Head of Product, Tech enthusiast in Canada’s tech hub of Waterloo Region. Always down for grabbing a coffee or a beer to chat. Tweeting about tech and business
Waterloo Region, Canada
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I’ve been reading Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, and chapter seven is about cultural norms of deference to authority figures leading to plane crashes because they weren’t assertive enough, even when there was clear danger.
This brings to mind a couple personal implications. 1/x
I am currently reading Viktor Frankl‘s book , Man’s Search For Meaning and there is a quote written in 1958. “He is not only unhappy, but also ashamed of being unhappy.” I think in today’s world of toxic positivity, this rings truer than ever.
Look at this amazing new housing unit in Kitchener! @Simotaneously would love to buy you a beer or coffee and hear about your experience building it sometime!
It’s been a challenging few months to say the least—labour shortages to material delays to inspection hold ups…it’s been a learning experience us. From the day we 1st applied to finished construction under 7 months— I think we did pretty good for a 1st timer ! #TheTinyHouse
You know AWS is ubiquitous and having a bad run when every time a page doesn’t load you go check the AWS outage page before you assume it’s spotty wifi.
“The amount of information that one must obtain and store in order to track the ever-changing relationships of even a few dozen individuals is staggering. (In a band of 50, there are 1,225 one to one relationships)” - Sapiens
I wonder what the modern day tech version of this would be. Hmmm... 🤔
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It rates over 50 countries/cultural norms and whether they are low or high PDI. Brazil, South Korea, and Morocco were the most deferential.
My team members come from pretty diverse backgrounds which include many from traditionally low PDI cultures. 3/x
Quote of the day.
“If you don’t pass on the knowledge you have to others, it dies with you”
— Glenn Botting
It’s a treat yourself kind of day. #icecreamtherapy #caloriesdontcounttoday @ Marble Slab Creamery Waterloo instagram.com/p/CMx169TAsx_U…
Adam Kropf retweeted
Founders who think they’ll succeed only because their product is great usually end up crushed by worse products with better marketing.
I hope $GME store level employees have stock grants or options like Starbucks. That would be the feel good story of the year, underpaid retail workers exercising those at $10, and selling for hundreds.
How many times do I need to tell @YouTube that I don’t want to upgrade before I stop being asked? 10 more times per device?
Also is this what happens when a platform has almost no competition? They have the power to annoy users with no consequences?
This combines agriculture, sustainability, fresh vegetables, and shipping containers to produce food in urban environments.
youtu.be/J9ZmXP-ZE8U
