"What got you here is what everyone here is doing, & if that's what it took to get beyond, no one would be stuck." sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/201…
June 2014
@kdmoores I'm visiting Montéal at the moment, but am generally HQ'd in Waterloo. Yeah! Come by for dinner sometime? My house is... unique.
Retweeted @IAmMarkManson
New Post: How We All Miss the Point on School Shootings --markmanson.net/school-shootin…
@IAmMarkManson Have you seen this article? Also re: empathy, from a different perspective. Thought you'd like it :) elementalstew.wordpress.com/2014/05/29/not…
"You shouldn't become a middle school math teacher because you love math. You should do it because you love teaching" sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/201…
New game! When you hear about a startup with a noun name whose dotcom is obvi taken, try to guess which verb they use. eg @getClever
@getClever But you used to be getclever.com, which I know because of Tyler's email listed on the About page ;-)
Spambots in the era of the #InternetOfThings buff.ly/1aCZ0HE
"The most motivating thing in the world is progress. " from 5 Tips for Effective Work by @bakadesuyo buff.ly/1aPsH4Y
Google’s Scientific Approach to Work-Life Balance buff.ly/1wNDLha
1/ Quoth iOS 8: "You’ll have new keyboard options" Oh, finally custom ones? & caps UX fixed? & swipe? :D Nope, just next word prediction.
2/ maybe it's just me, but I find only ~5% of next word predictions are accurate. Is everyone else just having the same convo over and over?
3/ oh my bad, I didn't scroll all the way down; they DO have custom keyboards in iOS 8. It's ABOUT TIME.
Just found a standing desk, with outlets, at #YUL. My office for the next few hours :) #betterthanihopedfor
Retweeted @shanley
A reality show about me trying to use software that all programmers are forced to watch
@uWaterlooSE Yeah! Although at first it was saying USER LIMIT HAS BEEN REACHED. But after like 5 minutes of trying, I got in. #notsobad
Protip: proxy doesnt work to get around a public wifi domain block? Use @InternetArchive's Wayback Machine :D worth reading = worth saving
YUL ✈ YTZ
Retweeted @ScottHYoung
Just how far down the rabbit hole do you want to go? overcomingbias.com/2014/06/how-de…
My answer to Should I blog on Svbtle, Medium or both? qr.ae/stVgf
Retweeted @puredoxyk
If you want to double your success rate, triple your failure rate.
Retweeted @GTwana
Replying to @suchnerve
@VanguardVivian I'm not sure what you're referring to here. Can give an example? :)
Useful advice by @foundersatwork, though I'm left confused about what "sales" and "marketing" mean. blogs.wsj.com/accelerators/2…
@VanguardVivian Oh wait, what you're describing is a non-ally behaviour...? That makes more sense.
Replying to @suchnerve
@VanguardVivian Err yeah, a thing allies do, but that you wish they didn't. That's what I meant.
@strohl89 Go on...? (Blog post on how to learn to fail better, perhaps?)
.@dreev and I are committing to doing 3 hallway tests for signups within a week — or paying $100. #virtualhandshake
Replying to @UncredibleHallq
@UncredibleHallq can you get the day off work to vote, then snag a license then? Or is that just a Canada thing?
Retweeted @naval
Prose is just code that doesn't compile. (Ignore if you're not a tech entrepreneur).
Replying to @UncredibleHallq
@UncredibleHallq And you need a driver's license to register? That's ridiculous. Call someone and make sure? Sometimes they have other optns
Today in I-Can't-Believe-It's-Not-Onion, @Microsoft reveals an AI assistant whose name comes from Halo. Naturally. engadget.com/2014/06/04/cor…
Retweeted @andizeisler
Next up: David Brooks on bath salts. #NYTcolumnistsondrugs
At least the @Dell hold music isn't terrible.
Retweeted @CompliceGoals
Publicly committing to having a Complice blog live with a post within 5 days (by end of next Tuesday) or someone who RTs…
Btw, I don't count as a retweeter of the @CompliceGoals commitment contract for payout purposes. I'm Complice.
XKCD hasn't been this punny in quite a while. xkcd.com/1378/
This morning @Timehop reminded me I made chocolate eggs last year. So... I did it again, this time w/ protein powder.
“It’s a form of corporate philanthropy but instead of giving money, they’re sharing expertise.” Toyota Donates Kaizen mobile.nytimes.com/2013/07/27/nyr…
Retweeted @jasonroy
Liberals and conservatives want stronger immune systems. Conservatives focus on detecting pathogens while liberals advocate r…
.@googlecalendar, when I quick add something for Tuesday 4pm, I *always* mean next tuesday.
Google Maps: Designing the Modern Atlas core77.com/blog/case_stud… via @Core77
Retweeted @CIA
We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet.
Great article; surprised no mention of @UWvelocity/VVF Waterloo's Tech Ecosystem Can Thank Ted Livingston - @betakit betakit.com/39411/
First of all, @UWvelocity was relevant to @ted_Livingston's success. And then many of the companies listed *won* those funds. CC @BetaKit
#DoesAnyoneElse see someone online on gtalk/hangouts, then check if they're on facebook to see if they're likely to be chat-able atm?
"The 65 year-old iconic Turing Test was passed for the very first time by supercomputer Eugene Goostman" reading.ac.uk/news-and-event…
Replying to @ladylamoni
@ladylamoni I saw it with my girlfriend, who hadn't read the book, and she had trouble seeing why An Imperial Affliction was such a big deal
Replying to @ladylamoni
@ladylamoni So we concluded that it it's a (RARE) movie that's actually made *better* by reading the book. b/c you have a richer knowledge..
Replying to @ladylamoni
@ladylamoni ...of the motivations that each of the characters is dealing with.
@michaellitt Yo! You can go sign up for @CompliceGoals now: complice.co/signup Blog & first post incoming in 2 days :) #thx4thepressure
#DoesAnyoneElse say things like "fix egregious timezone bug" in their commit messages?
...I'm reflecting, actually, I've probably used the word "egregious" more in commit messages than everywhere else put together.
Wait. What does "egregious" even mean again? *googles* ↳ "shockingly bad. appalling" ...sounds about right
Replying to @fakerapper
@fakerapper @r4v5 @amaditalks Also cooking shows never show you this, but the entire set is actually a giant microwave oven.
Replying to @fakerapper
@fakerapper While we're at it, did you know the entire cast of #GameOfThrones is ALREADY DEAD? #zombies #soefficient
Replying to @Twinklecrepe
@Twinklecrepe @VanguardVivian I don't think the movie was perfect, but it wasn't terrible. I'd just recommend the book.
@Twinklecrepe @VanguardVivian All else aside, both the book and the movie do an unparalleled job of accurately incorporating eg texting.
@Twinklecrepe @VanguardVivian Sounds small but I think its a big part of the appeal—it feels like it actually depicts youth culture this way
@Twinklecrepe @VanguardVivian I'm thinking about this a bit more; I don't want to imply there's a single youth culture...
Replying to @retronauthome
I'll meet you down in Hilarity RT @theretronaut "1840: Husson’s Map of a Woman’s Heart (buff.ly/1hyP6gE ) pic.twitter.com/RQox3frGfl"
Replying to @mijustin
@mijustin This is fantastic. I'm too growth-mindsetty to say a thing like "don't ever change", but otherwise I might :P
Retweeted @mijustin
Techno Dance Party as a Service.
Listening to @audible_com audiobooks at half speed kinda sounds like David after dentist. (@joshkaufman it's your PMBA I'm listening to :P )
#CodingCereals NotationOs
#CodingCereals Number Crunch
@dswiese @arosic well, you just showed up in my @MagicRecs ... that might explain it today...
I want google spreadsheets to have a mode where all I can do is input data, to prevent my QS efforts from getting stymied by my own upgrades
Remind me again why styrofoam cups are legal...?
Twitter, I love* your follower suggestions. But I think I'm following too many people. How about unfollower suggestions? *not actually love
@WilliamAEden Huh, I mostly had only seen it used as a model for why people can enjoy pain or discomfort (like the thrill of a cold shower)
@WilliamAEden Though looking at the wikipedia page, where it supposes you can do backwards stuff with chemicals... yeaaaaah....
@WilliamAEden huh, interesting
This freestanding ish feels relatively new, but is it really new, or only new-ish? slate.com/blogs/lexicon_… @GretchenAMcC on @slate
"The wonderful thing about asynchronous communication is that everyone is always on the staircase." — @ben_r_hoffman
Yo @timehop, pretty sure you have enough info to know I'm not American. I'd rather no special event entry than this.
Retweeted @JaneSetter
RT @dalejbarr: Why did the psycholinguist cross the road? To get to the garden path was difficult. #PsycholinguisticJokes |…
Retweeted @StefanHayden
If you're not a feminist because of "some feminists" then you should see some of the people in the "not a feminist" camp.
Giving feedback on surveys while I take them. "Yeah, the previous fill-blank Q would have been better before the multchoice Q (b/c priming)"
Hazards of having a "neuroplasticity" tag on my blog: I find myself wanting to use it for every post since they're all about mind-changing.
It turns out that “it works in Latin, so it should work in English” is not a great base for a grammatical system. allthingslinguistic.com/post/748874584…
.@jasoncrawford I have sometimes used the word for things that are hard to explain but once you get it you have an intuitive understanding
.@marckohlbrugge 'From Hobby to Business: How I accidentally monetized BetaList'? ...@BetaList sounds like the most accidental startup ever.
Just signed up for @BetaList: Discover and get early access to the latest internet startups. betalist.com
Retweeted @dmataconis
Mind. Blown.
Retweeted @ginthegin
@dmataconis An absolute opposite of a selfie then.
Congrats @amir_rezaa on @rap_pad being featured on @ProductHunt producthunt.com/posts/rap-pad?…
Just discovered @GirlTalk. Where has this been all my life. Thanks @zedlander, via @Rdio
Retweeted @GIFs
Retweeted @kevinpurdy
A man wearing a Mentos suit is dropped in a dunk tank of Diet Coke. Thank you, @zackseward vine.co/v/MI2aE2qWXqv
Kudos to @MovesApp for being able to tell I was biking even though my phone was dangling in my @Utilikilts pocket.
Retweeted @TheRealKartik
You had me at Yo
5yrs ago, I made a twitter account to join in the conversation about #Iran. Hadn't occurred to me I might ever work there. #Twitterversary
Just bought my first plane ticket! (Have flown often, but always from parents/employers). Self-authorshiiiiiiip! malcolmocean.com/2014/05/self-a…
@rjgoodin Baha no. I did an internship at twitter last fall.
Retweeted @textfiles
40 years of walking through marinas and docks and my all time favorite name for a boat continues to be “Unsinkable II”
INBOX ZERO WINBOX HERO
And here I thought my standing desk was extreme. "Parenting Against the Grain: Going Furniture-Free" buff.ly/1lKsevO
Retweeted @metamapps
excellent meta'hack weekend at @REAPWaterloo - thx all who came @Malcolm_Ocean @ale316 @Bortseb & others! …
Retweeted @SwedishCanary
Kids having a sleep over 2014...
My first thought: WANT (the outfit, not the human)
The amount of times #Keymonk has thought I want to say "aorta" instead of "sorts"....
Retweeted @patcable
the @popforms logo is probably my favorite. look at that lil fuzzy guy or girl!
Retweeted @mylifeisshan
@Malcolm_Ocean and where does @zedlander get all his music from? @mylifeisshan. #iwantmykarma
Uhh, pretty sure "he" is a word, #Keymonk.
Apparently thesaurus.com doesn't think that "archive" is a verb. Never used gmail, apparently. ...or used it all wrong :P
.@themattsimpson @blue_traveler What? Complexity is nonlinear? Who would ever have guessed :P
@GrumplessGrinch @UncredibleHallq The [[citation needed]]s are already gone, fwiw.
Replying to @UncredibleHallq
@UncredibleHallq @GrumplessGrinch Nope. Even checked the source. Unless they say something other than "citation"...
WHOA. My credit card bill and my bank account balance end with the same FIVE DIGITS. Meaning that after paying I'll have an integer thousand