Engineer, geek, dad, husband. Passionate about building high performance teams. CTO at @SpruceTechInc, ex Head of Engr. @nextjump
new york city
Joined March 2009
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Hey @CalDigit, I think the Ethernet port on your TS4 dock no longer works reliably with MacOS Tahoe. Used to be somewhat unreliable before, dropping about once a week. It’s now barely usable, dropping daily. No longer can unplug and replug to get it work, now requires a full dock reboot each time. Verified with several other Mac owners, we are all having the same issues.
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Hey @netsolcares - you have a bug on your domain management interface. Web forwarding CANNOT be disabled by customers after DNS zone management is transferred to a third party. Feature bills perpetually and there is no way on the interface to turn it off. Backend bug. Please fix.
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@Microsoft
@Outlook and @Office @Microsoft365 are down worldwide- most accounts unable to authenticate due to some sort of brute force attack. If you try to login again you will get "Too Many Tries" from the MSFT authentication services
Services seem to be coming back for me (US). @Outlook for desktop is working now, and was able to MFA into 2 of my other accounts. The outage lasted about 45 minutes
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Hey @Skype please stop trying to take back my credit. If you don't want it as a liability on your books please issue a refund. But stop taking it from me and forcing me to reactivate it every 90 days, that is annoying. I paid for it. If you want it, pay me back. Only fair.
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albert balcells retweeted
Progress doesn’t come from waiting for our circumstances to change. It comes from changing our circumstances.
We don’t need confidence to take a leap. We gain confidence by taking the leap.
It’s never too soon to start pursuing a dream. The best time is not someday—it’s today.
albert balcells retweeted
Bad partners pursue their interests at your expense. They'll hurt you if it helps them.
Good partners value your interests as much as theirs. They strive for win-win.
Great partners internalize your interests as theirs. They take pride in your success and joy in your happiness.
albert balcells retweeted
Insecure leaders ridicule others. Secure leaders laugh at themselves.
The ability to make fun of yourself opens the door to candor. It’s a mark of humility and a catalyst for learning.
Great leaders take their work seriously, but they don't take themselves too seriously.
albert balcells retweeted
Not all disappointing outcomes are failures. Some lead to improvements in your process.
Success is about more than the results you achieve. It's also about the growth you attain.
Progress is more than how close you come to your goal. It's how far you've come from your start.
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Who remembers this moment in Prince of Persia (1989) where a magic mirror suddenly blocks the hero's path (and what happens afterward)?
This moment was actually never planned to be in the game. My original vision was a game with lots of traps, but NO enemies... (1/10)
Hey @AskAmex please fix your AmexTravel site. It’s always been painfully slow but this week it’s become unusable. Your backend APIs take forever to come back and your front end uses so much JavaScript that it takes minutes to render for some requests.
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albert balcells retweeted
The ideal end of an argument isn't always “I agree.” It’s often “I see where you're coming from."
Healthy disagreement isn't about one person being right. It's about both people feeling understood.
The test of a good fight is whether insight is gained and respect is maintained.
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I’m Marc Randolph, co-founder of Netflix & 6 other companies.
This is my definition of success:
Hey, @madebygoogle, on the Nest Wifi Pro, please give us a setting to toggle between Wireless and Wired mode. The access points seem to prioritize Wireless mode when they reboot, even if there is an ethernet cable plugged into them, which feels odd, and more like a defect. Thanks
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albert balcells retweeted
If you have constructive feedback, it’s not rude to speak up. It's unkind to stay silent.
Honesty is the highest form of flattery. It signals that you respect their ability to handle the truth.
Don't deprive people of the opportunity to learn. Offering ideas is an act of care.
albert balcells retweeted
Suppressing stressful experiences doesn’t build resilience. It drains resolve.
Stifling unpleasant thoughts and emotions saps energy, limits support, and raises the risk of rebound later.
The best way to cope with distress isn't to ignore it. It's to acknowledge it.
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Marissa Mayer raising $20M for her startup, and getting ~1,000 installs with her well-known persona shows how it is REALLY hard to build a “hit app” in 2024. Like 100x as hard as 10 years ago. What worked in 2012 (“just build an app!” clearly doesn’t:
Via @platformer:
