The purpose of a system is what it does
When you’re building, running, or ultimately accountable for any mature system anywhere, the first thing you should understand that is that the purpose of the system is what it does.
Des Traynor
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All this loneliness and population decline doesn’t bode well
This is my first link roundup post, I'll do these by topic rather than time.
The questions I’ll always ask in a product review
I figured some of these might be useful to folks earlier in their career, certainly I wish I had them earlier, so here goes.
The different types of people you work with
I’m always reminded how much I trust someone when I’m emailing them with a request. I pay attention to my mind right after I click send. Over 15 years of working with a broad spectrum of folks—junior to senior, energetic to passive, people who suck the life out of me, and people who epitomise batteries included—I’ve bucketed them into five types.
Just Run
2017 The Phoenix Park, Dublin
Don’t forget to launch
If there’s one piece of advice I give most early-stage startups it’s simply that.
A new homepage
Let’s try this again.
She would be 80 today
Here’s some words you don’t ever want to hear: “It’s on her liver, now”.