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thejulielogan

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About thejulielogan

"Smart, cheeky and highly loveable nerd with a modicum of arrogance, amazing gifs and a fondness for British tea." Founder, Nutmeg.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #6608318

    "This is a really good looking ad. Do you know what the problem with ads like this is? They don't work." Actually, they do. They become part of the brand story. Whether you realize…

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    Comment #6551419

    Not everything is optimized to your device. Get used to it.

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    Comment #6528883

    That's the difference between a 'hobby' and a 'side project.' One is a professional job you're just not paid for (yet). The other is something you happen to enjoy doing, on occasio…

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    Comment #6528878

    find collaborators. If you can't, that's usually a sign the project is not interesting/challenging enough to keep YOU working on it for a year. Don't just ping your friends because…

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    Comment #6528834

    The fight is more important than the outcome, in some ways. It will be interesting to see how they play the PR/legal/international angles to get at least decent results in NY.

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    Comment #6528809

    very quickly became outdated, then ;)

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    Comment #6521783

    Actually, legally, they sort of have to give up the data. They are taking a risk not handing over the data, thankfully it's the right risk to take. The law is malleable for a reaso…

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    Comment #6506503

    A startup isn't a massive company and Google is notoriously atypical with transparency and inclusiveness with hiring. Even so, just conducting an interview is far from learning abo…

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    Comment #6505125

    Not true. Rarely do you (a cog) see the hiring process (a different cog) used by your massive company (the machine). Especially when you're just out of college.

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    Comment #6505094

    He reduces the entire situation to two options. What I've learned from being in a startup? There are never just two options. His article does students a massive disservice by creat…

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    Comment #6505091

    Agreed. Being elsewhere for a few years, finishing school before that, doesn't guarantee you'll learn the managerial skills required to be a CEO.

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    Comment #6441885

    Public Relations for your Engineering Team suggests working on getting them out in front of the product, not just hiding behind it. You touched on it, "Engineers are no longer the …

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    Comment #6441243

    misleading title, though it is a nice little bow to wrap around the idea.

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    Comment #6441186

    About time. If you pee on a strangers carpet, y'ah gonna get smacked. If you write rude and provocative comments on someone's video...

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    Comment #6423707

    Yes. Apple designs should be inspired from other fields (Russian cosmonaut style, 1950s minimalism, etc.) rather than being derivative of another phone's style. If iOS 7 is not so …

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    Comment #6423682

    Meet people. There is a wealth of talented and interesting people at a good hackathon. If you're joining a team, be very clear about your abilities and limits so they can resource …

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    Comment #6423620

    Learn to code.

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    Comment #6401053

    Apple used to set the standard. It is sad to see them falling into derivative design, yet I do love the 1950's cosmonaut spaceship concept behind it.

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    Comment #6399881

    agreed. Sadly GOT seems to be going down the same path

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    Comment #6399751

    Finding the group and interacting with it inherently means they change the dynamic of the group. That's why this is such a hard thing to do and why the sensational headline is sill…

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    Comment #6399722

    More time online does not mean more "friends," quality of engagement while online does. Troll for 10 hours and not interact...0 new friends. Interact for 1 hour in a quality way...…