Lifter of Heavy Things. Open Source @JPMorgan Chase. Ex-@GoldmanSachs, @Deloitte, @KPMG, Teacher, Bodyguard, Dishwasher. Bklyn via Kennebunk/port. Views My Own.
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While it was not my intention orginally, I ended up going through some of both my grandfathers’ papers, especially from #WWII, while in Maine. Their - and my grandmothers’ - heroism and courage in the face of unbelievable adversity I found inspirational at this moment in time ...
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For startups that have open source projects, I’m increasingly hearing that before posting positions they just ping top contributors to see if they can hire them
Those contributors proved they know how to do the day-to-day work in ways better than an interview would prove. Plus they know what the product does, are motivated to help etc
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if you’re working for a company in cybersecurity, you should be evaluating your options to abstract your companies services from the internet
what i mean is: why allow an unauthenticated anonymous agent of an attacker to interact with your systems?
consider your architectural levers now, you’re going to need them
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NEW: NYC’s tech ecosystem grew 32% over the past decade, more than twice as fast as the Bay Area's 14%.
Our 2026 NYC Tech Ecosystem Report with @hraadvisors shows where the jobs are, what they pay, and who’s getting them.
Read more on our latest research from @semafor's @jdcapelouto 🧵semafor.com/article/11/06/20…
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No surprise here: NYC is where finance and tech meet.
Team Tech:NYC is at @Convene today for the @FINOSFoundation's Open Source in Finance Forum, where banks, startups, and developers are digging into agentic AI, governance, and building in the open. 💻
Keep making money moves, New York. 🗽
I grew up in Maine.
Brunswick (@BowdoinCollege ), Waterville (@ColbyCollege ), Scarborough, Wells, and York are not in and Jackson is up.
Jackson will win.
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Watch The Squirming Coil from last night’s show in Atlantic City, featuring Page McConnell on the largest organ in the world (measured by the number of pipes; officially at 33,112). Now Playing via your LivePhish With subscription, and at YouTube:
youtu.be/irp-50_8tDc
Shoutout to @VerizonSupport @Verizon. A fallen tree took out out the Verizon equipment in the backyard from the nor'easter at 8am. Crew out by 1pm and the equipment replaced and back online - in the rain w/ fibre splicing and all - by 5:30pm. Well done and thank you.
Soon companies will shift budget for human influencers to instead buy influence by Sydney & other similar AIs.
The new SEO will be the hacks & tricks to optimize (influence) AI recommendations.
Advertising will be to pay for AI weightings & specific outcomes. #chatgpt
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I wrote up six suggestions for the FINOS community on my personal blog - first blog post in 5 years! - ahead of the @FINOSFoundation board meeting.
Lots of great stuff happening at the intersection of financial services & #opensource (1/8)
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Fifth, I think financial services companies could benefit from business case (for open source) templates as well as a catalog of KPIs and industry benchmarks associated w/ open source use and, especially, contribution. (CC @CHAOSSproj, @todogroup) (6/8)
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Sixth, I think the charters of open source programs should be further aligned with the software supply chain and vulnerability identification and mitigation work that happens in CISO orgs. (CC @theopenssf) (7/8)
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