Author: Tony Tam
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link: The Most Intense Year of Growth in My Life — What I’ve Learned
Very inspiring from Edmond Lau of The Effective Engineer http://www.effectiveengineer.com/blog/the-most-intense-year-of-growth
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“Nothing Good Comes Easy”
Someone I admire said “Nothing Good Comes Easy”. Apparently that is not a new saying. Anything worthwhile takes hard work. Ask any athlete who is on top of their game how much training and preparation they have to do to get ready.
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We Need Sponsors, Not Just Mentors
Mentors can listen, give advice, but sponsors can speak up, create opportunities and provide real time feedback. For under represented workers, having a mentor is great, but having a sponsor makes a world of difference!
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TED: We’re building a dystopia just to make people click on ads
Platforms such as Facebook, Google and YouTube are persuasion architectures that even the engineers who created them do not know how the machine algorithms ultimately target audiences with content. These platforms show us content in our private screens targeted specially for us as individuals. They know what our weaknesses are and move us in subtle…
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NYTimes: She Warned of ‘Peer-to-Peer Misinformation.’ Congress Listened.
“We kept saying this was not a one-off. This was a toolbox anyone can use,” Ms. DiResta said. “We told the tech companies that they had created a mass way to reach Americans.” She Warned of ‘Peer-to-Peer Misinformation.’ Congress Listened. https://nyti.ms/2jkZH6e
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Badminton Birdie tube sleeve
Well, I have some time on my hands so I decided to create a sleeve for my badminton birdie tubes. Right now it’s paper, but I am hoping to print them on elastic fabric so they can be reused. 2nd iteration with color!
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link: NYTimes: She’s 26, and Brought Down Uber’s C.E.O. What’s Next?
Thank You Susan! She’s 26, and Brought Down Uber’s C.E.O. What’s Next? https://nyti.ms/2gVN51t
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Proposal : Ways For Yelp Business Owners To Engage With Their Most Loyal Customers
Yelp is a marketplace connecting small business owners with their customers. New customers want to find small businesses (restaurants, plumbers, dentists) who are near them, with high trustworthy user reviews and matches their needs. For restaurants, it might be the type of cuisine, a particular food item, atmosphere. For a dentist, it might be a…