Author: Tony Tam
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Podcast Ecosystem : Fun Facts
When I started working on a hackathon project to publish the Splunk .conf videos from our conf.splunk.com site into a podcast form, I learned a lot that I didn’t know. This learning through hands on work has led me to contributing software code to an open source project call AntennaPod. I will write more later…
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“The future is here – it’s just not evenly distributed”
“The future is here – it’s just not evenly distributed” – William Gibson. When we come up with a good idea. If we take that idea and prototype and demo it, even when no one cheers you on, remember that they are just not in the same future as you yet. If it was a…
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Lettering and Type
I am often inspired by creative types. I heard about Jessica Hische when she was interviewed on Design Matters podcast. I found her Lynda.com show “The Creative Spark: Title Case, Typographic Artisans” I’m inspired by their workspace and how they customized their tables to fit their tools Her beautiful homepage http://jessicahische.is/ Her 2 books “Tomorrow…
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Reminder: Pull your free credit report
This is free and a huge perk from our government to pull your credit report (without a score) https://www.annualcreditreport.com/index.action
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Link: Salary data on levels.fyi
https://www.levels.fyi/2019/ – I have no idea how accurate this salary data is, but it’s pretty outrageous how much software engineers are paid.
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Thought Experiment:What If You Disappear Tomorrow
At work, what would change, would people truly miss you? In your personal life, what would change and who would mourn you? Now, start to do more of what is important and less of what is not valuable.
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There Is No Life Script
While listening to a podcast about the child free life (not childless life), a reminder that there is no script for life.
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FavTools: Podcast: BeyondPod for Android
You can Google all the the possible Podcast apps out there, but I suggest you settle down with the paid version of the BeyondPod app. (This is my recommendation for people who subscribe to a lot of Podcasts!!) Why BeyondPod? Any podcast app worth downloading must have Change how fast the audio plays Adjust how…
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Advice: From Someone Wise
My gift for you this year is PRESENCE. May you be utterly present in your life this year. Deeply aware of YOUR magnificence and of everything around you. Conscious of what makes you flow more freely. Confident in who and how you BE. Grateful for every moment. Living NOW. Birthday Blessings!