Twitter Archive, 2019
RT @humanworkplace: 10 reasons to run from a job opportunity:
- They send you a link to take online tests before they talk to you
- They…
Mon Jan 07 20:20:05 +0000 2019
RT @humanworkplace: 6) They have terrible Glassdoor reviews
7) They leave you waiting in silence for weeks between contacts
8) They won’t c…
Mon Jan 07 20:20:08 +0000 2019
Replying to @neillyneil and @escmum
Some good quality neil-backness tho.
Fri Jan 18 16:00:54 +0000 2019
Replying to @neillyneil and @escmum
#freemugfortopcomment
Fri Jan 18 17:31:41 +0000 2019
Replying to @escmum and @neillyneil
;)
Sat Jan 19 11:28:16 +0000 2019
Replying to @richardjpope
Hey, even Bezos had to mandate APIs as a part of a core tech strategy. Not as useful in a world that still allows and even encourages sneakernet workarounds, and harder still to impl if you don’t have the stick of “you’re fired if not”
Mon Jan 21 18:35:53 +0000 2019
Replying to @richardjpope
Agree - the six points made in the memo were each needed…and “interesting” things happen when you only have some of them in place.
Mon Jan 21 19:05:33 +0000 2019
Replying to @itsallgonewrong, @psd, @richardjpope, @pubstrat, @marxculture, @eliotfineberg and @zzgavin
Depends on whether the user is a human or another service.
Tue Jan 22 07:20:03 +0000 2019
Replying to @marxculture, @itsallgonewrong, @psd, @richardjpope, @pubstrat, @eliotfineberg and @zzgavin
Yes, but as a maker of an API, I don’t get to control the user experience of all other services for their users. All I can do is improve the service for my user (the other service), and avoid thinking about boiling the ocean.
Tue Jan 22 08:16:55 +0000 2019
Replying to @tomskitomski
@ByDonkeys
Thu Jan 31 22:20:18 +0000 2019 Replying to @EmRoseBaz
@peterkappus
Thu Feb 21 17:18:00 +0000 2019
Replying to @gauravvohra1 and @SuperhumanCo
Looking forward to trying it out!
Mon Feb 25 07:29:21 +0000 2019
Looking to chat to good, available, London-convenient service designers for a short piece of work solving a “very hard problem”.
Is that vague enough to pique your interest? Curious about the premodern spelling of ‘pique’?
Get in touch: robin@getjobz.co
Fri Mar 01 21:12:21 +0000 2019
Best angel quote of the night: “We’re looking for headstrong, persistent, visionary, focused, driven bust-through-walls founders that will listen and take on every piece of advice we have to offer, changing course at a moments notice.” #dynamicsoftheindustry
Wed Mar 06 09:51:16 +0000 2019
Replying to @marxculture
Everyone who uses excel in their daily job is a a software developer, untrained and ignorant of tests, code-data separation, branch version control and all other software best-practice
Sun Mar 10 16:41:18 +0000 2019
Replying to @marxculture
What would happen if we sent those people on “good practice” training?
Sun Mar 10 16:47:13 +0000 2019
Replying to @marxculture
Or built an “upload your spreadsheet to check for errors” service that could translate the logic into an app? (Spreadsheet-as-a-service)
Sun Mar 10 16:48:40 +0000 2019
RT @davidcarboni: “We have decades of research on what people need. Once you’re paid enough, it’s about having autonomy, control over your…
Thu Mar 14 08:10:33 +0000 2019
“What’s the difference between Machine Learning and AI?” “If it’s written in python, it’s Machine Learning. If it’s written in PowerPoint, it’s AI.”
Fri Mar 15 12:37:04 +0000 2019
Hey @ons - love the data, keep it coming.
And a simple bug report on the beeswarm chart. No pun intended.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/articles/whichoccupationsareathighestriskofbeingautomated/2019-03-25
Wed Mar 27 10:10:54 +0000 2019
Replying to @juter
Has anyone done the calcs / ££ on this off the back of the changes? (Revenue uptick, cost to develop, etc) I’d love to have a thing to point to “to get buy in” for future products.
Fri Mar 29 08:10:07 +0000 2019
Replying to @juter
That’s good to hear - would be better if the CFO saw numbers to that effect
Fri Mar 29 16:11:10 +0000 2019 Replying to @tekin, @dxw, @abscond and @rgarner
Do you know the team you’re headed to next?
Mon Apr 01 11:51:43 +0000 2019
Replying to @tekin and @dxw
All’s well, but swamped trying to build out a platform for job and career change at scale @jayohbeezed (particularly relevant for us career contractors)
Mon Apr 01 13:54:30 +0000 2019
RT @matthewclifford: Superb Brexit diagram https://twitter.com/jonworth/status/1115510300235784192
Tue Apr 09 07:36:11 +0000 2019
Replying to @neillyneil
Tue Apr 09 15:53:29 +0000 2019
Replying to @KeithEmmerson
Do you have one in French?
Tue Apr 16 09:05:23 +0000 2019
Just checking in at TLA #InvestorShowcase2 - if anyone in my Twitter echosphere is here?
Thu May 02 14:35:00 +0000 2019
RT @BECartmel: Anyone else seen the ad for private jet to fly your pets around - image of empty jet except for dog - on front page of toda…
Wed May 08 14:00:14 +0000 2019
Replying to @bmwelby, @neillyneil, @stuheritage and @zeynep
Another thing the execs will realise belatedly: they really should have left something on the table for when the series reboots in twenty years time. Unless they use up all the fan goodwill in the meantime.
Sun May 19 09:11:47 +0000 2019
Replying to @nickstenning and @rjw1
I’m looking for some ICs to chat about this very topic here in London.
Do get in touch, if you want to help fix personal career management.
Tue May 21 06:44:59 +0000 2019
I’m on a website that pops up a “switch to our accessible website” popup every time I click a link.
I can’t help but think they’ve missed the point completely.
Tue May 21 10:26:50 +0000 2019
Replying to @neillyneil
Are any of them passing the Turing test?
Fri May 24 06:43:54 +0000 2019
Replying to @alexholmes24
Congratulations! Do you have certainty on what’s next?
Wed May 29 20:31:55 +0000 2019
Replying to @CuriousScutter
Ha ha, I can’t amortise a hammer over ten years and pay 200x what I should for it.
Wed May 29 20:35:24 +0000 2019 Replying to @alexdunsdon
Don’t let a degree brand influence your decision on whether a specific person has / can learn the skills for a given role.
It’s just another heuristic / bias that will help you miss good opportunities.
Sun Jun 02 08:32:28 +0000 2019
Replying to @alexdunsdon
Usually I do it by unfollowing the people who post too much
Thu Jun 06 18:50:10 +0000 2019
Replying to @egawen
I think you’re confusing the concept of a strategy with a strategy document.
Tue Jun 11 07:08:20 +0000 2019
Replying to @Kershaw_MCIPS, @NHSX, @Rachel0404 and @matthewsgould
- Delivery tracking / ongoing project management 15. Public Post-delivery Value for money assessments 16. Management of post-award change and call-off 17. Single-button re-apply to next iteration. 18. Named contacts and senior responsible officers 19. AirBnB ⭐️ system
Tue Jun 11 09:41:04 +0000 2019
Replying to @garryscott
Pricing research says that when things are complicated, people are more likely to overpay.
Hence: super complex rate plans for telecoms, huge varieties of high-tier wine, tons of flight types
Maybe a similar effect applies in tax?
Wed Jun 12 07:03:26 +0000 2019
Replying to @alexdunsdon
JOBZ has them all. Book me for coffee.
Thu Jun 13 19:15:11 +0000 2019
Replying to @alexdunsdon
Happy to chat!
Sat Jun 15 06:42:56 +0000 2019
Replying to @alexdunsdon
Best is to get them into a safe abundant mindset which is about financial and personal stability, some CBT and biohacking. Otherwise adrenaline+cortisol will drive them to be awful to the team no matter what.
Mon Jun 17 12:29:52 +0000 2019
Replying to @alexdunsdon
Then, make it clear that their own behaviour will sideline them as the company grows.
Mon Jun 17 12:31:01 +0000 2019
RT @JamesClear: Most people need consistency more than they need intensity.
Intensity:
-run a marathon
-write a book in 30 days
-silent me…
Tue Jun 18 09:21:48 +0000 2019
Replying to @impcapital and @HipCityReg
“Dear Mr Gave me the brush off. Thanks for offering to be helpful in our last meeting. I could use the following pieces of help: (a) (b) (c). Do let me know how you can help in any or all of the above. Signed, Calling you out.
Sat Jun 22 13:56:35 +0000 2019
Replying to @JennyVass
Getting you next job?
Mon Jun 24 07:39:21 +0000 2019
Replying to @schlaf
Only if they participated in mine.
Thu Jun 27 07:57:24 +0000 2019
Replying to @alexdunsdon and @russellbuckley
The heuristic of “amazing founders” is just another form of bias - the way the brain justifies “this person is like me”.
This type of bias at the early stage is what leads to diversity problems at the later stage, and then later on, diversity problems in the investor community.
Fri Jun 28 20:34:54 +0000 2019 Replying to @Kershaw_MCIPS
- If there are tools and data that can make the application easier/automatic, the procurement bids will be of higher quality and better value for money
Wed Jul 03 16:44:09 +0000 2019
Replying to @alexdunsdon
Humans won’t stimulate their own wage growth —> they’re afraid of the difficult process of job and career change required to unlock the higher wage. This leads to low productivity + engagement and business leaders saying “we can’t get the skills”
That’s why I’m building JOBZ.
Mon Jul 08 07:32:46 +0000 2019
Replying to @alexdunsdon
Anyone who wants to join this mission, drop me a line at http://getjobz.co/investors
Mon Jul 08 07:34:01 +0000 2019
Replying to @alexdunsdon
This: https://twitter.com/robincarswell/status/1148132804242395141?s=21
Mon Jul 08 16:18:23 +0000 2019
The replies are better than the somewhat patronising original thread. https://twitter.com/skirani/status/1149302828420067328
Sat Jul 13 12:25:18 +0000 2019
RT @vcstarterkit: 10x Venture Capitalists
LPs, if you come across this rare breed of fund manager, immediately wire your commitment. Havin…
Sun Jul 14 10:29:45 +0000 2019
I’m looking for a few 5x engineers, because I hear 10x engineers are mythical and/or locked in dungeons by 100x founders.
If you’re easy to work with and are interested in diversity and solving the skills gap, get in touch.
#10xEngineer
Sun Jul 14 10:37:22 +0000 2019
Little bugs can cause 100% failure.
For example: An incorrect time zone on a website means anyone who uses the tech to make it easier, actually ends up an hour late and misses the thing.
Example courtesy the London conference run by @unboundglobal
Wed Jul 17 11:58:45 +0000 2019
Just got anonymously airdropped a photo, having left it accidentally open.
Congrats on the win, stranger! @surgeonmate
Wed Jul 17 13:23:53 +0000 2019
Having a 28 days early contagion experience. “The train has stopped due to a suspicious person at the next station.” <indecipherable shouts> (pause) (tube stops) “The train…crackle…ugh…crackle” (radio cuts out) <glass shatters> rage zombie bites man across aisle <hits send>
Mon Jul 22 19:05:21 +0000 2019
FYI
Tue Jul 23 18:17:10 +0000 2019
Replying to @bmwelby
In the world of the internet, links that other sites make to your content can be considered retained marketing assets of your organisation.
To negligently destroy those assets by not maintaining your site architecture properly is a waste of your marketing investment.
Sun Jul 28 12:21:23 +0000 2019
Replying to @bmwelby
I thought about this tweet, when I saw this comic. https://xkcd.com/2180/
Wed Jul 31 08:30:56 +0000 2019
RT @Anita_Hoffmann: Networking is as important as developing skills- for your current and (even more) for your new career. .
13 Things You…
Wed Jul 31 20:00:19 +0000 2019
Replying to @sanjaypoyzer
Just sit down and start typing in notepad.
Don’t get caught trying to edit what you said. Put in lots of carriage returns.
Then paste it all into a column in Trello and rearrange the thoughts into a coherent order.
Then write a paragraph in each card.
Throw out the leftover.
Wed Jul 31 20:07:21 +0000 2019 Replying to @jelenajansson
Skip them until they come to you. VCs invest based on heuristics that are driven by herd behaviour and personal risk reduction.
I hear good things about @clearbanc - if your model fits it?
Thu Aug 01 19:36:25 +0000 2019
Replying to @bmwelby, @neillyneil and @dafyddbach
I went to a Microsoft shop last year for the first time in eight years.
In the first two weeks I had a 15% lost work productivity hit.
Mon Aug 05 18:32:47 +0000 2019
Replying to @Samirkaji
Returns are even bigger when everyone chases the same deal and bids it way up!
Tue Aug 06 05:49:30 +0000 2019
Replying to @AmitMukherjee
There’s some pretty good value in the UK right now.
Thu Aug 08 17:50:02 +0000 2019
Replying to @impcapital
Ping me when you’re in London next.
Thu Aug 08 17:52:19 +0000 2019
Replying to @eliotfineberg
Overheard in Twitter; ‘remember, the modern conversation is a communication empire that happens to have a profitability obligation associated with it’
Sat Aug 10 00:12:34 +0000 2019
Replying to @yahoo_pete and @KeithEmmerson
So watchawatchawatcha want?
Mon Aug 12 07:39:13 +0000 2019
Replying to @alexdunsdon
Not if VCs all chase the same deals.
Tue Aug 13 10:33:21 +0000 2019
Replying to @jaCattell
Fewer slides, more stage practice.
Tue Aug 20 20:59:11 +0000 2019
Replying to @jmj
How to maintain mental health by staying off social media.
Wed Aug 21 18:56:37 +0000 2019
Any time you want to come and work on a social venture with me just say the word.
Wed Aug 21 19:03:26 +0000 2019
Replying to @alexdunsdon
Yes, but your taxes would be higher to pay for the deficit that doesn’t get inflated away.
Thu Aug 22 15:30:38 +0000 2019
To all my stationery nerd friends in the UK: 2-for-1 uniballs at @RymanStationery. Stock up before Brexit shortages.
To all my stationary nerd friends: happy to pick some up for you as you’re obviously stuck where you are.
#penpun
Tue Aug 27 17:08:08 +0000 2019
Replying to @robincarswell
Arrrrgh! Nothing ruins a penpun more than missing the obvious “Remain where you are” Brexit joke.
Tue Aug 27 20:49:38 +0000 2019
Another example of digital lipstick rather than service design.
Brexit: Home Office advert banned for ‘misleading’ EU citizens https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49488324
Wed Aug 28 07:39:19 +0000 2019 Replying to @tomskitomski and @mjrobbins
I mean, if only there was some sort of way to measure and report on the truthiness and factosity of individual journalists (and other public figures).
One star: lazy reporter and bad editorial. Please block further news until their fact rating > 4 and spin < 2.
Fri Sep 13 19:47:59 +0000 2019
Replying to @alexdunsdon
No, unfortunately not. I sometimes hold office hours — you’re welcome to show up!
Sun Sep 15 17:52:35 +0000 2019
Replying to @thetimmorgan
They don’t exist yet - everyone who claims they know has done it a couple of times and is iterating as they go.
Best is to train up your finance team on dev-accounting (you have to anyway), write your policies and procedures, and have them educate the auditors. I can help. (DM)
Mon Sep 16 20:16:43 +0000 2019 Replying to @jaCattell
Foxy
Tue Oct 01 07:42:27 +0000 2019
RT @eliotfineberg: This is the best thing I have read in a long time.
https://link.medium.com/W8TL1CokB0
Tue Oct 08 09:35:30 +0000 2019
Replying to @yahoo_pete and @markhurrell
Not sure if I can dig up the CTS monkey.
Thu Oct 17 07:29:15 +0000 2019
Replying to @alexdunsdon and @_vsaw
“Yes Mr Founder, I back your vision to the hilt, just as long as you pivot to my vision so we can sell your company to a FANG in 3-7 years”
Thu Oct 17 07:38:35 +0000 2019
Replying to @alexdunsdon and @buffer
is the benchmark and best-in-class on this.
Read their blog.
Thu Oct 17 13:36:58 +0000 2019
RT @humanworkplace: One reason I want you and everyone else to get a business card and take consulting clients (even if you work full-time)…
Thu Oct 17 22:22:16 +0000 2019
Replying to @tomskitomski and @egawen
https://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/000/157/itsatrap.jpg
Thu Oct 24 15:02:06 +0000 2019
“Security is a tax on the honest to protect us from the dishonest”
Mon Oct 28 10:15:29 +0000 2019
Replying to @andymantell, @GOVUK and @bosroyes
How did that service jump to Beta. I want to see the Discovery and Alpha assessment reports.
Wed Oct 30 08:23:23 +0000 2019 Replying to @alexdunsdon
Isn’t that the business model of every micro conference?
Mon Nov 04 08:53:57 +0000 2019
Replying to @robgo
Don’t forget that later stage funds always have an incentive to claim to be earlier…to get early sight of deals. (And waste everyone’s time in the process)
Tue Nov 05 09:01:38 +0000 2019
RT @thispeterlewis: entry level designer
junior designer
designer
senior designer
principal designer
final designer
final final designer
fi…
Tue Nov 05 09:04:46 +0000 2019
Replying to @mahorowitz
Solution 1: venues get together to build a ticket platform that dynamically prices $1 cheaper than the market bot price.
Solution 2: venues cut a deal with ticket distributors that includes a “cancel overpriced tickets QR code” provision combined with “trustable partner” promo
Thu Nov 07 21:52:49 +0000 2019
Replying to @shl
Herd Ventures
Sun Nov 10 09:41:52 +0000 2019
Replying to @shl
We’re happy to put in up to 35% but only if you’re already oversubscribed.
Sun Nov 10 09:43:48 +0000 2019
RT @hkanji: VCs just couldn’t envision what Salesforce would become https://www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/11/08/marc-benioff-no-vcs-would-give-him-money-to-launch-salesforce.html
Sun Nov 10 09:52:57 +0000 2019
RT @mikebutcher: The Tories have taken out a Google Ad to appear top of the page when people search ‘register for a postal vote uk’. It com…
Tue Nov 12 16:58:10 +0000 2019
Replying to @vcstarterkit
“Don’t worry about the friends and family - we can dilute them off the table next round”
Fri Nov 15 10:41:31 +0000 2019
Replying to @_petehallett
Happy Birthday bruv!
Tue Nov 19 20:44:43 +0000 2019
That’s one of the reasons I’m building out JOBZ. Hopefully it won’t get worse before it gets better. https://twitter.com/briannekimmel/status/1201713893879369729
Tue Dec 03 07:25:18 +0000 2019
Replying to @tomskitomski
What percentage should one use in a given business case to account for the cost of governance of the proposal? Asking for a friend….
Tue Dec 03 12:31:55 +0000 2019
Replying to @bmwelby and @tomskitomski
Data constrains politics. Politics is fighting back.
Tue Dec 10 20:34:07 +0000 2019
Replying to @alexdunsdon
“best”? Or “the ones that survive”? Darwinian fitness might apply.
Wed Dec 11 22:48:23 +0000 2019
Current odds for a Tory majority are the same as they were for a Remain vote at this time on referendum day. #pleasefactcheckthis
Thu Dec 12 19:14:48 +0000 2019
Replying to @robincarswell
Odds are shortening, money is piling in on the Tories. Is there some secret scoreboard that we can’t see in public that already shows the score?
Thu Dec 12 20:14:19 +0000 2019
Replying to @yahoo_pete
Not a large problem. We’ve got countries to go back to.
Thu Dec 12 23:53:25 +0000 2019
RT @briannekimmel: A space to watch: infrastructure & tooling for freelancers & contractors
Bill may be up, but the end-user experience i…
Fri Dec 13 00:20:31 +0000 2019
Good summary of the UK election for the stats geeks among us. https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1205453904844079104
Sat Dec 14 11:44:12 +0000 2019
Replying to @DraperEsprit
#10xengineer