Author: Tony Tam
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Book: The Witch’s Heart
First book I have read about the Nordic mythology and I love the normalcy of the unusual babies.
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Benedict Evans – ‘Three Steps to the Future’
This is a data-packed presentation on where the tech trends are and where we are going in 2030. See the presentation https://www.ben-evans.com/presentations Quote from Evans: The most exciting themes in technology today are transformative visions for 2025 or 2030: crypto, web3, VR, metaverse… and then everything else. Meanwhile, hundreds of start-ups take ideas from the…
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Actually making us go faster with greater impact
Sharing a post here https://medium.com/hackernoon/feels-like-faster-vs-makes-us-faster-828686facc7e
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3 Birthdays!
My wife’s family celebrated the birthdays of 3 people, my 6 year nephew, my father in law and me! This card I received gives me such joy!
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End Of 7 Year Restaurant Investment
After 7 years, my investment in a sushi restaurant has ended with a buy out from the primary investor/owner. My best friend, chef/owner wanted to keep running the restaurant, but it no longer fit my long term investment of time and money. What I learned from this experience Running a restaurant is very difficult because…
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At 51, Hawaii calls
We have bought a 2nd home in Hawaii! My wife and I have decided to not wait until we retire or until it’s the “perfect” time. There really isn’t the right time to make a life altering move, might as well take the step and see where things go! So far, this is best decision…
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link: Tracy Chou : Inside the life of a tech activist: abuse, gaslighting, but ultimately optimism – Fast Company
Very inspiring profile of Tracy Chou’s journey to build Block Party tool to combat online harassment. https://www.fastcompany.com/90686948/inside-the-life-of-a-tech-activist-abuse-gaslighting-but-ultimately-optimism
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Thrive-WiSE Q3 Micro Conference Cheryl Ainoa’s Keynote Session (2021)
Cheryl Ainoa’s talk https://vimeo.com/628586581 I love how she goes back and forth between management or IC looking by evaluating what gives her energy.
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Computer Programming is art, don’t overplan it
I’ve argued that building software is much more of an Art than Science. The teams who follow the agile manifesto strictly over plan this artistic endevor of birthing software from nothing with T-shirt sizing, rule of thumb and or fibonacci numbers in 2 week increments of a sprint. What I’ve observed in the real world…