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  • Exploring your old tweets with the Twitter API, part 2

    I was worried about this … in the few days since I posted part 1 of this guide, Twitter announced they’re ending free access to their API with a week’s notice. I may adapt this guide to be for another API in future – suggestions welcome! I explained what I’m up to in part 1…

  • Exploring your old tweets with the Twitter API, part 1

    I’ve recently tried using Twitter’s built-in tools to help take a browse through my old tweets and see if there’s anything interesting there I’d like to use elsewhere. I’m sharing my notes in case you’re at all interested in trying something similar (which you can, even if you’re not sure what “API” stands for, let…

  • How to disappoint people, part 3

    This is a multipart series. Part 1: an overview of a workshop Part 2: the kinds of disappointment I mean This post: some tools I’ve found useful. This series of posts describes a workshop I’ve run a few times, both inside my workplaces and at external events. I’ve found it a useful way to share…

  • How to disappoint people, part 2

    This is a multipart series. Part 1: an overview of a workshop This post: the kinds of disappointment I mean Part 3: some tools I’ve found useful. This series of posts describes a workshop I’ve run a few times, both inside my workplaces and at external events. I’ve found it a useful way to share…

  • How to disappoint people, part 1

    This is a multipart series. This series of posts describes a workshop I’ve run a few times, both inside my workplaces and at external events. I’ve found it a useful way to share some things I’ve learned and things I’m still struggling with, and to get participants to share ideas from their own experience. The…

  • On communities of practice causing silos

    I love communities of practice (definition). But a few different people have talked to me about some drawbacks that can happen with them and I 100% recognize what they’re describing. Here’s a collection of ideas we talked about…. A challenge Communities of practice (CoPs) are excellent, a lot of companies struggle to get them off…