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Calm before the storm - a dinner party

Photos from just before a dinner party at the house last night.

Menu: 

Guacamole with Basil and Shallots
Fried Sunchoke Chips with Rosemary Salt (Never got around to these. Did a plate of sliced carrots, cucumber, celery and red pepper instead.) 
Pita Chips
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Lentil Soup
Kale Salad 
Baked Polenta Fries (Note: Forgot these in the fortunately turned-off oven. Whups.) 
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Prosecco/Italian Red/Sparkling Water with Meyer Lemon/Mint-Ginger Hot Tea (Note to self: make sure the sodamaker has a fresh canister. Running out of sparking water? Less ideal. Compromised with pandan leaf water.) 

Dessert:

Changing Spaces

I decided to try something different in here. Orange, green and a different platform to see what happens where. I'll keep notes of what I like more, what I miss, I'm sure there will be a bunch of things that will come to mind.

None of these things are the end of the world, I still maintain WordPress and Drupal sites and I'm hearing nice things about Jekyll as well. When we create more time in the world, I'll take some of that. 

This is a test of the emergency broadcasting system, and now I get to figure out what to do with all of the older content.

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Heads In The Boat

Something I don't often talk about but does drive my philosophy about project management is crew. I was on a team through part of college and I'm now on a local competitive master's team. I drove over the Steel Bridge yesterday evening and saw 3 fours (four-person boats) out on the water underneath the Broadway Bridge. It was about 6pm and 30 degrees and the 1st of December - that's called dedication. You can't be out there just messing around, you are generally quite serious when you're out there.

I'm the 9th seat. I'm the coxswain on the team.

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Why I wanted to like Everlane: A cautionary tale on product marketing


A dear friend (@sisoma) on twitter put out something for a new (what looks to be a flash sale) site. I was intrigued, like any good bait for a flash sale site, and clicked over.

Here's what I got, and I'll paraphrase for comic effect here: "Hullo sucker! We'd totes love to give you access into our new exclusive overpriced (but aren't you worth it?) things! However, in order to get your eyes on our page, you'll need to invite a number of friends! Invite 50 friends and we give you free shipping for life! Adorbs, isn't it!"

For the record, here's their UI for showing how many 'friends'

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Welcome to Startup Life

Also, welcome to Forbes readers who wander by periodically thanks to a post on Dating While Startup'd.

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