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Joined February 2008
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The best way for a company to grow is to hire people who can grow. #GrowthMindset
Sometimes a mandate is necessary. But a mandate disguised as a choice breaks the trust of the team. Deliver the message of a mandate clearly and with good reason.
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Beginning to think the use of the Socratic method comes across mostly as being passive aggressive
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Using abbreviations like AFAICT or IMHO is equivalent to choosing variable and function names that optimize for keystrokes over readability
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Product leadership is not about setting an ambitious goal, but rather being able to explain why that goal is important enough to prioritize over others.
@sfmta_muni driver honked at me & blew past me through the intersection of McAllister/Filmore to cut me off at the bus stop. I was safely to the right of the lane. He could wait 5 seconds for me to make space. Can we get mandatory bike safety training for all drivers please?
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Would anyone support me in starting the “rational and pragmatic” party? We aren’t liberal, progressive, conservative, or anything else. Just strive to be rational and pragmatic instead of irrational and dogmatic.
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Had a wonderful day volunteering with @sjforman @andrewjtimmons and @heyitsgarrett to help @votefwd reach more users and more voters. #politicoding
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I'm very proud of my friend @sjforman who is starting a movement to raise voter turnout to help Democrats win a majority of the House of Representatives. Follow him and @votefwd and join in on sending letters to encourage more Democratic votes in key races. teapawt.net/sjforman/status/100444…
1/ (Thread) Last year, feeling a duty to do something concrete to fight the chaos and corruption of the Trump era, I did an experiment. I sent letters to 1000 unlikely-to-vote Alabama residents just before the Senate special election.
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Not sure of the source or context, but I’m glad to see I am an emerging architectural practice. teapawt.net/ztellman/status/973933…
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I want a button a la “like” or “retweet” that means “I disagree with the idea, but I understand it” nationalreview.com/2018/02/c…
You know that adage about learning history so you don't repeat it? The same goes for good practices in the software world. Then again, you often have to live it to learn it. medium.com/@jeffkole/one-met…
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I just published “The Fallacy of the Speed / Cost / Quality Trade-off” medium.com/p/the-fallacy-of-…
