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Posts by: pat

  1. Always check twice March 22, 2013

    Posted in technical.

    1 comment
  2. Do Something: Tom’s legacy (my remarks at my best friend’s memorial service) January 24, 2013

    Posted in social commentary.

    2 comments
  3. Code Review #9 : The importance of doing the small things right January 24, 2013

    Posted in code review.

    No comments
  4. Luddites are right January 22, 2013

    Posted in management, social commentary.

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  5. What-If / Green Cows – invalid results due to missed energy source October 23, 2012

    Posted in entertainment, random silliness.

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  6. Dear Amazon October 22, 2012

    Posted in social commentary, starting a company.

    1 comment
  7. To the Non-technical CEO: Thoughts about an early stage startup hiring a CTO July 5, 2012

    Posted in management, starting a company.

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  8. 10gui window management not innovative enough November 2, 2011

    Posted in technical.

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  9. How Google can be part of the Mountain View Community October 17, 2011

    Posted in social commentary.

    No comments
  10. A criminal says trust is stupid but security “experts” trust September 8, 2011

    Posted in broken, rants, technical.

    1 comment
  11. Indifference to process leads to Mozilla contributor departing August 30, 2011

    Posted in management, software design, starting a company, technical.

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  12. Excellent Css tools July 3, 2011

    Posted in how to, technical.

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  13. Forgetting minor things (like people and maintenance) June 21, 2011

    Posted in political, transportation.

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  14. Banking East Coast Dress Code June 19, 2011

    Posted in random silliness, social commentary.

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  15. Installing private ruby gem in rails project using heroku June 17, 2011

    Posted in help notes, ruby, technical.

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  16. Sri lanka and the Us. May 18, 2011

    Posted in political, social commentary.

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  17. only the poor understand Jesus May 17, 2011

    Posted in social commentary.

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  18. Use Subclasses and alternative interface implementations to reduce “future” bugs April 7, 2011

    Posted in code review.

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  19. When to change careers (for Fred Wilson) April 4, 2011

    Posted in career.

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  20. Don’t jump into a project, wade in March 28, 2011

    Posted in software design, starting a company.

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  21. Privacy is best offline March 14, 2011

    Posted in privacy, social commentary.

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  22. How to change jobs and careers March 4, 2011

    Posted in career, interviewing, management.

    2 comments
  23. Checklist of things to do BEFORE starting your own company March 4, 2011

    Posted in starting a company.

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  24. How to do “status meetings” right (aka avoiding “Death-by-Status”) March 4, 2011

    Posted in management, starting a company, technical.

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  25. Party like it’s 1611 aka living credit card and (dollar) bill-free February 3, 2011

    Posted in political, random silliness, rants.

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