Author: Tony Tam
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Happy Father’s Day 2019
We do not have to conform to the norms of bread winners. We can communicate our weaknesses to our children, show vulnerability and strength.
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Sunday Recommend: Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
This Sunday I was inspired by many articles, here are 2. NYTimes: A Mother Takes On the Gun Lobby Shannon Watts, Founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America SF Chronicle: College admissions scandal: New details released on Stanford sailing coach – “The parents who conspired to bribe Vandemoer and other coaches did so…
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Sunday Recommend: Path to Ride-Share Profits Begins With Higher Prices
What I learned Reasoning based on data, and it’s hard to argue with – this is a skill I need to learn. Driving for Uber or Lyft will be a minimum wage job because there are always drivers coming in to fill the roles when the earnings rise, driving down earnings. Drivers will leave when…
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link: You Accomplished Something Great. So Now What?
(The photo is taken of a poster of the move “Always Be My Maybe”) – such a funny Asian American movie, must see twice! “Arrival fallacy is this illusion that once we make it, once we attain our goal or reach our destination, we will reach lasting happiness,” said Tal Ben-Shahar, the Harvard-trained positive psychology…
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Link: Talking On The Phone In The Car
I found this article funny and warm. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/magazine/letter-of-recommendation-car-phones.html
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Podcast: Chris Lattner creator of LLVM infrastructure, Swift programming language
I geeked out listening to this podcast following along the career of the creator of one of most successful compiler platform LLVM.
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Emma Watson’s book club “Our Shared Shelf.” – While reading NY Times Sunday
While reading NY Times physical Sunday paper, I came across an article about Bumble’s CEO Whitney Wolf Herd’s work week diary. While the article was inspiring to see a day in the life of female CEO, I thought the mention of Emma Watson’s book club “Our Shared Shelf” is even more interesting. From a cursory…
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Podcast of the week: Truth Be Told
I started listening to a summary of this podcast “Truth Be Told“. As a man of color, there are topics that struck a chord with me. Including whether we should name our kids with our ethnic names & why people of color marry the dominate race.
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Useful sites of the week : Grammarly
Grammarly – Premium version to help me to correct grammar before I hit that Send button. https://www.grammarly.com Others have recommended (yet to try) https://undraw.co/illustrations – Open-source illustrations for every project you can imagine and create. Free photos https://unsplash.com/