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Look at yourself objectively
In the 1840s, hospitals were dangerous places. Mothers who went in to give birth often didn’t make it out. For example, at Vienna General Hospital’s First Obstetrical Clinic, as many as 10% of mothers died of puerperal fever after giving birth. But there was some good news: at the Second Clinic, the number was just…
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Where the fuck is my Ari Gold?
Software development is its own unique thing. It is not a profession that can be directly equated to any other. This tends to frustrate people who try to understand the profession. This is true even for software developers, who would like an established model to follow. This is why you see some software companies run…
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Windows 8 productivity: Who moved my cheese? Oh, there it is.
Disclaimer: I don't work for the Windows Team. I installed Windows 8 on my home ...
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A Linux dev who helped thousands needs help to fight cancer
My name is Diane and Ken is my Life-Partner. I will probably be posting for him from time to time due to his eyes not be...
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Believe you can change
Carol Dweck was obsessed with failure. You know how some people just seem to succeed at everything they do, while others seem helpless, doomed to a life of constant failure? Dweck noticed that too — and she was determined to figure out why. So she began watching kids, trying to see if she could spot the difference…
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We consistently underestimate kids.
I've long believed that we seriously underestimate kids. Hanging around with my friend's daughters who were 2, 3, and 5 when I was in college was really illuminating as I found myself interacting and conversing with his (admittedly smart) 2 year o...
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Why don't they just..?
It seems every time I come across a story about the Mars Curiosity rover there will be many people commenting on the technology used start...
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Things I do to be consistently happy
Now that it’s almost two years since I first had the idea for Buffer , and with the year and a half before that which I worked on my previous startup, I’ve started to notice a few patterns amongst the ups and downs that come with building a startup.
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Why host and write a blog?
Jon Udell is blogging less . Gosh, so am I . There are loads of ways to talk to the world, new alternatives every day it seems. Is this thing, you know, over?
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Your Words are Wasted
It needs to be said again, perhaps this time more strongly. Your Blog is The ...
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Push, push, push. Expanding your comfort zone
Derek Sivers official site. Thoughts on philosophy, culture, self-improvement. Author of Useful Not True, How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Anything You Want.
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How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist
I like learning about odd connections between disparate things. This probably is the oddest example that I know. Broadly speaking, mathemat...
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