Engineering Director @synacor. Former Co-founder @teknision
Ottawa
Joined March 2007
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Tony MacDonell retweeted
Amazing that the networks don't use a version of this map. So much better...
"Land doesn't vote, people do."
Here is what the United States looks like when you represent votes and not land area..
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Tony MacDonell retweeted
This afternoon I had the honour of joining residents of Barrhaven in officially naming the Treehouse Mike Skatepark. I hope that this park is used to inspire the same sense of adventure that defined Treehouse Mikes life. Have fun, enjoy the park and stay safe! Thanks Jan Harder
Tony MacDonell retweeted
Shopify is about to put 170,000 square feet of commercial real estate space on the market for sublease in downtown Ottawa (the Elgin Street space), I'm told.
No surprise since it's moving to a permanent work-from-home model, but this will have a big impact on the city #ottnews
Tony MacDonell retweeted
Finally after a very long journey my new book
Call of the Mountain
has been printed!!
Call of the Mountain is a magnificent ode to the natural world, a thrilling story of resilience and a journey of a man searching for meaning.
amazon.com/dp/1656532220/ref…
Tony MacDonell retweeted
I am convinced that a lot of “technical debt” is really “problem definition debt.” It exists because nobody took the time to define how the tool or the data would need to be used over time, even though many of those uses are easy to anticipate.
Tony MacDonell retweeted
Exciting day yesterday. Shared the Redrix app that @mesh and I built for fun using Flutter, and we made the front page of Reddit! Blown away by the amazingly positive response so far. #flutterdev #destiny redrix.io/
Tony MacDonell retweeted
Breaking: incredible viewer video from @CamelotGolf east of Orleans funnel cloud sucking up water and trees @ctvottawa #tornado – at Ottawa, Ontario
Tony MacDonell retweeted
Was an honour to be able to donate my time to give the @GuardianCon website a facelift for 2019. Amazing charity & event with an amazing community and team behind it.
guardiancon.co
Brand by @captaintwaz. Technical by @chobpt.
Tony MacDonell retweeted
The most important skill to have as a programmer is the ability to teach yourself new things effectively and efficiently.
You're going to be constantly growing and picking up new technologies. The ability to do that is more important than any individual tool or technology.
Tony MacDonell retweeted
The developer experience is the MOST important outcome for a design system — because the system doesn’t exist until it’s in code. #ClarityConf #Clarity2018
Tony MacDonell retweeted
Timeless software engineering skills:
1. Not feeling scared to change code you didn't write
2. Empathy for your users and for your collaborators
3. Ability to communicate ideas clearly
I'd hire someone with these skills any day.
Tony MacDonell retweeted
"The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten." —found on a wall
Tony MacDonell retweeted
Hey, hi, I wanted to write about this earlier already but life happened, so let me write about it now: I believe the most important skill as a designer are communication and debating skills. Yes, debating. Proper debate. Because game design NEVER exists in isolation.
Tony MacDonell retweeted
Real #Agile results come from people being engaged. If the people who do the work are not engaged, no good comes from that.
Tony MacDonell retweeted
Restaurant slammed by Glassholes: grubstreet.com/2014/05/feast… Just post a pictures policy, not device-specific, let people know your house rules.
Tony MacDonell retweeted
the more you talk about your culture, the less you are cultivating it. Talkers are not always doers.
Tony MacDonell retweeted
Teknision has been acquired! We can’t wait to take the world by storm with them. First, it’s time to raise a glass.
teknision.com/synacor
