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Ben Butler

@bengbutler

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writer, relapsing tech bro

London
Joined July 2011
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
3 years
linkedin was acquired for 26 (twenty six) billion dollars
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2 years
i think about this ~weekly.
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2 years
the @evervault hq taking shape
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Ben Butler
1 year
I’ve joined @thegeneralistco as their first writer. As @mariogabriele (kindly!) notes: “Ben is a creative. Outwardly, he may look like a good and proper business person, with the degree and credentials to show for it. He is, however, a writer at heart.”
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
4 years
@FineGael @barrymward We showed a member of our political party a video produced by that same political party. Watch how he sticks to party lines and repeats our core messaging!
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2 years
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Ben Butler
4 years
either she meant compliments, or i’ve really riled up her whatsapp groups #FirstDatesIRL
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Ben Butler
3 years
Excited to announce our new visual identity
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Ben Butler
3 years
two offers sent out today for people to join @evervault . best part of my job.
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Ben Butler
3 years
We now have twice as many open roles @evervault as there were *employees* when I joined six months ago. Come join us.
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
2 years
gonna recreate this on the luas by slowly ambling from the trinity stop to stephen’s green
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Vala Afshar
2 years
This runner exited a train, ran to the next stop, on got back on the same train
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3 years
the @evervault hq is coming together nicely.
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Ben Butler
4 years
In a week where my dating life was national news, I guess I should share my most important relationship update.
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Ben Butler
3 years
A few weeks after Forbes listed us as a future unicorn; Wired names @evervault one of Dublin and (Europe's) hottest startups.
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Ben Butler
3 years
DESIGNER: Ok, so I have the name, slogan, and opening hours. Are you sure you don’t want me put in a website or address? OWNER: No, no. People can just call us for directions.
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3 years
@SeanBurkeShow this one is genuinely good
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Ben Butler
2 years
thanks @sammcallister and stripe for the new additions to the @evervault library.
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
4 years
thanks a lot for all the #FirstDatesIRL feedback. i haven’t actually watched it yet, but it’s always been my dream to be branded content.
@Dominos_ROI
Domino's Pizza ROI
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How Ben got to his date tonight. #WeGotThis #FirstDatesIRL
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Ben Butler
3 years
let’s party, bitches
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Ben Butler
1 year
empires have risen and fallen and old street roundabout is still a building site
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Ben Butler
3 years
Excited to announce that I am back in the stock photo game. You can find me @evervault or search ‘smiling tech employee’ on Shutterstock.
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3 years
museums reopen on monday and i’m already booked in for two visits. this is my hot girl summer.
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Ben Butler
3 years
"If you’re hiring people to write code; you should hire someone to codify hiring." Is it kosher to quote yourself? I wrote a piece for @Siftedeu about why you should treat building a team with the same rigour as building a product.
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Ben Butler
2 years
i love scamming scammers
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Ben Butler
4 years
@SeanBurkeShow I've been working on a whole Bridgerton podcast...and...you just...tweeted it out.
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Ben Butler
3 years
my stock photo career continues
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Ben Butler
2 years
this is pretty great. just completed day one!
@amasad
Amjad Masad
2 years
Announcing: Replit 100 Days of Code – learn how to code from absolute scratch. All you need is a browser and 15 minutes a day:
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Ben Butler
2 years
IRELAND: hey, we’re not just pint-crazed, potato people. ALSO IRELAND:
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Ben Butler
4 years
@Rubberbandits @Doctor_Thomas It’s real in that GQ published it, but it’s a ‘virtual makeover’ so photoshopped.
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
3 years
we're hiring @evervault
@paulg
Paul Graham
3 years
"I want to work somewhere that values building things more than running meetings, where the founders are still running the company, and there's a small enough number of engineers that you can get things done by talking to people." — a programmer I'm introducing to startups
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Ben Butler
3 years
born too late to explore the earth. born too early to explore the galaxy. born just in time to enjoy airport carveries.
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Ben Butler
2 years
Delighted to be shortlisted for @ScreenIreland 's Spotlight scheme with my first foray into tv writing. Congrats to the winners!
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Ben Butler
3 years
nice to have both my former and current company recognised. congrats @stripe and @evervault !
@ChasTaylor
Charlie Taylor
3 years
Stripe named ‘most innovative company in the world’ with @arcurn 's @evervault and @RossFrenett 's @MoonshotTeam also ranked
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4 years
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Ben Butler
2 years
every day we stray further from god
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Ben Butler
3 years
i got those witness protection eggs
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Ben Butler
3 years
The real masterpiece is this image, but @packyM 's deep dive on @evervault is worth a read
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Ben Butler
1 year
my wework is blasting big pop breakup anthems rn. big vibe. i will go down with this ship.
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Ben Butler
4 years
That was a good day.
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Ben Butler
3 years
we got a fancy new coffee machine @evervault hq this week. it has been both wonderful and terrible for productivity.
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Ben Butler
3 years
making big moves on the @evervault github today — submitting my first ever pull requests. if you think you can keep up with numbers like this, we're hiring engineers.
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Ben Butler
4 years
it didn’t make the #firstdatesirl edit, but here’s the real reason my life peaked at age 6. baby me feat. oscar winner brenda fricker and #LineOfDuty star adrian dunbar
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
3 years
Hazel's here two days and our Slack game is already 📈, can't wait to see the impact she has on sales 🚀
@HazelConway17
Hazel Conway
3 years
After nearly two years at Slack, I am absolutely delighted to announce that I am joining @evervault as their first sales hire in the new year🚀 I cannot wait to join the small but mighty team of awesome people to help build and grow this incredible product! #letsgo
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Ben Butler
3 years
@jmduke evergreen tweet
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
4 years
Hugh comin at me hard here
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Ben Butler
4 years
nothing strikes more terror than someone responding to your generic ‘we should catch up sometime!’ with ‘sure, what day works for you?’
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Ben Butler
2 years
this packet of crisps thinks Andrew Tate actually has some pretty good ideas.
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Ben Butler
3 years
ME: [drinking coffee] i really like these new mugs without handles. @arcurn : that’s a flower pot.
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Ben Butler
2 years
the future of live sport is just b-roll footage for the inevitable drive to survive-ing of every game.
@NetflixUK
Netflix UK & Ireland
2 years
Full Swing is finally here – all 8 episodes are now streaming, only on Netflix! ⛳️
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Ben Butler
3 years
@chaosprime @tszzl bold to assume wordcels can read this graph
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
2 years
George Stibitz is regarded as the father of the modern digital computer, but he’s far from a household name. Considering all he’s done for technology, I think he should be. Stibitz died 18 years ago today. This is his story.
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
3 years
encrypt the web.
@arcurn
Shane Curran
3 years
Today, we’re excited to share some of what we’ve been building @evervault . We’re building encryption infrastructure for developers. At the core of this infrastructure is our encryption engine, E3. A short thread on E3:
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
1 year
and how would you like your book cooked?
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Ben Butler
4 years
@ronronzo thank you! it was a pleasure. also this photo does look like a submission to ‘siblings or dating’
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
2 years
Apple Inc is a two trillion dollar company, but it may never have existed if a young Joe Engressia hadn’t whistled into his phone in the 1950s.
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
4 years
Cutting-edge, interactive campaign from virgin media. 🚽
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
2 years
i consider myself pretty responsive to texts, emails etc. but if you send me a voice note that's an 8-10 business day turnaround. it is not, and never will be, "just easier".
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Ben Butler
3 years
is anyone in ireland actually still on the island? judging by my instagram, everyone's uprooted to santorini.
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3 years
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2 years
@edwinwee @knobiknows i believe the phrasing was ‘you *can* arrive at 8.30 — if that’s how you want to live your life’
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Ben Butler
2 years
belvita and chill
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Ben Butler
3 years
I spoke with @mattalder on The Recruiting Future Podcast about how we hire and build the team @evervault ; and how lessons from my time here and at Stripe apply to company building generally.
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
3 years
obviously a lot less hot since i moved out 💁‍♂️
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
4 years
@collision ME: a 32 minute video on dishwashers? [guy hauls dishwasher onto the desk] ME: *straps in*
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
2 years
“a simpler time. when men were men, and children rode elephants.”
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
3 years
if i were a phone network sponsoring an historic venue i would simply [checks notes] not destroy its facade.
@RobOHanrahan
Rob O'Hanrahan
3 years
Olympia Theatre to lose its famous red exterior in rebranding "The venue’s deal with Three Ireland will see its iconic frontage overhauled and painted grey"
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Ben Butler
2 years
👁️ 👄 👁️
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
3 years
Happy Data Privacy Day to those who celebrate.
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
3 years
i think i'll risk it this time, thanks @Twitter
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@BBCNewsNI
BBC News NI
3 years
More clowns are needed in Northern Ireland due to a shortage blamed on the pandemic 🤡🎪
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
4 years
Today in ‘news that’s more exciting If you don’t understand golf terminology’
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Ben Butler
3 years
wish there was a way to pre-filter viral posts on linkedin. safe to assume that if it's gotten ~2k likes i absolutely do not want to see it.
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
2 years
nightmarish
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
3 years
Shared some thoughts on why hiring is more important than ever; and how the rise of remote work affects that. I also snuck in a quote from Bo Burnham's latest Netflix special.
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
4 years
Well this would be incredibly concerning if you didn’t realise it’s the anniversary of an historical event.
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
3 years
...of sub-editors around the world using bank vault stock photos for @evervault stories
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
4 years
It's almost like these things are related somehow.
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
1 year
I love film. So, it was super fun to write about @A24 , a studio that's making some of the most exciting things in movies right now. As the writers' strike comes to a close, I think A24 is poised for a massive year. While defining what's going to be on our screens in the short
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
3 years
i'm still team Night Mode, but this is pretty nice.
@NevFlynn
Nev Flynn
3 years
Since joining @evervault , I've spent some time visually distilling the platform to better explain the concept to new users. Here's an interactive example that now lives on the landing page: your stack with and without Evervault.
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
2 years
hey i’m at the crystal atm, you guys want anything?
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Ben Butler
3 years
only 7 days left until we inevitably increase the amount even higher!
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2 years
@SeanBurkeShow @BigDirtyFry @EleanorMorton the first cut to this got me good
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
4 years
White House sources quoting Biden: 'whoever smelt it, dealt it.'
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
4 years
so weird. all the reports i've seen from real estate companies say the opposite!!
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
3 years
in my defence: 1) it was in the cupboard and 2) it was actually great. 10/10 would flower pot again.
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
4 years
Hey guys thanks for joining the zoom.
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
2 years
✨ it’s the most wonderful time of the year ✨
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
4 years
can we as a society agree to erase the term ‘e-meet’
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
2 years
@NevFlynn @evervault | ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ | | damn | |_____ ___| (\__/) || (•ㅅ•) || /   づ
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
3 years
*intensely thinking of a meme format for this*
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
2 years
@FusorFusion @evervault we just throw it all in here.
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
1 year
they got me good
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
1 year
doing some research on imposter syndrome. let me tell you, there's nothing like googling imposter syndrome in the middle of a crowded cafe to make you feel like a fraud.
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Ben Butler
3 years
what PM at google photos approved this
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
4 years
Was surprised to get the call from @espn and @netflix - but I think we made something really great. #thelastdance
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2 years
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2 years
@evervault me rn on the quine wikipedia page
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@bengbutler
Ben Butler
3 years
every time i hit cmd + k to hyperlink something in slack
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@bengbutler
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2 years
this is my live laugh love
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