Author: cjtrowbridge
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Micro-Gigs
Today in America and across much of the world, there exist predatory lending institutions which are happy to give short-term loans at high interest rates to essentially anyone. The most common and obvious example is the payday loan. If you drive through “the wrong part of town,” you will see these on at least as…
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Startup 12: Smart Mailer
SmartMailer.io I built a tool very similar to this one as an experiment to see how much money I could bring in to a previous workplace by sending automated emails based on various criteria. The answer turned out to be millions and millions of dollars. This was a very exciting surprise which largely led to…
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It’s true. Thanks @the_trowbro for letting the people know about @azulathepibble
It’s true. Thanks @the_trowbro for letting the people know about @azulathepibble
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Group Meditation: Othering Is The Root Of Most Evil
This week’s topic is based on an interview which you can listen to, here. I recommend listening to it, it’s a great interview! I have condensed the main points for discussion here; Philip Zimbardo is the former president of the American Psychological Association. From the interview, “[Zimbardo] is one of the most distinguished psychologists in…
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Startup 11: PHP TTS Webhooks
Smart Homes Are Pretty Great I have very much jumped on the bandwagon with smart home products. I have smart lights, a smart fan, a virtual assistant in every room; mine is a very smart house. I have also gotten very into IFTTT and related functional services which integrate with these smart devices to make…