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Mar 15

Keyboard shortcut to highlight text in Google Docs (hack)

Simple (slightly hacky) way to do this: (1) copy the formatting of text that’s already highlighted mac: Cmd + Option + C pc: Ctrl+Shift+C (2) select the text you want to highlight (3) paste the formatting mac: Cmd + Option + V pc: Ctrl+Shift+V Only need to repeat steps 2 and 3 as you go through the document This pastes ALL the formatting you copied (if bold and italic, it pastes that formatting too)

Google Docs

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Keyboard shortcut to highlight text in Google Docs (hack)
Keyboard shortcut to highlight text in Google Docs (hack)
Google Docs

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Feb 14

It’s Time To Evolve (Again)

As almost everyone with an internet connection knows, we are suddenly in the #AI era and our #skills must adapt accordingly. Back in ancient times (pre-2022), knowing a dozen or so search engine “power” techniques*, such as putting specific words “in quotes” so only results containing that exact phrase would…

AI

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It’s Time To Evolve (Again)
It’s Time To Evolve (Again)
AI

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Oct 15, 2022

“No Negative Surprises”

It’s a simple, powerful rule that always works well. It means making sure people are aware, upfront, of negative things that might happen and how likely they are to occur. Perfection isn’t the standard here, and it doesn’t require an exhaustive list of every remote possibility that might be even…

Surprises

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“No Negative Surprises”
“No Negative Surprises”
Surprises

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Oct 4, 2022

Vitamin, Painkiller, Steroid or Candy?

This is an extension of a long-established way of thinking about #startups. ‘Is your product/service a vitamin or a painkiller?’ seeks to categorize it as either something nice to have or solving a problem. While helpful, lots of great businesses don’t really solve a problem, but they aren’t just ‘nice…

Startups

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Vitamin, Painkiller, Steroid or Candy?
Vitamin, Painkiller, Steroid or Candy?
Startups

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Sep 3, 2022

Setup Tailwindcss CLI for html

Here are the steps I used to create a basic Tailwaind setup: In VS Code open a new terminal and navigate to the wherever you want to create your project on your computer (here is a good overview of terminal commands: “17 Terminal Commands Every Programmer Should Know.” Create a…

Tailwindcss

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Setup Tailwindcss CLI for html
Setup Tailwindcss CLI for html
Tailwindcss

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Aug 26, 2022

Idea to Reform Higher-Ed Pricing (and reduce future student debt)

The best first step government should consider when addressing any problem is increasing #transparency. Transparency here simply means making more information available, accessible and in a useful format, so parties (students & parents, in this case) can make better decisions. While not the right or complete answer for many cases…

Student Loans

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Idea to Reform Higher-Ed Pricing (and reduce future student debt)
Idea to Reform Higher-Ed Pricing (and reduce future student debt)
Student Loans

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Aug 8, 2022

Zagnetic — Real Estate Reviews and Q&A

Buying or renting a home is a big deal ! Imagine if you could benefit from the information and insights of people who have already been to a house or apartment you’re considering. Maybe even see some of their photos & videos, showing good and bad things that aren’t disclosed in the listing’s crisp text or glossy photos. How about…

Real Estate

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Zagnetic — Real Estate Reviews and Q&A
Zagnetic — Real Estate Reviews and Q&A
Real Estate

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Aug 4, 2022

31 Customer Development Interviews: Detailed Notes & How-to Playbook

Below are photos of the customer development interview notes that led to my startup: Zagnetic.com — real estate reviews and Q&A As you’ll see in the notes below, I didn’t follow the questions on the interview form faithfully, but I did adhere carefully to…

Startups

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31 Customer Development Interviews: Detailed Notes & How-to Playbook
31 Customer Development Interviews: Detailed Notes & How-to Playbook
Startups

6 min read


May 6, 2022

Google Firestore Security Rules Links & Resources

“Security Rules language” (from the Firebase Documentation) — https://firebase.google.com/docs/rules/rules-language#firestore “Security Rules! 🔑 | Get to know Cloud Firestore #6” #video: “Understand Firebase Realtime Database Rules” — https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/security Firebase Documentation on “Securely query data” — https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/security/rules-query

Firestore

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Firestore

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Sep 14, 2021

SIMPLE Way To Make Responsive Design Easier in TailwindCSS

I’m a novice and this has been really helpful: (Temporarily) change the background color at each responsive breakpoint (link to official responsive design docs). For example: <div class=”bg-red-200 sm:bg-yellow-200 md:bg-blue-200 lg:bg-green-200 xl:bg-purple-200 2xl:bg-pink-200 pt-4"> <!-- put your code for the entire page here --> </div> The image below is automatically resized on Medium… …but I’m sure you get…

Design

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SIMPLE Way To Make Responsive Design Easier in TailwindCSS
SIMPLE Way To Make Responsive Design Easier in TailwindCSS
Design

1 min read

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