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rtopsy, the Topsy API ruby gem

By me | Published: December 3, 2009

The truth is there is way too much noise in Twitter. A lot of people posting characters about nothing or everything. I still don’t understand how people can follow 100+ people. The Twitter list feature is an answer to this problem.

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my four different hats

By me | Published: December 1, 2009

My official role, Regional Director & Co-Founder, needs me to get lots of tasks done every day. These are the different ‘hats’ I need to wear every day at Aycron.

1. The manager hat.
2. The technical hat.
3. The administrative hat.
4. The communicator hat.

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15 months, 10 lessons learned, 1 startup

By me | Published: October 19, 2009

Someone once said, “Time flies when you’re having a good time.” I can’t believe that I’ve been working at Aycron for the last 15 months. I have learned SO much this year. Here is a post to remember what I’ve learned in the last 15 months.

I have been working part-time and full-time at Aycron for the last 2 years, but officially full-time for the last 15 months. As in every other services startup, my partners and I are always putting on different ‘thinking hats’ to make things happen.

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