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Jan 7

Best Purchases of 2022 under $40

White Gaffer Tape — a better way to label jars, cooking ingredients, and boxes. Inspired by the blue tape in The Bear (TV, 2022). Waterproof Phone Case— for travelers that don’t want to leave their phone unattended on the beach. Purell Wipes — handy for sanitizing + wiping off your hands in a pinch. Ultrasonic Retainer Cleaner— Polident isn’t enough for my mouthguard sometimes. Cup Holder Expander— We’ve got some extra big water bottles that don’t fit in a normal cup holder.

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Oct 29, 2022

The Twitter Solution

Twitter has a bunch of problems. Let’s solve some. Stickiness Comparing time spent on the various social media apps, TikTok takes the cake. Then Instagram, then Twitter. Why? For me, it’s because I open Twitter, scroll until I hit tweets I’ve already seen before, and close the app. Contrast this…

Twitter

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The Twitter Solution
The Twitter Solution
Twitter

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Jul 22, 2020

Best Buys Under $20

Common Trends: Tea Kettle Reading Glasses Phone Tripods/Stands Insulated Bottles and Mugs Rollers & Back scratchers Fans (with & without water spritz) Long charging cables Via @Caissie’s Twitter Thread Joseph Joseph Blade Brush & Cutlery Cleaner, about $5.50. Cleans knives safely and really gets between the tines of forks. …

Best Of

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Best Buys Under $20
Best Buys Under $20
Best Of

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Apr 5, 2020

We Lived Comfortably During the Pandemic

We Lived Comfortably During the Pandemic And when they fired millions without healthcare, and refused to take care of our medical workers, while lying to our faces, and sacrificing countless lives in a shameless money grab, we protested but not enough, we opposed them but not enough. I was in my bed, around my bed America was falling: invisible house by invisible house by invisible house. I took out my computer and ordered some groceries.

Pandemic

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Pandemic

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Nov 10, 2019

The 1 Why

In Product Management there’s a technique called the 5 Whys which is used to get to heart of issues. For instance, if your website goes down, you might ask: Why did the website go down? Because too many people went at once. Why can’t our website handle that sort of…

Startup

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The 1 Why
The 1 Why
Startup

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Jan 21, 2018

From TV Studios To Tech Startups

In the past, I’ve produced and directed a few shows, from my high school’s TV program, to live news and sports shows, to interview series. …

Startup

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From TV Studios To Tech Startups
From TV Studios To Tech Startups
Startup

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Jan 15, 2018

From The Ashes Of Chatbots

Recently, Facebook announced the demise of M, a chatbot assistant that once promised to be the future of conversational interfaces. First introduced in a limited public beta in August of 2015, the service was free to use and featured nearly limitless offerings. M’s use of a human-trained AI allowed it…

Chatbots

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From The Ashes Of Chatbots
From The Ashes Of Chatbots
Chatbots

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Jan 9, 2018

The Rise of Behavior-Based Networking

With the ascent of the smartphone into our every waking hour, a generation is growing up so plugged in that their social lives are suffering. So we watched as an array of dating applications emerged to facilitate interaction. The issue with platforms like Tinder is a superficiality which ignores a…

Dating

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The Rise of Behavior-Based Networking
The Rise of Behavior-Based Networking
Dating

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Dec 16, 2017

The Man of a Thousand Toys (2009)

I wrote this many years ago, and recently learned that the subject of this piece has sold his company for a large profit. So, I dug this up, and decided to post it. Images added in 2017. In what looks like an old abandoned factory in Cumberland, RI lies a…

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The Man of a Thousand Toys (2009)
The Man of a Thousand Toys (2009)
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Dec 15, 2017

The Future Of Podcast Apps

I listened to my first podcast on an actual iPod, back when Apple still made them. In those early days, the lineup included Marketplace, News from Lake Wobegon, and The Apple Phone Show (this was before the iPhone was announced). …

Podcast

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The Future Of Podcast Apps
The Future Of Podcast Apps
Podcast

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