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"url": "https://joseph.by/blog/2013/2013-06-15-i-dont-answer-to-the-mayor-says-bill-blair-as/", "published_at": "2013-06-15T14:29:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb74-6508-7363-bfd3-359ff98d669d", "title": "The Launch is Dead", "url": "https://joseph.by/blog/2013/2013-06-05-the-launch-is-dead/", "published_at": "2013-06-05T16:30:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb74-6508-7363-bfd3-359ffa72a47d", "title": "The Gong Show: Product vs Marketing Dollars Trade-offs", "url": "https://joseph.by/blog/2013/2013-06-04-the-gong-show-product-vs-marketing-dollars/", "published_at": "2013-06-04T15:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb74-6508-7363-bfd3-359ffb23e02e", "title": "SaaS, Software & Startups: Productivity hacks of a startup dad", "url": "https://joseph.by/blog/2013/2013-06-03-saas-software-startups-productivity-hacks-of-a/", "published_at": "2013-06-03T21:55:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb74-6508-7363-bfd3-359ffb589e3a", "title": "Design Supremacy", "url": 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Jevon’s Paradox and AI original ↗

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De Gaulle was right original ↗

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Why Linus’ Speech Matters (to Jews)original ↗

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Mastodon, ActivityPub, the Fediverse and how standards actually work on the internet.original ↗

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The single greatest danger original ↗

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Change original ↗

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Is the open internet dead?original ↗

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Privacy, Trust and Identity original ↗

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Analytics, Testing and Growth Tools original ↗

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Dog loses airline – now THAT’s a story!original ↗

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Cover the uprising, they said original ↗

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If Peter Thiel Calls…original ↗

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I doth protest original ↗

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Continuations: Wattpad’s Fanfunding Experiment original ↗

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Thar be dragons original ↗

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Following the money at Bixi Toronto original ↗

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Crazy sunset original ↗

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Yonge St.original ↗

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Moment of Joy original ↗

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Tahrir Square, June 2013 original ↗

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Tutorspree Blog: How Google is Killing Organic Search original ↗

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“I don’t answer to the mayor”original ↗

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The Launch is Dead original ↗

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The Gong Show: Product vs Marketing Dollars Trade-offs original ↗

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SaaS, Software & Startups: Productivity hacks of a startup dad original ↗

3 Jun 2013

Design Supremacy original ↗

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Standard Deviation, Explained Intuitively original ↗

20 May 2013

A/B Testing Tools in 2013 original ↗

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When someone asks about my race plan original ↗

30 Apr 2013

The more you learn the less you know original ↗

24 Apr 2013

All of This Has Happened Before original ↗

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A/B testing for the statistically inclined original ↗

12 Apr 2013

Getting Started with R, Regression, and Survival Analysis original ↗

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Thoreau original ↗

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The Drone Debate Summarized original ↗

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