Mike Fosker
@mike.fosker.com
Making stuff out of steel, wood or code depending on the day.
Product @ itoworld
Cornwall
Product @ itoworld
Cornwall
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"Coup Klux Klan" feels like a keeper
February 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"Coup Klux Klan" feels like a keeper
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Anyone who happened to know that the White House would announce and then suspend tariffs within 24 hours just made a boatload of money.
February 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Anyone who happened to know that the White House would announce and then suspend tariffs within 24 hours just made a boatload of money.
Cleaned out a bunch of node modules folder from old projects, which removed 1.8 MILLION files from my laptop!
February 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Cleaned out a bunch of node modules folder from old projects, which removed 1.8 MILLION files from my laptop!
Dryrobe in London?
Why?
Why?
January 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Dryrobe in London?
Why?
Why?
January 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
TFW you’ve nearly chopped all the chillies and then remember you haven’t taken out your contacts yet
January 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
TFW you’ve nearly chopped all the chillies and then remember you haven’t taken out your contacts yet
Welcome to the mountains.
If you don’t like pork or cheese you are gonna starve
If you don’t like pork or cheese you are gonna starve
January 2, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Welcome to the mountains.
If you don’t like pork or cheese you are gonna starve
If you don’t like pork or cheese you are gonna starve
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"You idiots don't understand H-1B visas," explained the rich tech exec. "It's easier to exploit foreign workers, telling them to put in 100 hours a week or they'll get deported."
"Americans think they deserve things like 'rights' and 'weekends,'" he went on. "And that's, like, really unfair to me."
"Americans think they deserve things like 'rights' and 'weekends,'" he went on. "And that's, like, really unfair to me."
December 28, 2024 at 2:03 PM
"You idiots don't understand H-1B visas," explained the rich tech exec. "It's easier to exploit foreign workers, telling them to put in 100 hours a week or they'll get deported."
"Americans think they deserve things like 'rights' and 'weekends,'" he went on. "And that's, like, really unfair to me."
"Americans think they deserve things like 'rights' and 'weekends,'" he went on. "And that's, like, really unfair to me."
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As an English teacher with sixteen years in the classroom, THIS all day long. Comics are the most effective gateway drug for reading that there is. More comics in school libraries has to be the goal of anyone serious about literacy. If you are a UK school library we can help with that. Please let us
Another secret to getting kids to read is to get them to read comics.
Extremely digestible & accessible, quick reads, engaging for visual learners, and creates a buffer where kids are more open to reading abt diverse experiences that might have bored or disinterested them in another medium
Extremely digestible & accessible, quick reads, engaging for visual learners, and creates a buffer where kids are more open to reading abt diverse experiences that might have bored or disinterested them in another medium
December 14, 2024 at 9:00 AM
As an English teacher with sixteen years in the classroom, THIS all day long. Comics are the most effective gateway drug for reading that there is. More comics in school libraries has to be the goal of anyone serious about literacy. If you are a UK school library we can help with that. Please let us
I wanna know what lead to the “No frozen food” sign on this Megabus
December 4, 2024 at 1:23 PM
I wanna know what lead to the “No frozen food” sign on this Megabus
Not glad to be feeling this rough with a 5+ hour train and bus ride to London this afternoon.
December 4, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Not glad to be feeling this rough with a 5+ hour train and bus ride to London this afternoon.
Supermarket delivery. My Terry’s Chocolate Orange advent calendar has been substituted for a Lindt teddy bear calendar.
I’ll take that as a win
I’ll take that as a win
December 1, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Supermarket delivery. My Terry’s Chocolate Orange advent calendar has been substituted for a Lindt teddy bear calendar.
I’ll take that as a win
I’ll take that as a win
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If you’re looking to understand your customers this book is a great read. Highly recommended!
Oh that's right, it's Black Friday!
Buy my book for cheap, or don't.
Kindle is $€£ 5 bc it's nearing 5,000 copies sold!
I'd set the paperback at that price, too, but I'd make negative money so Amazon won't let me. So it's $€£ 9.99
www.amazon.co.uk/Deploy-Empat...
www.amazon.de/Deploy-Empat...
Buy my book for cheap, or don't.
Kindle is $€£ 5 bc it's nearing 5,000 copies sold!
I'd set the paperback at that price, too, but I'd make negative money so Amazon won't let me. So it's $€£ 9.99
www.amazon.co.uk/Deploy-Empat...
www.amazon.de/Deploy-Empat...
Deploy Empathy: A practical guide to interviewing customers
Buy Deploy Empathy: A practical guide to interviewing customers by Hansen, Michele (ISBN: 9781737446606) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk
November 30, 2024 at 5:03 PM
If you’re looking to understand your customers this book is a great read. Highly recommended!
Toying with Windsurf IDE, trying to pair with it.
Equally impressed and frustrated, like pairing with an over keen dev who wants to change everything at once.
Keeping it under control by asking it to explain the changes it wants to make before letting it implement them.
codeium.com/windsurf
Equally impressed and frustrated, like pairing with an over keen dev who wants to change everything at once.
Keeping it under control by asking it to explain the changes it wants to make before letting it implement them.
codeium.com/windsurf
Windsurf Editor by Codeium
Tomorrow's editor, today. Windsurf Editor is the first AI agent-powered IDE that keeps developers in the flow. Available today on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
codeium.com
November 22, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Toying with Windsurf IDE, trying to pair with it.
Equally impressed and frustrated, like pairing with an over keen dev who wants to change everything at once.
Keeping it under control by asking it to explain the changes it wants to make before letting it implement them.
codeium.com/windsurf
Equally impressed and frustrated, like pairing with an over keen dev who wants to change everything at once.
Keeping it under control by asking it to explain the changes it wants to make before letting it implement them.
codeium.com/windsurf
Cheese with fruit in. Why?
November 18, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Cheese with fruit in. Why?
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Books designed to be read only by human eyes are different from books designed to be read by machines, which is why Google will tell you that the phrase “shake my booty” can be found in an 1863 English translation of Don Quixote.
March 24, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Books designed to be read only by human eyes are different from books designed to be read by machines, which is why Google will tell you that the phrase “shake my booty” can be found in an 1863 English translation of Don Quixote.
Re-reading Recursion by Blake Crouch, ironically I don’t remember much of it from the first time around.
Confusingly, terrifyingly excellent though.
app.thestorygraph.com/books/bbc4a8...
Confusingly, terrifyingly excellent though.
app.thestorygraph.com/books/bbc4a8...
Recursion by Blake Crouch
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the bestselling author of Dark Matter and the Wayward Pines tril...
app.thestorygraph.com
November 16, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Re-reading Recursion by Blake Crouch, ironically I don’t remember much of it from the first time around.
Confusingly, terrifyingly excellent though.
app.thestorygraph.com/books/bbc4a8...
Confusingly, terrifyingly excellent though.
app.thestorygraph.com/books/bbc4a8...
Hi to anyone who’s followed me from the Product starter pack expecting some insights. Here’s a duck pizza instead.
8/10 more effort than it was worth
8/10 more effort than it was worth
November 16, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Hi to anyone who’s followed me from the Product starter pack expecting some insights. Here’s a duck pizza instead.
8/10 more effort than it was worth
8/10 more effort than it was worth
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It you've heard of Conway's Law, please repost this.
(I'm testing out a theory of how it applies to Bluesky)
(I'm testing out a theory of how it applies to Bluesky)
November 15, 2024 at 8:52 PM
It you've heard of Conway's Law, please repost this.
(I'm testing out a theory of how it applies to Bluesky)
(I'm testing out a theory of how it applies to Bluesky)
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Still wild to me how the conservative vision of masculinity isn't just toxic, it's *only* the toxic parts. Zero sense of duty, responsibility, stoicism, manning up, taking things on the chin, protecting the weak, etc, etc.
Just endless whining, entitlement, and abuse of others.
Just endless whining, entitlement, and abuse of others.
November 9, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Still wild to me how the conservative vision of masculinity isn't just toxic, it's *only* the toxic parts. Zero sense of duty, responsibility, stoicism, manning up, taking things on the chin, protecting the weak, etc, etc.
Just endless whining, entitlement, and abuse of others.
Just endless whining, entitlement, and abuse of others.
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I’m keen to chat to any product managers out there who may have some time to help on a couple of products in the social care space - part time contract/flexible working please get in touch
August 29, 2024 at 1:44 PM
I’m keen to chat to any product managers out there who may have some time to help on a couple of products in the social care space - part time contract/flexible working please get in touch
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Solar panels do not stop farming on the land. They help retain water and provide shelter for livestock.
August 23, 2024 at 6:54 AM
Solar panels do not stop farming on the land. They help retain water and provide shelter for livestock.