Jorge Escobar 

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Technologist with both startup and enterprise leadership experience. Previously Yahoo!, MongoDB, Venmo. Most recently Staff Engineer at the United States Digital Service. I love to teach and have been a Udemy and Youtube instructor since 2014. I also love cooking, photography and learning new technologies.

Socnode.social is my own instance, inspired by a project a bunch of FriendFeeders came up with years ago after we learned that it had been bought by Facebook.

LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/esfoobar
Githubhttps://github.com/esfoobar
Youtubehttps://youtube.com/@fromzeroedu
Websitehttps://jorge3.com
Jorge Escobar Feb 13, 2023
Unpopular opinion: Michael Keaton has been the best Batman. Thoughts?
#flashmovie
Jorge Escobar Feb 10, 2023

As expected, thousands gave #mastodon a quick glance and then went back to the bird site. I for one don’t care about having all my “friends” here, but the value and joy I get everyday in this network. I’m waiting for the next surge when Trump starts to tweet again.

https://www.wired.com/story/the-mastodon-bump-is-now-a-slump/amp

#twittermigration #SocialMedia

The Mastodon Bump Is Now a Slump

Active users have fallen by more than 1 million since the exodus from Elon Musk’s Twitter, suggesting the decentralized social platform is not a direct replacement.

WIRED
Jorge Escobar Feb 9, 2023
Something really funky is going on with my iPhone's icloud authentication -- last night I couldn't buy a movie on AppleTV using my device and had to enter the password. Then I lost all the data in a purchased application and today another purchased application is asking to restore purchases? I do see a pending iOS update, so I'm praying this is the root cause...
Jorge Escobar Feb 8, 2023
I’m having a blast (and a bit of asthma from laughing) watching this mockumentary series on Netflix. Highly recommended for a good laugh: “Cunk on Earth”
#humor #tv #netflix
Jorge Escobar Feb 8, 2023
Tony StarkFeb 8, 2023
I will sum up the Republican recap and say goodnight. #SOTU
Jorge Escobar Feb 8, 2023
President Biden has shown nothing but class to the disrespectful republican house hecklers. His #sotu speech has been one for the ages. I can only wish people realize what an amazing job he’s done. But of course, Fox News will twist everything in about an hour. I, for one, hope for four more years.
Jorge Escobar Feb 7, 2023
I was sad that the #Honda Fit was discontinued, and we spent some time researching a good replacement option and finally settled on a #Kia Soul. It has almost everything our beloved Fit had plus a higher profile and a very digital dashboard unexpectedly good at that price range. I drove it today and it felt really solid and perfect for a city car (we drove 8k miles in 3 years on our Fit). Highly recommended!
Jorge Escobar Feb 6, 2023

I had to pause the video twice because I ran out air from laughing so hard. This is one of the best SNL episodes I’ve seen in years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISBJyhughBo

#snl #humor #tv

Wing Pit - SNL

YouTube
Jorge Escobar Jan 31, 2023
David August ❌👑Jan 30, 2023
Ah, gotta love malicious compliance.
Jorge Escobar Jan 25, 2023
Matt BowenJan 25, 2023
With so many places having done layoffs lately, I wanted to mention the US Digital Service is hiring. It's a wild place to work, but also you get to work on legitimately meaningful projects that affect a lot of people (in 2022, we made it easier for transgender ppl to get passports, helped low-income families buy food, and I got to help identify disadvantage communities for environmental funding). I'm happy to talk about USDS if you're on the fence. http://ow.ly/LpqJ50LVnPV #fedihire #fedijobs
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