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I’m going to publish the notes on some of the books I read this year. Here’s the first one: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There annashipman.co.uk/jfdi/what-got-…


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TODDLERS: THE MUSICAL Including hits like: 🎵 I Don’t Want That (Yes I Do) 🎵 NO NO NO NO NO 🎵 He’s Looking At Me, She’s Breathing on Me 🎵 Cough in Your Mouth 🎵 Bedtime is The Time for Questions SHOWTIMES AT 4 AM, 5 AM, and DURING YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW


There is a cupboard under my stairs. The doors cannot open as a nailed down shelf obstructs them. I cannot stop thinking about what is behind them. A cellar? Narnia? More shelves?

geek_caroline's tweet image. There is a cupboard under my stairs.  The doors cannot open as a nailed down shelf obstructs them.  I cannot stop thinking about what is behind them.  A cellar?  Narnia?  More shelves?

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I am very proud to say that after many months (years?) of behind-the-scenes work, the Financial Times is transitioning to a much improved commenting platform, now working with @coralproject (and the great @losowsky!) ft.com/content/d52a18…

ft.com

The Financial Times is upgrading reader comments

We believe in the value of comments. That’s why we are improving ours


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Meatime, Corbyn, Swinson, Soubry, Sturgeon, Gauke: you’ve got a week to get your act together. Idealogical opponents in Italy have just buried their differences to keep out extremism. No reason why it can’t be done here.


Big thanks to Cheryl (and her colleagues) at Kings X and @LNER for helping me find seats so children didn't have to stand on a 5 hour train journey. Excellent customer service 👏🙏 ( @thetrainline your wording regarding seat reservations needs to be clearer!)


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"We realised that the power of engagement would allow us to highlight more than just blank fields" medium.com/ft-product-tec…

medium.com

S.O.S — A Game for Engineers

by Geoff Thorpe


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Yet more uncritical PR fluff. If you want the story behind this advert, read my piece at shkspr.mobi/blog/2019/03/w…

The three words that can save your life bbc.in/2z2GNFX



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The beauty of mathematics (gravity vs force tension) in pendulum motion


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I feel like I'm constantly explaining these to the people around me. Here's your guide :-)

DustinKirkland's tweet image. I feel like I'm constantly explaining these to the people around me.  Here's your guide :-)

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Our old tech principles became irrelevant and forgotten so we decided to update them and take steps to apply them more proactively. I've written about how and what we did on the @lifeatFT blog: medium.com/ft-product-tec…


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What a photo! The reaction from some *other* Cricket World Cup winners to the end of this incredible match! 😍 Reaction: bbc.in/2LkFR7U #CWC19final #bbccricket #CricketWorldCupFinal

bbctms's tweet image. What a photo! 

The reaction from some *other* Cricket World Cup winners to the end of this incredible match! 😍

Reaction: bbc.in/2LkFR7U
#CWC19final #bbccricket #CricketWorldCupFinal

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This is interesting - using AI to detect scam phone calls and cut them off keepel.com/the-solution (via @ftmoney)


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"Netflix ... is just a good infrastructure service which has morphed into a monster attempting to control our access to content" This is *fascinating*. 'The slow death of Hollywood' mattstoller.substack.com/p/the-slow-dea…


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And we're done! 17 runbooks updated, highest runbook score 97% and 70% of puppy stickers on wall! Amazing job @alicebartlett @binaryberry Jenn Johnson and @JaneOLoughlin #docsday2019 @lifeatFT

annashipman's tweet image. And we're done! 17 runbooks updated, highest runbook score 97% and 70% of puppy stickers on wall! Amazing job @alicebartlett @binaryberry Jenn Johnson and @JaneOLoughlin #docsday2019 @lifeatFT
annashipman's tweet image. And we're done! 17 runbooks updated, highest runbook score 97% and 70% of puppy stickers on wall! Amazing job @alicebartlett @binaryberry Jenn Johnson and @JaneOLoughlin #docsday2019 @lifeatFT

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Most programming is really the process of realising things are more complicated than you initially thought.


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When I had my phone interview w FT 4y ago, @commuterjoy asked if I'd worked with Node (no) or if I'd managed a team before (no) Then he asked me if I'd like to Me:


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