Category: General
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“It’s almost like our unconsciousness is a kind of failure”
Read More »: “It’s almost like our unconsciousness is a kind of failure”You know I’m all about applying perspective as much as possible when living our daily lives. It’s also one of the topics we frequently discuss with our kids – 10, 16 and 18yo. One of the questions we entertained ourselves with over NYE was about how the world looked / worked before the internet. When…
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Transactional email alternatives (for Mandrill App)
Read More »: Transactional email alternatives (for Mandrill App)Like many of you, I’m sure, I found an email from Mandrill App in my inbox today that explains them merging their service with the parent company MailChimp. I’d be fine with the merge in itself, I love MailChimp, but what I don’t like about this move is this section: Our billing and pricing model…
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Johann Hari: Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong
Read More »: Johann Hari: Everything you think you know about addiction is wrongis to say to the addicts in my life that I want to deepen the connection with them, to say to them, I love you whether you’re using or you’re not. I love you, whatever state you’re in, and if you need me, I’ll come and sit with you because I love you and I…
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Stop Giving “Just Honest” Feedback
Read More »: Stop Giving “Just Honest” Feedback“I’m looking for honest feedback”. As someone living in a world of (people working with) open-source software, I see the question above fly by many times a week. By open-sourcing your code, your suggestion, your solution, you are, in fact, looking for honest feedback. And that’s a good thing. It’s what the open-source community thrives…
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Should I blog more?
Read More »: Should I blog more?I work with WordPress all day. I have been since late 2005. I started using WordPress for what it was supposed to do back in the day: blogging. The more I started discovering the possibilities WordPress gave me, in terms of earning my living with it, the less I started blogging. I’m guessing the decline…
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Liberation of the human mind
Read More »: Liberation of the human mindAnarchism, then, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from the dominion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of government. Anarchism stands for a social order based on the free grouping of individuals for the purpose of producing real social…
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What is this Europe you are speaking of?
Read More »: What is this Europe you are speaking of?With only 20 days left till WordCamp Europe, I thought it’d be good to refresh everyone’s definition of Europe. Everything is relative 🙂
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Outlaw Porsche
Read More »: Outlaw PorscheI’m a huge fan of the early Porsche 911 and absolutely love what Magnus Walker does customizing those early beauties.