Dad. Dad-Rock enthusiast. A kiwi dev based in Adelaide. @PANDAAustralia Community Champion. 𦣠@owensymes@mastodon.social
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Feeling pretty privileged to have spent the past 2 days learning about .NET Aspire & ASP.NET Core 8 from these two guys at #ndcsydney2024.
Cheers @davidfowl & @DamianEdwards! β at Sydney, New South Wales
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The Trautonium. Invented early 1930s. Just listen to this thing.
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Wendy's pricing snafu is a reminder of how hard these fast food chains try to optimize menu design.
McDonald's β which sells to ~1% of the world every day β did a digital menu redesign a few years ago and it boosted sales.
Here are 6 design psychology choices it made:
Had a fantastic time at #NDCSydney. Highlight of the conference were the talks by @david_whitney. Treating code as literature really resonated. Also feeling more grounded about best practices and clean code. "Fuck it, it depends" really would've made for a great title π
It's not often you get the chance to have lunch with the C# Program Manager, Mads Torgersen. What a nice guy! #ndc #ndcsydney #ndcsydney2024 β at Sydney, New South Wales
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The perfect way to play Bluey The Videogame: with a #Bluey Xbox!
Follow and RT with #BlueyXboxSweepstakes for a chance to win a custom @OfficialBlueyTV Xbox Series X & controller.
Ages 18+. Ends 12/13/23. Rules: xbx.lv/47iZyTV
ALT Blue graphic with a Bluey-themed custom Xbox Series X and controller in the middle. There is a logo lockup in the top right corner that juxtaposes the Bluey the Videogame and Xbox logos separated by a thin line. Fineprint in the bottom left corner reads "BLUEY TM and BLUEY character logos TM & Β© Ludo Studio Pty Ltd 2018. Licensed by BBC Studios. BBC logo TM & Β© BBC 1996.
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I've seen a lot of people asking "why does everyone think Twitter is doomed?"
As an SRE and sysadmin with 10+ years of industry experience, I wanted to write up a few scenarios that are real threats to the integrity of the bird site over the coming weeks.
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Time lapse footage from @NASA_Orion as #Artemis I journeys to the Moon. Orion is scheduled to make its closest approach to the vicinity of the Moon on Nov. 21.π
Playing doctors with Miss 3. I have been diagnosed with a spider in the throat which she plans to remove using a series of special "throat needles". π¬
Turns out @phenomnominal was right all along. Let It Go is a bit of a banger after about 1000 listens.
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Wow that was amazing, @SpaceX #FalconHeavy
