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7 years

@JeanetteInMN @LundworksA @somecrazyness That's more than I thought! Learned something today, thanks :)

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“If I ever need SEO services, I'll just google for "SEO" and click the top result, which obviously is your company.” — My standard reply

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@danblackroyd @jremsikjr Probably why it’s illegal in many countries. I can’t fire anyone without probably cause and going through court first. Literally need to obtain a “firing permit”.

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The below is a remote US-only position. Some people replying “What if I work US hours from <elsewhere>?” ⛔️ Not going to work. We’ve hired people in far-away time zones who said they’d work EU hours, and it created a terrible work/life balance for them and wears people out.

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We have another programmer opening at 37signals. Fully remote, pay between $170,000 - $201,980, eligible for profit share after 2 years, and the chance to work with some amazing people on Basecamp, HEY, ONCE, Rails, Kamal. Oh, and Linux 😄

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@greenrd @chenoehart @ramalhoorg @triketora "Educate yourself", I guess?

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I'm excited to announce that @AppSignal is now a Contributing Member of the Rails Foundation! By joining the foundation, we aim to positively impact the adoption and joy of working with Ruby on Rails. #rails #rubyonrails

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1 year

We are thrilled to welcome @AppSignal as the newest Contributing member of the Rails Foundation! AppSignal understands our community's needs inside and out, and we look forward to working together to strengthen the #RubyonRails ecosystem. Read more:

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11 years

Breaking Bert. http://t.co/k3U4DDkow6

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It's an anniversary! 🥳 Nineteen years ago, we started running #RubyOnRails in production, which is crazy long in internet years. From a CMS @thijsc and I built on Rails 0.12 to a multi-million business serving thousands of developers. What a ride! See you at #RailsWorld . @rails

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6 months

Number of Ruby and Rails conferences we’re sponsoring in 2024: 13 confirmed, so far. I expect at least 3 more. ✨ Stroopwafels everywhere. 🍪 #teamstroopwafel #appsignal #ruby #rails

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@JeffMorhous @josevalim Docker, like any other software, only exists because it stands on the shoulders of giants (they, too, rely on OSS). It would be nice to recognize that and help broaden those shoulders.

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7 years

🎤 As a speaker, don't say "just do", "it's obvious", "it's simple". Don't make your audience feel dumb if they don't have your experience.

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@josevalim I know this doesn’t fix the issue at its core, but let me know if the money is the issue (in the short term). We can take care of some bills; Elixir and other OSS is important to us.

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11 years

Protip: set font-size for <input> to 16px to prevent mobile Safari from zooming in on focus.

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10 months

Being the lead sponsor for #RailsWorld : What Did It Cost, and Was It Worth It?

Sponsoring Rails World: What Did It Cost, and Was It Worth It? | AppSignal Blog

Many people have inquired about the cost of our Rails World sponsorship and its worth. Let's talk numbers!

blog.appsignal.com

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7 years

@JeanetteInMN @LundworksA @somecrazyness Name more than two countries? :)

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11 months

#RailsWorld was amazing!

Roy Tomeij on LinkedIn: #rails #rubyonrails #railsworld #railsfoundation

The first-ever Rails World conference just ended, and it's hard to explain just how amazing it was to anyone not there. The Ruby on Rails community is as…

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9 years

Did you know you can use “null” in @SassCSS as a property value, and the property won’t be included in the final CSS? http://t.co/CqVlrdv9f2

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7 years

Restaurant idea: steakhouse that sears their meat on MacBooks running the Spotlight indexer process. Calling it SteakOverflow.

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8 years

There may be talk about me writing a book on Sass (not the beginner stuff you mostly see). Would that interest you, #smashingconf attendees?

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1 year

The cat's out of the bag: AppSignal will be the main sponsor for the #RailsWorld conference in Amsterdam (Oct 5 & 6)! Let me know if you're attending because I'd love to meet as many #RubyOnRails developers as possible (I'll bring #stroopwafels ) :)

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More good news: @AppSignal is the #RailsWorld Platinum sponsor. With a long history of bringing fun and stroopwafels to Rails events, they are the perfect partner to help create this first edition. Full blog here:

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1 year

It’s been a while since my office was this clean and well-organized ✨

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9 years

Not sure why I missed this over a month ago, but this article by @Una is insanely awesome:

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9 years

Unless you actually are Twitter, chances are Twitter Bootstrap is not the solution to your problems.

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6 years

@KenArmstrong41 @danblackroyd @jremsikjr Same here. As a rule of thumb, one month’s salary for every year of employment.

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TIL: In 2024, @AppSignal will ship over half a metric ton (500kg) of stroopwafels across five continents. 🤯 My kids honestly thought I was a stroopwafel wholesaler until recently.

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4 months

Well said. I think @AppSignal sponsors 17 of these (quick count, probably more) and I’ll look into the others!

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4 months

Programmers tend to engage selectively with an event organizer's content on Twitter. They're quick to like or retweet intriguing topics slated for a conference, yet show less interest when organizers discuss sponsorships. Remember, sponsorships are crucial for the success of

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20 days

Someone forgot to put a limit on my corporate credit card, and now I accidentally ordered 3,600 stroopwafels (140+ kilograms), to be delivered tomorrow 🫣

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3 years

@nateberkopec Hi Nate! Not a good thing to wake up to, and I’m going to get to the bottom of this today get back to you asap about how we can make this right.

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Just returned from my 16th trip to the US, for the first time with my wife and kids. Some random observations from traveling the US 🇺🇸 for 22 days, compared to the Netherlands 🇳🇱 🚗 Keep your lane: 100x better and faster than "keep right" (also: little to no tailgating) 🍽️ A+

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2 years

My 7-year-old is going door to door with stroopwafels 👏🏻

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5 months

Plane tickets for Rails World 2024: booked! #railsworld

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12 years

Dear Mr. @realDonaldTrump , being on the losing side doesn’t mean “we’re not a democracy”. It just means you lost.

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11 months

AppSignal is going canal cruising on Thursday night (first day of #RailsWorld , 20:00 to 22:00)! There are a few seats left; let me know at roy @appsignal .com if you’d like to join.

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10 months

In the first 72 hours after publishing and announcing our Product Developer job opening, we received on average 1 application every 4.5 minutes. Thirteen per hour, for 72 hours straight. We’re always in high demand, but this was a first 🤯

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4 months

🚨 Rails World tickets go on sale in 22 minutes! #RailsWorld

Rails World - 2024

September 26 & 27 - Toronto, CA

rubyonrails.org

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4 months

It finally happened, after sending email campaigns for over 10 years. I emailed over 9,000 people, writing “your” where I should have used “you’re” 😱

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3 months

To be clear: the “we” I’m referring to isn’t 37signals; I’m not affiliated with them. Speaking from experience on my own SaaS.

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8 years

@railsconf All in favor of giving the sign language interpreters a standing ovation after the keynote? #railsconf

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10 years

In case you missed it: I wrote a 7 page cover piece on @SassCSS . And someone printed it tens of thousands of times. http://t.co/LZeaUdYpVo

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Time to set some discs on fire for the games of “sjoelen” (Dutch shuffleboard) @AppSignal will bring to #RailsWorld in Toronto in a few weeks. 🔥

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1 year

I may have chartered two 75-person boats for an Amsterdam canal cruise sometime later this year. 🏴‍☠️

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3 years

Yesterday I learned – once again – that people are hardly ever upset about a mistake you made, but rather about how you (not) reacted when they told you about it.

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6 years

People who say this wasn’t visionary in 1999 seem to have forgotten this was 8 years before the iPhone, and don’t remember what mobiles for the masses were like back then...

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6 years

In 1999, I asked David Gerrold to write a "future of computing" prediction for the magazine where I was Technology Editor. Here's what he wrote.

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5 months

~700 @AppSignal stroopwafels packed and ready to be picked up by UPS for @wrocloverb , @BalkanRuby , and @pytexas ! 🍪

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10 years

Did you get your stroopwafel on today? @AppSignal redefines SaaS: Stroopwafels as a Service! http://t.co/ljoarPvl5X http://t.co/YYcZptvFEG

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6 years

@nicinthawoodz @KenArmstrong41 @danblackroyd @jremsikjr I can imagine. Even if allowed, there’s still this thing called decency.

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12 years

This ad for the Google Maps iOS app is pure genius (via @elskamp ) http://t.co/pVwRKYQ8

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6 years

Very happy to be driving an electric vehicle from now on!

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4 months

End of an era. My first #RailsConf – and my first time visiting the US – was Las Vegas in 2009. Overwhelming. After that first one, I got to present at three (!!) RailsConfs and was on the program committee, chairing two tracks, for another. What a ride. ❤️

RailsConf

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Our final — yes, final — RailsConf in 2025 will be a special one focused on celebrating the Rails community. Read more about this, other big changes happening at Ruby Central and how you can get involved here:

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@theharshpat @dhh @mangharam Then they’re generally fooling themselves. We’ve hired on that premise in the past, and people will eventually wear themselves out starting really early or finishing up really late. Worst outcome for everyone involved.

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9 years

http://t.co/CDeUvXI1og 28 chapters & 20 interactive assignments on @SassCSS (and counting). This is going to be awesome!

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12 years

I lolled. Pirate Bay vouchers at the local supermarket (via @jeroenbai & @sNiek ) http://t.co/hElOaI2V

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10 years

I'm taking my Advanced Sass workshop online! Want to level up your @SassCSS ? Join me June 12th or 19th :) http://t.co/NfgCbymuTS

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11 years

If you’re on Mavericks, you probably want to run “xcode-select --install”, even after installing Xcode. Enabled me to compile stuff again.

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9 years

@cssdayconf Slides for my #cssday talk + link to GitHub repo (with source code & compiled CSS): http://t.co/Hr5sOFBNPA

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4 months

A #rubyfriend is looking for a systems admin with AWS experience to help run their @rails apps and upgrade some things. They deploy through Ansible. EU-based consultant or firm preferred. Who knows someone who knows someone? I'm happy to make introductions.

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@nicinthawoodz @KenArmstrong41 @danblackroyd @jremsikjr Probation lasts max 2 months here. 1 for contracts with a fixed duration of < 2 years (there’s a limited number of fixed duration contracts you can work on; after a few years you need to move to an indefinite one.

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7 years

🎉 @RailsConf pre-conf drinks & tech talk: 6pm at @valleybarphx . More fun than your hotel room! 🥛 Hang out with @bsbodden etc etc #RailsConf

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@TheSassWay Want to do modular front-end with Sass, Compass and a cool approach? Check out "Modular Front-End" at http://t.co/J81fVYmI !

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Are you a back-end dev struggling with clean front-end code? Read my ebook "Modular Front-End"! Sign up for the beta at http://t.co/J81fVYmI

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4 months

Despite all the #Ruby tweets, we didn't forget about you, my #Python friends! @AppSignal sponsors PyTexas, PyCon Lithuania, PyCon Italia, PyCon Estonia, and DjangoCon EU (with more to come). Stroopwafels for everyone! 🍪

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8 years

So, a bus? 🚌

UberFacts

@UberFacts

8 years

If each New York City taxi carried 10 people and every patron agreed to ride-share, the city wouldn't need 85% of its taxi fleet.

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I wonder how many people will buy ONCE #1 (Campfire) just to get a sneak peek of the code for inspiration (in a good way; to learn and not to steal). I know we have.

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9 years

If your @railsconf talk wasn't accepted and you're coming, consider preparing a lightning talk! Often those are amazing.

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21 days

Very happy to collaborate with @ahmednadar , bringing his (growing) series of Guides to Toronto for #RailsWorld attendees to a larger audience through @AppSignal 's website and blog! Updates soon...

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🎟️ If you're a paying @AppSignal customer (or a member thereof) you should receive an email today about how you may be able to purchase one (of ten!) sold out #RailsWorld tickets through us 👀

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8 years

I'm taking stroopwafels to a new level at the @AppSignal Lab 🍪🥓

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7 years

Think I’ve blocked 100 people in the last 24 hours. Yelling at “ @Roy Moore”. Twitter doesn’t work like that.

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9 years

If you implement 2FA for your B2B app, you *must* have a multi-user feature. I want to log in too when my colleague is out of office.

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4 years

I’m starting a podcast (in Dutch)! 🎙 Or at least, I’m going to record a pilot episode 🤞🏻

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3 months

@illyism LatAm is great for US time zones. Less so for our EU-based business, I’ve learned 😅

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7 years

My birthday is in the middle of summer. I changed it to February on Facebook. And I set it to 1960 instead of 1980. So far, I received a dozen congratulations, some on my 58th birthday.

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8 years

If you like to upvote stuff, and like #elixir , you'll like #myelixirstatus :

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8 years

Three lines of copyright notices and other disclaimers at the bottom of _every_ slide. Enterprise! #fronteers

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4 years

I’m going to need a new profile picture after losing 15 kg (33 lbs) 😲

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6 years

Our car finally died, which was expected after years of trouble. Next step, hopefully before the end of June: 100% electric! ⚡️

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8 years

Please stop using type="password" for 2FA tokens. It triggers password saving prompts, and it doesn't make much sense for a 1-time token.

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6 years

The worst part of @SlackHQ having issues? Them having a status page that _again_ says everything is okay:

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9 years

I’ve attended about 50 conferences, and @SassConf is by far the most inclusive of all. This community rocks. 🎸 #sassconf2015

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@unboostable @tha_rami Yet in some countries that seems to be way easier than others :-)

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3 years

@QuinnyPig Thanks Corey! I appreciate you saying that :)

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6 years

By the time your 35, you should know the difference between your and you’re.

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Use @SassCSS to only @import the Google Fonts you're actually using (warning: advanced stuff ahead) — http://t.co/ztSrLmltHa

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It's alive! AppSignal for Python is here: #appsignal #python #django #flask #fastapi

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CSS Custom Properties are the best thing to come to CSS in forever, imo. And you can use it!

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11 years

I created a CSS animation based on some ascii art using Sass (for @SassConf ), and here’s the in-depth explanation: http://t.co/7qvxSjBvpS

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8 years

OH: "Easy for Canada to say, they don't have a Third World country to the south." Well... 🤔

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10 years

So those people who bear arms to protect themselves from government tyranny are all on their way to #Ferguson now, right?

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@inazarova @railsworld @wnb_rb - Be a paying AppSignal customer; I just emailed about 10,000 of them saying they can enter the draw for the TEN ticket links we have 🎟️

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6 months

Many of the reactions to this are terrifying. As if people have no idea how literally 99% (rough estimate) of businesses work. Your local supermarket, pub, shoe store. Even your friendly APM provider.

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Unlike companies that reinvest all or most of the money back into the company every year, we take all the money (profit) out every year in the form of distributions (we’re an LLC). This means every year we take risk out of the company. Companies that keep reinvesting keep adding

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Kids wanted to know what “full English breakfast” means. I hope the British approve 🤞🏻

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9 years

#sassconf2015 Sassfie. /cc @jina @chriseppstein

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Fuck the police. http://t.co/LYq3CDfx

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Honored to be on the @railsconf 2017 Program Committee, likely rating 500+ proposals and curating 2 tracks. Join me?

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7 years

One of the main benefits of a standing desk: dancing while working is much easier.

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7 years

@FronteersConf My slides for last night's Jam Session! Blog post to follow... #fronteers

What (Not) to Do

For the Fronteers 2017 Jam Session (lightning talks) I gave a 10-minute presentation with 45 tips on what (not) to do as a speaker.

speakerdeck.com

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6 years

Wow. @Counterpart_STZ . Just... wow. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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2 years

My 7-year-old doesn’t want to go on vacation to the US anymore out of fear of getting shot. A kid living 8000km from Texas. I can’t imagine how American kids and parents must feel.

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@mangharam @theharshpat @dhh Starting work at 4:00 or quitting at 23:00 five days a week is terrible for anyone. Never being able to do anything relaxing on a weeknight, for instance.

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3 years

So, about Covid-19. I can’t remember when I last was this sick. Either the vaccine (three doses) doesn’t work against omikron, or I would have been in the ICU without it.

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