Shannon Clark

@Rycaut
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Entrepreneur & Product Manager - looking for new opportunities. Recently moved to Mountain View CA.

Writer. GM (40+ years of ttrpgs) MTG player (former dealer semi-pro player)

3rd generation developer, online since before www (1990-present)

I post on a lot of topics including US politics (registered Democrat) and being a Dad. I try to be a good ally to my family and friends who are LGBTQ+

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With it turned on on my old device it did finally work once I also figured out that the old device needed to still be the registered device.

(Was doing this all on a clock this afternoon to get all my data off my old phone before I had to first move my car to avoid a parking ticket and then before I had to leave to pick up my child at camp - having already traded in my old device to help offset the cost of my new one)

Suggestion for @signalapp if a transfer between an old device and a new device is failing because the old device had “scan local network” access turned off instead of just spinning on both devices with no error messages.

Perhaps notice that setting for the old app and fail with a message about how to fix it?

(Spent a frustrating 30+ mins trying various things including attempting to use cloud backups only to discover that can’t be how you transfer from one device to the next to figure it out)

or more accurately - are unknown to me as I'm not their customer (or if I am I don't realize just how well they are organized/run) - though in some cases I can guess (and/or hope) that companies that I think are doing some great things are also well and ethically run - so I hope that companies like PirateShip that I use fairly often and seem to offer a great service are also a good company.

(or companies like Kobo or Vivaldi - both here in the Fediverse and seem to be in this category)

but I'm sure there are many many others. My friend Eric Ries as a new (and was #5 on the NYTimes bestseller list last week) book Incorruptible (https://www.incorruptible.co/) that covers some more examples (I have my copy but haven't had a chance to read it yet - but I know Eric and am sure it is a fantastic book - its high on my summer reading list)

But I don't know if his list is exactly what I'm getting at either. I feel like there are many many more examples that are relatively quiet/unknown

Incorruptible by Eric Ries — Why Good Companies Go Bad

Eric Ries's new book — Incorruptible — on why successful companies turn on their founding values, and how to build ones that don't. Out May 26.

and Panda Express for all that they serve fast casual food is also one of the largest family owned businesses in the world (still owned by their founders - nearly every location is owned by the company not franchisees) and while no company perhaps is perfect they pay higher than average wages (and have a real career path - something rare these days) and again this is just observing as a customer they use technology well and continue to innovate

or stores like Illusive Comics and Games (woman owned, LGBTQ+ friendly, just celebrated their 19th anniversary)

But that's just a small very short list - I'm pretty sure there are a lot of others (and not just all cafes/restaurants). On the very large scale I would include companies like Costco and Panda Express as being pretty surprisingly good on many measures (Costco - not just for paying well but for promoting from within their company - most of their senior execs start in warehouses)

here in the Bay Area I'm thinking about a bunch of local cafes and restaurants that just quietly seem to be doing things well and the right way (with the caveat that I don't know for a fact that they pay workers well - but in many cases I've observed the same workers at some of the places I'm thinking about for years which tends to be a solid signal of at least a decent work environment)

Places like Voyager Craft Coffee, Nirvana Soul Coffee, Red Rock, 1oz coffee, and many other cafes

idea - has anyone built a directory of companies (not just tech companies) that are quietly (or not so quietly) building success the "right" way (fair wages, treat employees and suppliers and partners well, offer value for their customers, growing smartly not via abuses etc)

again this could be in any sector - and my gut tells me there ar far more examples of such businesses (this can include non-profits, cooperatives, partnerships etc) than most people realize - their stories are as known

If you were to buid a full stack for a new business (by build I include “install FOSS” as well as paid commercial services) what are the best options these days? Not just for a website or webstore include everything - email(s), mailing lists, social media (including managing it), accounting, inventory, accepting payments, making international payments, shipping, eventually hiring and paying employees, managing corporate devices, contracts, in bound phone etc. including integrating services

Are anyone here going to Origins in Columbus later this month? I’m going for the first time in decades (last time I went to Origins it was held alongside GenCon) but I haven’t navigated the event picker yet - need to find some games that are still available (going with my online 5e group - so at least once we will just grab a table and play in person)

Looking for mtg games, ttrpgs (pathfinder 1e or dnd 5e or possibly Daggerheart. But finding their emails a bit overwhelming #ttrpg #mtg #games