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  1. @channingwalton Sorry mate. 2:05 AM Jun 1st via Echofon in reply to channingwalton
  2. Don't like elevator pitches but they're more tempting than endless 30 minute meetings with utterly uncompelling sales stories. #waste 9:03 AM May 31st via web
  3. "Can we control the tech? Can we make a significant contribution far beyond what others have done? Can we make a product that we all want?" 8:38 AM May 31st via web
  4. I really don't like Facebook's naggy emails exhorting me to visit more often for their benefit. I'll visit on my own terms, thanks. 8:36 AM May 31st via web
  5. This Is a Bisected F1 Car wired.com/autopia/2012/0… - Sauber go nuts #petrolhead 7:04 AM May 31st via web
  6. Of course you must also, as much as possible make it equally feasible for all to create patents. Cost cannot be a barrier. 6:52 AM May 31st via web
  7. I reckon there is value in patents but only if you carefully restrict what qualifies for patenting and proactively enforce the standards. 6:46 AM May 31st via web
  8. Goal: As CTO raise the quality of my team to the point where I'm redundant. I may actually have succeeded! Wow, great feeling, now what? :) 6:34 AM May 31st via web
  9. Funny how everyone believes in merit-based reward until it's their reward that's up for discussion. 4:13 AM May 29th via web
  10. "leading software companies prefer students learn ideas rather than steer us to teach languages and tools used inside those companies." 3:52 AM May 29th via web
  11. "I just wanna code" - okay and your career choice should not be professional software development. Code is a cog, product is a machine. 3:04 AM May 29th via web
  12. Some people in some environments, can't adjust their mindset. When that happens, you may have to accept they move on. Better for all... 3:01 AM May 29th via web
  13. Rank and title are such a damned nuisance. Just provokes petty arguments and misunderstandings of what is or is not competence. 2:50 AM May 29th via web
  14. @flowchainsensei So get thyself off thine twitter ;) 12:56 AM May 29th via web in reply to flowchainsensei
  15. Another agency on the banned list - this one wants to flog me "Testers". No I need QA not testing, understand my business please! 12:55 AM May 29th via web
  16. Wing Chun in the sun yesterday afternoon - all my forms, 45 minutes of calm and exercise. Mmmm, s'nice. 2:03 AM May 28th via Echofon
  17. @fridgebuzz And it also seems one can clear explicit references from PATH and use Java Preferences (reorder with JDK 7 first). 12:32 PM May 27th via web in reply to fridgebuzz