Dave Wright @datwright

ex-Data @ Shopify Toronto Joined September 2008

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Dave Wright @datwright

5 years ago

Pretty sure I got swindled by an Amazon seller on a counterfeit part for my table saw (scary!) The Shopify direct-to-consumer movement can't come soon enough

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Dave Wright @datwright

6 years ago

Looking for remote teams that became serious about audio over video conferencing? What did you do? Losing my patience for room-wide mics and built-in laptop mics as teams get more and more remote

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Dave Wright @datwright

6 years ago

Ok, I can't remember who I had this argument with, but there totally IS a *ding* at the end of the Sleep Country Canada jingle youtu.be/GmbE5G-tcrM

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If you're unsatisfied with GoT season 8, I found this re-write of the Battle Of Winterfell pretty satisfying. It uses a lot of the setup from prior seasons that the HBO storyline ignored and focuses on keeping tension high youtube.com/watch?v=k7m6HP…

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Dave Wright @datwright

6 years ago

GPS running path vs Reality

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Dave Wright @datwright

7 years ago

Dropping links for technical articles into large Slack channels without saying anything is a huge pet peeve of mine Take 3 mins: Summarize it & Contextualize it for the channel If 200 people don't have to spend 1-5 mins reading it. Then you've saved 3-16 hours of company time

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Dave Wright @datwright

7 years ago

In Toronto, did you know you can have a 150+ sqft on-street parking spot for $15/mnth, OR a 150sqft storage locker for $250+/month? I think there might be a market for broken down cube vans

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Dave Wright @datwright

7 years ago

Please stop using Intuit/TurboTax or H&R Block propublica.org/article/congre… Ask almost any European how insanely simple tax returns can be And if you're in Canada, check out SimpleTax

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Dave Wright @datwright

7 years ago

I paid $1/day for 7 days to promote my profound tweet I wasn't targeting any specific region, interest or demographic, but it was optimized for 'engagement'. Here are the results:

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Dr Michelle Dickinson @medickinson

7 years ago

The urban planning museum in #Shanghai has an incredible scale model of the entire city taking up its 6th floor that is updated every time a new building or road is laid 😳

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Dave Wright @datwright

7 years ago

Butts

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Dave Wright @datwright

7 years ago

It's Sunday afternoon. You say "Let's grab coffee next week". Are you referring to a week/time period beginning...

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Dave Wright @datwright

7 years ago

In your Github readme, rather than start with "What does this do?" I think "What problem is this solving?" + "How did you solve it before?" provides much more valuable context before you get into what it actually does Wdyt?

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Dave Wright @datwright

7 years ago

sheet.new & doc.new still blow my mind every time I type it

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Dave Wright @datwright

7 years ago

If a story's universe allows *any* of these things, the writers can pretty much do/undo anything and it lowers the stakes and suspense considerably: 1. Return from the dead 2. Perfectly impersonate another character 3. Travel through time Game of Thrones allows *all* of these