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Parent, Traveler, Developer, and Beverage Enthusiast. I help startups build on @awscloud. Opinions are mine.

Philadelphia
Joined November 2013
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Thanks for the timely updates on my 5:10pm @Amtrak train which departed at 7:10pm 🙃
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But seriously, fund Amtrak so they can improve service
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WTF is "pleasure driving"?
Today's F-150 owners like to describe their vehicle as "powerful" and "rugged" -- while using it mostly for "shopping/errands" and "pleasure driving." (The vast majority don't tow anything all year.) axios.com/ford-pickup-trucks…
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Be on the lookout for my Step Functions demo showing how I processed 580k CSV files (37 GB) in S3 in about 90 seconds. I'll try to get it on GitHub next week. #awsreinvent2022 #Serverless
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Folks, this is a special one for us. Good things take time, & this one has been in the works for a while. Today, my team launched EventBridge Pipes - a new API, resource, & new default option for event-driven apps. I am STOKED. Let's talk about it. 1/ aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new…
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Anyone at #reInvent2022 looking to network? Try out PeerTalk! Feel free to look me up if you want to chat about Sustainability, Home Automation, or Serverless.
At #reInvent2022 hanging at PeerTalk lounges. I'll also be at the Modern Applications and Open Source Zone talking Event Driven Architecture reinvent.awsevents.com/peert…
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I'll be at the Wynn PeerTalk lounge until 11 this morning. Stop by if you want to chat
Once again shocked that it's almost impossible to take @SEPTA_PAO to center city for Saturday night dinner. There is hourly frequency inbound.. then going home only options are 7:45pm and 10:45pm. Will be driving/ parking as usual 😔
Would love to hear the story on this @BlinkCharging migration
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we are running the first ever @awsstartups CTO Fellowship cohort for Seed - Series A #women CTOs / technical leads ✨ 🔥speakers include CTOs of @Reddit @Zegocover @ada_cx 🤝sign up here: torch.io/q4-2022-womens-cto-…🤝
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btw we have a quiet car 🤐
Replying to @SouthwestAir
We teamed up with @guitarcenter to surprise a flight full of Customers flying out of Long Beach with a ukulele and a lesson. By the time they arrived in Honolulu they were pros.
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Can confirm. Walking around today streets are covered with dead spotted lanternflies. I did my part and added three to the count
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We’ve heard a rumor SEPTA ran the numbers on this and it would only cost about $10,000 a year (yes, you read that right 👀)
Replying to @dmtrubman
Combining the TransPass and Zone 1 TrailPass was one of the smart Regional Rail reforms @5thSq proposed a few years ago that @SEPTA_SOCIAL could implement almost overnight with minimal revenue loss. I hope it happens as part of @DVRPC's fare equity analysis.
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Taking the noon train to New York 🚊
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Replying to @DavidZipper @USDOT
Rather than celebrating the Hummer EV, the Biden admin should be proposing weight-based fees to restrain truck bloat and encourage smaller cars. A promising model: The District of Columbia’s new sliding scale of car registration fees. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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View from the deck of this AirBnB ain't too shabby
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Large-scale travel these days assumes moving at a rate of roughly one time-zone per hour. This is environmentally irresponsible and a lousy experience. Thus, I propose an alternative: Slow Travel. tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/…
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