johndavidback

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by johndavidback 2y ago
I keep a little pocket notebook. Moleskin makes them and others. One of them is just for to-dos, I keep another for ideas.
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by johndavidback 3y ago
Yes but perhaps it reminds you of fond memories? Or just makes life a little more interesting - "Hey, dentist, sorry I'm an hour late!"
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by johndavidback 3y ago
I tend to agree here - of course security is a concern and the horror stories are just that, horrific, but how often (specifically on mobile) do they happen? And with such a significant amount of our personal data now on devices - photos, h
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by johndavidback 6y ago
> It’s just a massive time sink with little to no benefit. There is arguably a large social benefit to preventing widespread misinformation being disseminated. Perhaps no great business benefit - indeed it is likely a massive expense. Bu
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You don't have a solution, you have an idea(medium.com)
1 points by johndavidback 7y ago|0 comments
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If technology isn't the problem, it isn't the solution(medium.com)
1 points by johndavidback 7y ago|0 comments
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How to Email Your Boss(medium.com)
1 points by johndavidback 7y ago|0 comments
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Transparency Isn't a Gradient(medium.com)
1 points by johndavidback 7y ago|0 comments
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by johndavidback 7y ago
Yes - reading the post it appears OP's specific value proposition is keeping DRM'd videos in sync. This reminds me of watching Dawson's Creek with my girlfriend in 8th grade - we'd call eachother on the phone and watch t
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Treat internal projects like startups(medium.com)
2 points by johndavidback 7y ago|0 comments
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by johndavidback 7y ago
We're debating this internally at work, ad nauseam, and one of our engineers put together this post on why. Just in case others are having the discussion. There are merits on both sides. I think it's particularly hard for talented
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Why Headless?(medium.com)
1 points by johndavidback 7y ago|1 comments
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Management as Anarchism: It works(medium.com)
1 points by johndavidback 8y ago|0 comments
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by johndavidback 8y ago
Ideally, but until someone asks for it the first time, they probably don't even have an account for the purpose. So, an irritated DBA who has myriad other backlog tasks probably runs it on a copy if smart, and production if lazy or in
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by johndavidback 9y ago
The last line from his CV is a gem: "Two years experience in swing dancing (east coast swing and lindy hop)."
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Continuous Curiosity(medium.com)
2 points by johndavidback 9y ago|0 comments
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by johndavidback 9y ago
Fair point. I use a little hyperbole to emphasize the fact that a product with an incredible global reach should default to well-planned and executed features, particularly if they are sprung upon you with desktop alerts. Hate it or not, so
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Cortana is really bad(medium.com)
439 points by johndavidback 9y ago|293 comments
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Pre-screening developer candidates(medium.com)
1 points by johndavidback 9y ago|1 comments
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Stop, just do it.(medium.com)
2 points by johndavidback 9y ago|1 comments
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Managers: Don't translate your stress(medium.com)
13 points by johndavidback 9y ago|8 comments
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by johndavidback 9y ago
It was a bit interesting to see, and perhaps not at all surprising, that they've been around since 2010. And they crossed the billion-dollar-valuation threshold 4 years later.
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When your (startup) co-engineer is gone for 6 weeks(medium.com)
1 points by johndavidback 10y ago|0 comments
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How to win your Facebook arguments (you can't)(medium.com)
6 points by johndavidback 10y ago|0 comments
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by johndavidback 10y ago
That's all well and good, but a key distinction here is that you are using Facebook for absolutely no out-of-pocket expenditure. Going to Vegas costs actual dollars. I suppose a stark, diametric alternative to being forced to view tar
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We don't talk about anything anymore(medium.com)
2 points by johndavidback 10y ago|0 comments
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Do any startups have dress codes?(medium.com)
1 points by johndavidback 10y ago|1 comments
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Two boys and a dog(medium.com)
2 points by johndavidback 10y ago|0 comments
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If creating was easy, everyone would be doing it(medium.com)
1 points by johndavidback 10y ago|0 comments
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Your startup is not a secret, and no one cares(medium.com)
4 points by johndavidback 11y ago|0 comments

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