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Support subscriptions are available for organizations and institutions that need help deploying and supporting Known.

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For the last year, we've given free support for Known. We're going to start directing free users to the mailing list.

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@SwiftOnSecurity On the plus side, it has healthcare that works, much fewer religious fundamentalists and comparatively little gun violence.

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@tojarrett @mapkyca I buy that completely. Most people (myself included) won't audit. So in that sense, outsourcing makes sense.

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Awesome afternoon comparing notes with @Haje, who is doing fascinating things with screens and signage at http://screen.cloud

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Corporate / agency work is about as far away from startup work as you can get. Different skills and mindset. I love startup scrappiness.

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Facebook just introduced a refined version of Slack's reacji. I like it. More nuanced communications that are still fun. Rated 💯

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As software development mainstreams, I've noticed that more people in tech companies are dismissive of engineers. Don't do that.

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@kylewmahan @kevinmarks Yikes! Traffic, traffic! Which isn't at all to say that we don't have lots of real human visits.

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If you need to integrate a community space into your intranet or LMS, I'd love to talk to you.

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@phpstorm Two issues: 1) nested namespace autocompletion isn't working for me in the latest, 2) numerous crashes under OSX El Capitan :(

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People will pay money for high-quality, in-depth background content, but news itself has been devalued. https://medium.com/on-blendle/blendle-a-radical-experiment-with-micropayments-in-journalism-365-days...

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I'm waiting for someone to disrupt coffee by selling simple, fairtrade brews for a dollar. Until then: http://www.eater.com/2015/10/6/9466285/peets-coffee-tea-buying-stumptown-coffee-roasters

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Roaming Berkeley, encountered a wild pack of freshmen. "Jesus, they look half my age," I thought. Then I realized: they literally are.

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IPFS would be a good thing for the Internet. Amber Case explains: http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/04/why-the-internet-needs-ipfs-before-its-too-late/

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All this talk about unicorns is very silly. Build a company that solves real problems for people that they will pay for. It's hard, but ...

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@benward But that's not bad in itself. Twitter is a media company. It completely makes sense and I think will be popular.

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@benward Totally see that. The reason I said it's broadcasting is that it's very top down: "here's what Twitter itself thinks is important"

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But: if Twitter can build engagement and continue to grow the community with Moments as an entry point, good for them. It's something new.

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For me, Twitter Moments represent a move away from a bottom-up, vibrant Internet community to old-fashioned broadcasting.

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@dsrjarman That's pretty cool. I'm far away, but would dearly like to be able to continue to work with the city. @DL_Edin. @LeithCreative.

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@dsrjarman Working with @edfests is still my favorite thing I've ever done. The whole arts ecosystem in Edinburgh is magic.

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@kylewmahan @mapkyca "Ethical, performant, portable. Pick two."

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