@jmdembe

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Mayor of the peanut free lunch table on Mastodon. I code every once in a while
I think I figured out what I want/need out of this app—a hashtag to find other black folks in tech.
If one exists, can someone help me find it? My experience has felt kind of lonely without it.

Quick thoughts on Mastodon as a Twitter replacement, it isn’t. It’s missing too many features and too many communities.

However it is an existence proof that millions of Twitter users are open to exploring an alternative.

It means a more complete alternative can grow organically and if it isn’t shy about paying for customer acquisition like TikTok did, could possibly take its place.

https://boingboing.net/2019/08/07/10000-censors.html

Tiktok is valued at $75b, is spending $3m/day on US advertising, and in China, it has been turned into a state propaganda vehicle | Boing Boing

It’s been a year since Chinese social media giant Bytedance relaunched its super-popular app Musica.ly as Tiktok; the company is now valued at $75b, and in the USA it has become a serious cha…

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I need to the 23rd to come swiftly
I wrote about my first experience with 1:1s. I would love to get feedback or to start a discussion https://www.jessicadembe.me/blog/one-on-ones
One on ones — Jessica Dembe

About a month ago, I posted that if folks want to talk about their software engineering career with someone, my door is open. My process was that I would have a Calendly link with 30 minute blocks for scheduling. What we discussed was up to the other person of course, but they also provided a rough

Jessica Dembe
Question—do people have accounts on more than one…instance? (Did I do that right?)
👋🏾 hello new people! I’m so glad that you are here and that hiding my handle worked 🙂
I am writing more, but I want to ask a question to help my scheduling.
Around what time are you accessing the internet/social media?
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I just got some information from work that turned out to be very deflating.
Other than “look for a new job” because I don’t have the energy to do it over the holidays, how do you find the motivation to log on the morning after?
If your pet runs across your zoom video, I am going to ask it’s name and their favorite hobby