Establishing trust in business
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Sometimes the best way to make a sale is to stop selling and focus instead on building a relationship and establishing trust.
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Right to repair
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I will always support a consumer’s right to repair the things they own. It’s cheaper, sustainable, and far more rewarding than replacement.
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Own your mistakes
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What’s the largest mistake you’ve made in your career? Did you hold yourself accountable for it? What did you learn through the experience?
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Ethics in technology and advertising
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Ethics is one of the more complicated concepts in tech. Everyone knows what it is, but ethics become frighteningly easy to ignore.
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Find it, buy it, build it
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How expensive is the open source tool you’ve found? How about the managed, hosted, SaaS alternative? Should you build your own instead?
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Storytelling
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I love telling stories, and I’m learning daily how many fields and industries rely on compelling storytelling to succeed.
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System76 Oryx Pro – First Impressions
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The past few weeks have been exciting! I recently purchased the new Oryx Pro by System76 and have been absolutely loving the new machine. Here are some photos and first thoughts from my setup experience. Unboxing First and foremost, it took a bit longer for my machine to arrive than I’d expected. I was one of
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2014 Salary Survey Results
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A total of 60 different people from across the world completed the survey. I saw a mix of corporate executives, entry-level engineers, and freelancers with anywhere from 3 to 20 years of experience in the field.
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Immediate Reaction to EU VAT Regulations
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The thought that I have to pay a European tax because the end recipient of my digital work lives in Europe feels like something out of a dystopian sci-fi novel.
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Death by Documentation
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Before I finally made it to a more modern company that fully embraced Agile methodologies, I worked for a firm that used the waterfall method exclusively for project planning. It was a nightmare.