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A web solutions expert, systems architect, technologist, web entrepreneur and coffee aficionado. #cornwall

Cornwall
Joined June 2008
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We've added a new portfolio section to our website. Come see some of the things we've been working on recently - gotripod.com/work/
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Just in from Go Tripod: We work remotely - here's why and here's how buff.ly/2H8xYRl
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You really just want to be a student of life. You want to absorb a little bit of everything. Majors are a false specialization that the world wants us to have to make us productive members of society. But it doesn't make us human. - @naval killingbuddha.co/blog/2016/9…
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Ad networks are phishing your browser's password manager to track you. "The scripts work by injecting invisible login forms in the background of the webpage and scooping up whatever the browsers autofill into the available slots." theverge.com/2017/12/30/1682…
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I’m feeling a bit disappointed in #TheLastJedi. Seems like they chose a 5 second laugh over any kind of deep meaning. Empire it is not.
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1/ There's a concept known as financial compounding, but most people don't know about intellectual compounding. Buffett and Munger employed this to great effect and to accumulate mental models such that they can make large decisions quickly. Intuition is simply reading a lot.
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edent/SuperTinyIcons (930 on GitHub): github.com/edent/SuperTinyIc…
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Forty hour workweeks are a relic of the Industrial Age. Knowledge workers function like athletes - train and sprint, then rest and reassess.
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At scale, you can't pay for coffee on a premium global blockchain. You'll need a peripheral financial ntwrk that settles on that blockchain.
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It's time for Boyscouts to introduce another badge :)
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“Any code of your own that you haven't looked at for six or more months might as well have been written by someone else. ” -Eagleson's law
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"I don't sell cars; I sell engines. The cars, I throw in for free since something has to hold the engines in." - Enzo Ferrari
9 ways to stay mentally strong in your busy life...
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New Product - ZeroSeg! We're giving 3 away - RT for your chance to win! thepihut.com/products/zerose… #RaspberryPi #PiZero
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NASA global temperature for June is out, hottest June on record (with 2015), here the latest 12-month running mean.
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Scientists: don’t zap your brain with a DIY brain stimulator you built from a 9-volt battery buff.ly/29YTx6S
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Bulletproof is looking for people to help us open and run a first-of-its kind high tech facility #BulletproofLabs buff.ly/29KWdnM
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Desirable developer skills: 1 Ability to ignore new tools and technologies 2 Taste for simplicity 3 Good code deletion skills 4 Humility
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A customer walks into a bar. He asks for a beer made out of wine. The project manager agrees. Both question the bartender's competence. – at Munich, Bavaria
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