you can go from 0 knowledge to employable within a year. E.g. @LambdaSchool @GA
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| Dec 29 |
In the past, *possessing detailed knowledge* and *applying that knowledge* were both important for highly skilled labour. But now that information is accessible and processable in real time, knowing that a thing exists is important, but knowing the details seems less so.
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| Dec 29 |
Serious question: When, if ever, will it become possible to enter highly skilled fields outside tech with <1 year of education?
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| Dec 29 |
@colmtuite @Modulz What are you building this in? And when can i try it?
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| Dec 25 |
Programming is one of many skills great programmers need to have. It's rarely enough on its own. https://t.co/iJBI5iLL6b https://t.co/31KB0yuXwJ
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| Dec 25 |
@RevolutApp @airtable @metabase @Bose @SECRID 2017* 😩
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| Dec 24 |
How to build a product that sells itself:
1. Convenience: (Is it always there?)
2. Reliability (Does it always work?)
3. Does it do the basics *really* well?
Products that did this for me in 2018:
@RevolutApp
@airtable
@metabase
@Bose QC35 headphones
@secrid wallet
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| Dec 22 |
Grass roots programs are tricky to scale but can have huge impact on the people and communities they reach. @ChangexHQ are using tech to ease these scaling issues and their year-in-review is heartwarming and makes me proud to have worked with them https://t.co/jtB5NjZACB
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| Dec 16 |
RT @dhh: Patagonia founder talks about the environment here. But it applies just as well to patronizing any other form of corporate abuse w…
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| Dec 03 |
@Noahpinion This seems relevant here. From https://t.co/AmAto6yst0 https://t.co/6iVquxYEFz
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| Nov 30 |
@colmtuite And question is, would this basic knowledge requirement be a high enough barrier to entry to push a decent number of people toward pixel generators like existing tools
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| Nov 30 |
@colmtuite Indeed, and I'd add speed to that list. But as per previous tweet, do you think better design tools will replace the need for creators to know about these things? I agree *detailed* knowledge not required. But it seems *basic* knowledge would be
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| Nov 30 |
@colmtuite Haha this is a very Socratic exchange, we seem to switch position with each tweet. To clarify here - I don't mean designers who write code - just ones who understand how a browser works - rendering elements with layout properties, which can be separated into components
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| Nov 30 |
@colmtuite By "Need" in this context I mean market need - people often buy things they don't actually need. I think creating full fidelity output will always require more detailed knowledge of how browsers work, so the need will come from people who don't have the time/will to learn
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| Nov 30 |
@colmtuite That said, maybe I've been lucky but I've yet to meet a designer without the ability to grasp the front-end concepts which would be required to create full fidelity output, particularly considering how much more intuitive modern browsers have made them.
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| Nov 30 |
@colmtuite There will always be a need for tools that create output that's higher fidelity than pen and paper, but lower than production ready front-end code. It's a real need, particularly at conception phase of a project and on smaller teams
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| Nov 26 |
@Sirupsen wanted to thank you for this: https://t.co/dMtyc9LZ6a . Infinitely useful for building MVPs, much appreciated 🙌
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| Nov 14 |
@JohnONolan @GitBookIO Very similar. Docsify - edit your markdown files in any text editor. Gitbook - edit in gitbook native app. Hackmd - edit in browser (see book mode) https://t.co/yeV8aUMfu1
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| Nov 14 |
@JohnONolan @GitBookIO Hackmd.io is a similar product I've found suits our purposes better. Docsify also works well for self hosted stuff with version control
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| Nov 10 |
@cjquinners @100minds Love this! You mentoring?
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| Nov 08 |
The disciplines of Designing, Programming & Writing have a lot in common.
The best practitioners split their time roughly:
40% human behaviour/cognitive empathy
40% thinking clearly
20% learning tooling & creating output
Realising and emulating this can be game changing
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| Oct 16 |
People with interest in software but no experience building an app, if I made/streamed a video explaining in simple terms, would you watch?
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| Aug 26 |
@RevolutApp the iOS app signed me out and I can't sign back in as there's an old number on the account. How do I get around this? Thanks
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| Aug 02 |
@bentossell @ProductHunt @AngelList 👍 sent
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| Aug 02 |
@bentossell @ProductHunt @AngelList Any plans to travel Southeast Asia direction? What's best email to reach you on?
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| Aug 02 |
Because "Programming" is one activity that programmers do. The other activities map uncannily well to the top 10 things on this list. https://t.co/cyPMJtlRCE
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| Jul 13 |
Snark is one of those almost universal tendencies I don’t think people appreciate the unproductiveness of. Everyone engages, myself included https://t.co/D8OIh1j7Ce
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| Jul 10 |
This is very true. Can anyone point me to good resources on building effective engineering teams, outside increment? https://t.co/HKZSTbAjfs
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| Jul 09 |
@NotionHQ @maccaw great for docs but lack of table of contents w/ quick navigation and table support makes it not great for wiki, yet 😬
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| May 22 |
@colmtuite 👋
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| May 07 |
@shaunau nearly two years. Manila is effectively 15 mini cities, connected by clogged highways. BGC(Taguig) is remarkably comfortable
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| May 07 |
@levelsio @shaunau @JohnONolan that said, if expectation is same as other more developed destinations you will be disappointed
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| May 07 |
@roisinkiberd ooh interesting. I've actually written quite a bit on morality but not yet published. Would be happy to send on if interested
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| May 07 |
Capitalism rewards ego. Currently we idolise ego-driven fame, wealth and social status and ridicule ego-driven philanthropy. Seems silly
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| May 07 |
If ego looks to be involved in any way in an altruistic endeavor, the pitchforks come out
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| May 07 |
This seems related to the modern fallacy that altruism needs to be "pure" https://t.co/iQfVMZEbC1
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| May 06 |
@roisinkiberd Not sure if fiction was a pre-requisite, but this is interesting and non-depressing: https://t.co/5FuXERxvEC
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| May 06 |
TL;DR @twitter @design @jack listen to this guy and do this 🙏https://t.co/4wf117A1ho
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| May 06 |
Bitesizing isn't a new idea. Twitter popularised it but others have built on it. E.g. Medium Series - https://t.co/Cp15Rn1Xd0
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| May 06 |
This educational value mainly goes unnoticed because of the context in which it appears. See also: Youtube videos.
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| Apr 16 |
@deckelly Thanks Dec, much appreciated!
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| Mar 18 |
@RubyConfPH shit that's me. Where can I collect?
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| Mar 17 |
@RubyConfPH reminder: whiskeys at beachfront bar for anyone with a @FirstCircle sticker, starting 8 🙌
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| Mar 17 |
Watching ruby creator @yukihiro_matz talking about the future of ruby at #RubyConfPH #rubyrubyrubyruby https://t.co/wXFb6XNqi6
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| Mar 14 |
RT @MindaugasLT: Awesome job 👉 Lead #UX @FirstCircle in Manila. Help @tonyennis & team rethink business borrowing https://t.co/yyh3Ay8GGB #…
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| Mar 13 |
RT @EAltruist: Effective Altruism Funds has just been launched on Product Hunt. Check it out. It's a way for you to donate more... https://…
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