Web application development since mid nineties. Founded HotWax in 1997. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Joined June 2009
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Politicians hide themselves away.
They only started the war.
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that all to the poor.
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i’ve no idea who is going to win.
i’m extremely confident election will be free and fair (and secure).
most takes on social media would have you believe exactly the opposite.
they are lying to you.
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Cost of the Las Vegas Sphere: $2.3B
Cost of cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (projected): $4B
It literally takes two big balls to clean the ocean.
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Just so I’m clear, this is the guy we think should be driving AI regulation policy
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Till I saw this picture I hadn't realized how long it had been since I saw anything related to politics that made me happy.
Hypothesis: We should elect people who can read to a group of little kids without seeming unnatural.
Kindness is always fashionable, and always welcome. -Amelia Barr, novelist (29 Mar 1831-1919)
wordsmith.org/awad/
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I know it's weird to quote yourself, but I came across this in a footnote and realized that it was worth saying again:
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Wrapping up an incredible time at #NRF2024 in NY! 🎉
Featured our omnichannel solutions, empowering enterprise retailers. Engaged in exciting discussions with @Shopify & many tech partners for exciting collaborations. Thanks to everyone who visited!🙏
Great event @NRFBigShow!👏
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The only way to change human behavior is to woo, instead of preach.
To make love, instead of threatening disaster.
To point out how glorious something could be, and in some way to live it.
This is the real meaning of “Make Love, Not War”.
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Interceptor 006 by @TheOceanCleanup has successfully prevented around 3,000,000 kg of trash from reaching the Caribbean Sea in the last five months.
[read more: theoceancleanup.com/]
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Thrilled to announce that @HotWaxCommerce & Steve Madden are celebrating a remarkable year of collaboration; marked by innovation, expansion & growth! 🌟
Here's to many more years of success!
hubs.la/Q027GSpT0
#Retail #Tech #Shopify #SteveMadden
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Interceptor 007 in Los Angeles is being readied to intercept the trash that'll be unleashed by Hurricane Hilary in the coming days.
Stay safe out there, West Coast friends!
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INTERCEPTOR 006: BIGGEST CATCH SO FAR
On Monday, July 31, we hit a new record in the Rio Las Vacas, Guatemala: 85 truckloads of trash removed and prevented from reaching the Caribbean Sea - all in a single day.
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Have you ever seen a 9-gigapixel map of the Milky Way galaxy? This jaw-dropping zoomable image by ESO contains ~84 million stars and it's unlike anything you’ve ever seen.
The original image has 24.6 gigabytes: buff.ly/R1dS5X
In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable, and necessary. -Kathleen Norris, novelist and columnist (27 Jul 1880-1966)
True words. Get comfy with it.
Wordsmith.org is awesome.
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Artist Timur Zagirov has created a beautiful rendition of Van Gogh’s famous self portrait, using 425 polished, colored wooden blocks of pine. The curious thing about it, is that you see a Van Gogh only if you squint or you look at it from afar
[source: buff.ly/37edj9o]
