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Insightful #podcast with the Slack founder Stewart Butterfield about #productmanagement and many practical examples regarding bad #UX #UI choices:
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November 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Insightful #podcast with the Slack founder Stewart Butterfield about #productmanagement and many practical examples regarding bad #UX #UI choices:
pca.st/episode/dfd5...
pca.st/episode/dfd5...
How To Delete Statistics From A Single Home Assistant Entity #home-assistant #tutorial
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How To Delete Statistics From A Single Home Assistant Entity
This post explains in a simple way how to delete statistics from a certain Home Assistant entity without having to modify the SQL database.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
How To Delete Statistics From A Single Home Assistant Entity #home-assistant #tutorial
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How to invoke native share sheet from website #web-development #js #tutorial
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How to invoke native share sheet from website
This post explains the technique to open the native share sheet from a webpage via the share() method.
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October 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
How to invoke native share sheet from website #web-development #js #tutorial
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If some #iOS app on your phone immediately quits after you start it this might help:
- Settings
- General
- iPhone Storage
- Select the app
- Offload app
- Reinstall app
In my case, this worked for #Things3 today. It saved me from uninstalling it and setting up all widgets again!
- Settings
- General
- iPhone Storage
- Select the app
- Offload app
- Reinstall app
In my case, this worked for #Things3 today. It saved me from uninstalling it and setting up all widgets again!
October 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
As I‘m new to iOS development, I did not know about Playgrounds.
But it is a very neat feature!
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#ios #swiftui #xcode
But it is a very neat feature!
developer.apple.com/videos/play/...
#ios #swiftui #xcode
Prototype with Xcode Playgrounds - WWDC23 - Videos - Apple Developer
Speed up feature development by prototyping new code with Xcode Playgrounds, eliminating the need to keep rebuilding and relaunching your...
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October 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
As I‘m new to iOS development, I did not know about Playgrounds.
But it is a very neat feature!
developer.apple.com/videos/play/...
#ios #swiftui #xcode
But it is a very neat feature!
developer.apple.com/videos/play/...
#ios #swiftui #xcode
Stuff Worth Sharing #020 | IKEA Founder Ingvar Kamprad - The Testament of a Furniture Dealer - Part 2
Check out my second part of the IKEA manifesto!
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#strategy #vision #leadership #management #future #reading #ikea
Check out my second part of the IKEA manifesto!
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#strategy #vision #leadership #management #future #reading #ikea
Stuff Worth Sharing #020 | IKEA Founder Ingvar Kamprad - The Testament of a Furniture Dealer - Part 2
This week featuring the second part of the vision and mission which brought IKEA to the position it has today.
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March 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Stuff Worth Sharing #020 | IKEA Founder Ingvar Kamprad - The Testament of a Furniture Dealer - Part 2
Check out my second part of the IKEA manifesto!
open.substack.com/pub/flosblog...
#strategy #vision #leadership #management #future #reading #ikea
Check out my second part of the IKEA manifesto!
open.substack.com/pub/flosblog...
#strategy #vision #leadership #management #future #reading #ikea
Today I've sat down and wrote my first part of my summary of IKEAs document "The Testament of a Furniture Dealer". A real inspiring read with so many great quotes.
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#reading #business #vision #leadership #strategy #ikea
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#reading #business #vision #leadership #strategy #ikea
Stuff Worth Sharing #019 | IKEA Founder Ingvar Kamprad - The Testament of a Furniture Dealer - Part 1
This week featuring the first part of the vision and mission which brought IKEA to the position it has today.
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March 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Today I've sat down and wrote my first part of my summary of IKEAs document "The Testament of a Furniture Dealer". A real inspiring read with so many great quotes.
open.substack.com/pub/flosblog...
#reading #business #vision #leadership #strategy #ikea
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#reading #business #vision #leadership #strategy #ikea
Check out my latest Stuff Worth Sharing!
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#coffee #generalist #leadership #communication
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#coffee #generalist #leadership #communication
Stuff Worth Sharing #016
This week featuring the coffee machine mod Gaggimate, thoughts on generalists and the Drama Triangle, among other things.
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February 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Check out my latest Stuff Worth Sharing!
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#coffee #generalist #leadership #communication
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#coffee #generalist #leadership #communication
Hi guys, if you are interested in another episode of my weekly Stuff Worth Sharing, this one is for you! Check it out for yourself: open.substack.com/pub/flosblog...
#ai #book-recommendation #reading #htmx #books
#ai #book-recommendation #reading #htmx #books
Stuff Worth Sharing #015
A carefully curated collection of fascinating discoveries, thought-provoking ideas, and hidden gems from around the web. This week featuring AI criticism, insights into Palantir, among other things.
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February 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Hi guys, if you are interested in another episode of my weekly Stuff Worth Sharing, this one is for you! Check it out for yourself: open.substack.com/pub/flosblog...
#ai #book-recommendation #reading #htmx #books
#ai #book-recommendation #reading #htmx #books
Another week, another episode of Stuff Worth Sharing where I share with you the best links I encountered this week.
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#leadership #docker #links #focus
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#leadership #docker #links #focus
SWS #013: Focus-Enhancing Tools, Docker Fundamentals, and Steve Jobs' Leadership Legacy
A carefully curated collection of fascinating discoveries, thought-provoking ideas, and hidden gems from around the web.
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January 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Another week, another episode of Stuff Worth Sharing where I share with you the best links I encountered this week.
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#leadership #docker #links #focus
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#leadership #docker #links #focus
Today, I’ve sat down to write another episode of Stuff Worth Sharing.
I hope you enjoy reading it!
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I hope you enjoy reading it!
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SWS #012: Books, Airlines, Bookmarks, Meetings and other Stuff Worth Sharing
A carefully curated collection of fascinating discoveries, thought-provoking ideas, and hidden gems from around the web.
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January 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Today, I’ve sat down to write another episode of Stuff Worth Sharing.
I hope you enjoy reading it!
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I hope you enjoy reading it!
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I’m more than ever motivated to write this blog!
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#writing #substack #motivation
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#writing #substack #motivation
How Nirvana Nearly Stopped Me From Writing on Substack
This is a story about writing. And motivation. And motivational written Notes on Substack. And of course Nirvana. A fallacy.
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January 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I’m more than ever motivated to write this blog!
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#writing #substack #motivation
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#writing #substack #motivation
The most important aspect Jeff Bezos mentioned in the 1997 Letter to Shareholder for the growth of Amazon was word of mouth.
He called it the “most powerful customer acquisition tool they had”.
He called it the “most powerful customer acquisition tool they had”.
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January 6, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The most important aspect Jeff Bezos mentioned in the 1997 Letter to Shareholder for the growth of Amazon was word of mouth.
He called it the “most powerful customer acquisition tool they had”.
He called it the “most powerful customer acquisition tool they had”.
“Some of these investments will pay off, others will not, and we will have learned another valuable lesson in either case.”
This was part of Jeff Bezos Letter to Shareholders in 1997.
Be bold, try out different things and learn from your failures to reach successes in the future.
This was part of Jeff Bezos Letter to Shareholders in 1997.
Be bold, try out different things and learn from your failures to reach successes in the future.
Amazon’s 1997 Letter: A Blueprint for Long-Term Business Growth
Looking back into the histories of large enterprises, you can learn many important lessons. Analysing today’s successful companies past shareholder letters can gain many valuable insights.
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January 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“Some of these investments will pay off, others will not, and we will have learned another valuable lesson in either case.”
This was part of Jeff Bezos Letter to Shareholders in 1997.
Be bold, try out different things and learn from your failures to reach successes in the future.
This was part of Jeff Bezos Letter to Shareholders in 1997.
Be bold, try out different things and learn from your failures to reach successes in the future.
Paying employees partly in stock options because “each of whom must think like, and therefore must actually be, an owner”.
Pretty progressive thinking for 1997. This in my opinion is one of the biggest factors how Amazon got so successful.
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Pretty progressive thinking for 1997. This in my opinion is one of the biggest factors how Amazon got so successful.
open.substack.com/pub/flosblog...
Amazon’s 1997 Letter: A Blueprint for Long-Term Business Growth
Looking back into the histories of large enterprises, you can learn many important lessons. Analysing today’s successful companies past shareholder letters can gain many valuable insights.
open.substack.com
January 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Paying employees partly in stock options because “each of whom must think like, and therefore must actually be, an owner”.
Pretty progressive thinking for 1997. This in my opinion is one of the biggest factors how Amazon got so successful.
open.substack.com/pub/flosblog...
Pretty progressive thinking for 1997. This in my opinion is one of the biggest factors how Amazon got so successful.
open.substack.com/pub/flosblog...
Looking back into the histories of large enterprises, you can learn many important lessons. Analysing today’s successful companies past shareholder letters can gain many insights into the strategy which helped them to get to where they are today.
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Amazon’s 1997 Letter: A Blueprint for Long-Term Business Growth – flo's blog
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January 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Looking back into the histories of large enterprises, you can learn many important lessons. Analysing today’s successful companies past shareholder letters can gain many insights into the strategy which helped them to get to where they are today.
flosblog.com/summaries/am...
flosblog.com/summaries/am...
Stories are the single most powerful weapon any leader can arm themselves with – they are the currency of humanity. Those who tell captivating, inspiring, emotional stories rule the world.
Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO
Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO
January 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Stories are the single most powerful weapon any leader can arm themselves with – they are the currency of humanity. Those who tell captivating, inspiring, emotional stories rule the world.
Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO
Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO
I‘m currently listening to the biography of Steve Jobs.
In it, he tells an important life lesson he learned from his father. If you are a carpenter, also the backside of a cabinet, which nobody ever sees, deserves the same build quality as the rest of it…
In it, he tells an important life lesson he learned from his father. If you are a carpenter, also the backside of a cabinet, which nobody ever sees, deserves the same build quality as the rest of it…
January 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I‘m currently listening to the biography of Steve Jobs.
In it, he tells an important life lesson he learned from his father. If you are a carpenter, also the backside of a cabinet, which nobody ever sees, deserves the same build quality as the rest of it…
In it, he tells an important life lesson he learned from his father. If you are a carpenter, also the backside of a cabinet, which nobody ever sees, deserves the same build quality as the rest of it…
This great article by Hugh McGuire, even though it is nearly 10 years old, describes near perfectly my (and, as it seems, many others) relation to books in the age of endless dopamine hits coming from our beloved smartphones.
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#reading #books #dopamine
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#reading #books #dopamine
Summary of ‘Why can’t we read anymore?’ by Hugh McGuire – flo's blog
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December 31, 2024 at 4:48 PM
This great article by Hugh McGuire, even though it is nearly 10 years old, describes near perfectly my (and, as it seems, many others) relation to books in the age of endless dopamine hits coming from our beloved smartphones.
flosblog.com/summaries/su...
#reading #books #dopamine
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#reading #books #dopamine
This series of articles goes into detail how Slack was born out of the chat function of a video game.
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#startup #founder-story #tech #inspiration
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#startup #founder-story #tech #inspiration
Summary of Building Slack – Day 1 by Johnny Rodgers and Ali Rayl – flo's blog
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December 30, 2024 at 5:19 PM
This series of articles goes into detail how Slack was born out of the chat function of a video game.
flosblog.com/summaries/su...
#startup #founder-story #tech #inspiration
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#startup #founder-story #tech #inspiration
Today I've sat down and wrote a long post about why I started blogging in 2024.
You can check it out via the link below. I hope you enjoy it.
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#blogging #start-to-blog #blogger #story
You can check it out via the link below. I hope you enjoy it.
flosblog.com/blog/why-i-s...
#blogging #start-to-blog #blogger #story
Why I started this blog and what my current blogging process looks like – flo's blog
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December 29, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Today I've sat down and wrote a long post about why I started blogging in 2024.
You can check it out via the link below. I hope you enjoy it.
flosblog.com/blog/why-i-s...
#blogging #start-to-blog #blogger #story
You can check it out via the link below. I hope you enjoy it.
flosblog.com/blog/why-i-s...
#blogging #start-to-blog #blogger #story