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by thwiv 4y ago
I've worked at 3 different companies now where the system worked well and teams moved quickly and created great software. Unfortunately, that story is incredibly boring and goes against the tech blog hivemind.
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by thwiv 7y ago
My big question, because the obvious "they screwed up royally with wework" has been talked about ad nauseum, is what is their new strategy? What sorts of start ups are they going to try to fund now? Is any startup that takes their
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by thwiv 7y ago
Not at all. In my opinion, it sucks, but it's the best tool available for the job.
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by thwiv 8y ago
Where did you get that statistic?
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by thwiv 8y ago
The basics behind Voice First tech are pretty universal, so you don't have to focus purely on Google Assistant.
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by thwiv 9y ago
That's actually what the Austin Zoo is: A bunch of animals people tried to keep as pets that they had to give up when the animal got big enough to eat them. Lions, Tigers, Bears...seriously someone tried to have a bear as a pet.
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by thwiv 9y ago
There's nothing wrong with delegated auth, but in this situation you're not doing any delegation.
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by thwiv 9y ago
I mean, it could be that child abduction is falling because the media warns parents and they all keep better watch of their children.
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by thwiv 9y ago
You're absolutely right. When I was writing this I wasn't quite exploring it from the perspective of creating a successful business, but rather taking on a project from start to completion, which is something I (and I think a lot
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by thwiv 9y ago
The pomodoro technique is very useful. Check out the app Forest, it's kind of a cool app for this technique.
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by thwiv 9y ago
I agree with you. I came close to doing that a few years back. I still hold on to that product idea, because I still think it's great. I took 6 weeks off and told myself I'd work on the project for a while, full time. I got so muc