In 2006, I was the director of engineering at Odeo, a podcasting startup notable for birthing a side project now known as Twitter. My major contributions were doing the statistical analysis that showed that our podcasting work hadn’t amounted to a..
Topics: odeo, twitter, Uncategorized

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Sarah and I are subletting a place in New York City for the summer. Sarah’s a former resident and has a built-in social life, but I’m a relative newbie and am looking to make social and nerd connections. If you read this blog and live in NYC,.
Topics: nyc, Uncategorized

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I want to give a quick update on @iheartquotes for the benefit of new followers.1. As I wrote previously, iheartquotes was born a robot. Its human creator (me, @tonystubblebine) constructed him out of a database of quotes/sayings from the world of Unix...
Topics: iheartquotes, Uncategorized

{"title":"Cyborg Quote-botics","post_url":"http:\/\/www.stubbleblog.com\/index.php\/2009\/04\/cyborg-quote-botics\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/Stubbleblog","author":"tonystubblebine","date":"2009-04-09 12:52:51","summary":"I want to give a quick update on @iheartquotes for the benefit of new followers.1. As I wrote previously, iheartquotes was born a robot. Its human creator (me, @tonystubblebine) constructed him out of a database of quotes\/sayings from the world of Unix..."}

One of the most important things I had to learn when I started my company was how to quickly get off the phone with people who wanted to waste my time. It seems trivial, but in an effort to be polite and not burn any bridges, I was wasting a lot of...
Topics: productivity, Uncategorized

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On my work computer, I added this line to my /etc/hosts file. This works on Linux or OSX.127.0.0.1 espn.com huffingtonpost.com talkingpointsmemo.com sfgate.com gamespot.com valleywag.com espn.go.com slashdot.org boingboing.net newmogul.com bloglines.com..
Topics: productivity, Uncategorized

{"title":"Secrets of Productivity","post_url":"http:\/\/www.stubbleblog.com\/index.php\/2009\/01\/secrets-of-productivity\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/Stubbleblog","author":"tonystubblebine","date":"2009-01-22 22:49:46","summary":"On my work computer, I added this line to my \/etc\/hosts file. This works on Linux or OSX.127.0.0.1 espn.com huffingtonpost.com talkingpointsmemo.com sfgate.com gamespot.com valleywag.com espn.go.com slashdot.org boingboing.net newmogul.com bloglines.com.."}