Author: cjtrowbridge
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Diverse Monetization
Monetization is what frees content creators to have the time to develop and publish. At the same time, it kind of feels like a dirty word. It can become the driving force behind the content which seems universally bad, and it is potentially a large single-point of failure in your business model. By Jeff Belmonte…
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The Levels Challenge
Pieter Levels has been a very inspirational figure for me. I have been thinking a lot about his series of blog posts, “Building 12 Startups in 12 Months.” I really enjoyed reading these, and I really liked his definition of what a startup is. In this context, a minimum-viable-product which is publicly available for people to use online.…
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Ayn Rand – Atlas Shrugged
I first read this book in 2010. It was a gift from the senior development engineer at Build.com during a series of interviews I had there. It is the kind of book that gives you a lot more questions than answers. There is a knife’s edge today which I feel myself balancing on. On one…
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Walking the Knife’s Edge
There is a knife’s edge today which I feel myself balancing on. On one side, there are people like Peter Thiel who have amazing ideas about business growth and the future, alongside a casual disregard for altruism and social responsibility. On the other side are people who spend all their time and energy on helping…
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[Documentary] Adam Curtis – HyperNormalisation
Adam Curtis is an amazing documentarian and this is his best work yet. HyperNormalisation focuses on the culture in the USSR at the end. Curtis describes the meaning behind the title, “…everyone knew that the system in place wasn’t working and that the politicians didn’t believe it any longer. Yet at the same time, because they…
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[Documentary] Adam Curtis – All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace
Years ago, I came across this documentary series and was struck by its intense and unusual style. Adam Curtis has become one of my favorite documentarians. Luckily for me, he is prolific. His new documentary Hypernormalisation is one of his best. All of his work is about the interplay between power and economics and politics.…
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Look what I #3Dprinted it glows in the dark 😀 #3dprint #3dprinter
Look what I #3Dprinted it glows in the dark 😀 #3dprint #3dprinter
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New fidget toy which I 3D printed. #3dprinting #3dprint #fidgetspinner #fidget #fidgettoy
New fidget toy which I 3D printed. #3dprinting #3dprint #fidgetspinner #fidget #fidgettoy