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Apr 22, 2018

My Favorite Words (and some phrases) from TED2018

I was lucky enough to attend TED2018 in Vancouver this year. In previous years I gave short presentations about the words from the conference I found most interesting, and really missed doing it this time. Some of these are new words; some were just new to me! …

Ted

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My Favorite Words (and some phrases) from TED2018
My Favorite Words (and some phrases) from TED2018
Ted

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IBM Watson Assistant

·Sep 19, 2017

Debugging Tips for Hackathons

I spent this past weekend at the Mobile Monday Hackathon, talking to people about LoopBack and helping folks debug their applications. I had a great time and really enjoyed seeing so many interesting and useful projects! I love helping people get unstuck with their projects, even if I’m just acting…

JavaScript

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Debugging Tips for Hackathons
Debugging Tips for Hackathons
JavaScript

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Jul 14, 2017

The Productivity Tool Every Developer Should Be Using

How many times a day do your fingers do the ⌘-C ⌘-V dance? Even if you’re not just copying and pasting from StackOverflow, you’re probably copying and pasting from somewhere: your own code, documentation or specs or email or Slack or Jira … the list is endless. And how many…

Productivity

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The Productivity Tool Every Developer Should Be Using
The Productivity Tool Every Developer Should Be Using
Productivity

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Jun 12, 2016

Create a simple, free, text-driven Twitterbot with AWS Lambda & Node.js

Have you always wanted to make your very own Twitterbot, but didn’t want to run a server to do so? Using AWS Lambda and very little code, you too can run a text-driven Twitterbot that tweets at scheduled intervals! AWS Lambda is a service from Amazon that runs little stand-alone…

AWS

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Create a simple, free, text-driven Twitterbot with AWS Lambda & Node.js
Create a simple, free, text-driven Twitterbot with AWS Lambda & Node.js
AWS

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Timeline

·May 10, 2016

Bin Ladens, Tubmans, and Benjamins: What we talk about when we talk about cash

The many nicknames for money — On May 4, the European Central Bank announced they would stop producing and issuing the €500 banknote by the end of 2018 (although it will remain legal tender). The ECB’s press release cited “concerns that this bank note could facilitate illicit activities.’” This is not a new concern: the BBC…

Money

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Bin Ladens, Tubmans, and Benjamins: What we talk about when we talk about cash
Bin Ladens, Tubmans, and Benjamins: What we talk about when we talk about cash
Money

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XOXO 2015

·Sep 8, 2015

Why I Love XOXO, or, “Don’t Cry, Organize”

Tomorrow I’m headed back to Portland, Oregon, to attend XOXO. (I’ve been looking forward to this year’s conference since the last day of last year’s XOXO.) It’s not because Portland is lovely (it is) or because the people attending are awesome (they are) or even because I’ll be drinking the…

Labor

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Labor

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Erin McKean

Erin McKean

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Founder, Wordnik.com. Recovering lexicographer. Full Stack-Overflow Developer. Developer Advocate, IBM.

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