Former footballer, tech marketer. Catch me at pre-school drop off.
Oakland, CA
Joined April 2014
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DeShaun Foster has been named a nominee for this year’s Broyles Award, given to the best assistant coach in college football!
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As a week of major layoffs ended, I asked who is still hiring. More than 800 people/companies responded on Twitter/LI that they are hiring.
Now @satishmreddy is making all of these jobs accessible in this spreadsheet.
The internet is an amazing place 🙌🏾
docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
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Even if you're able to put down 20% for a typical Bay Area home (that's a $300,000 down payment), your monthly mortgage at current rates will be $8,567.
That's for an average home here.
And interest rates just went up again.
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I’ve been reflecting on what Buck meant to me and and so many others who watched our 1994 film, BASEBALL.
I’ve put together a playlist of my favorite moments of Buck from our film, which you can watch on @UNUMKenBurns.
pbs.org/kenburns/unum/playli…
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#ICYMI If you’re asking yourself, “How can I prioritize and isolate JavaScript errors more effectively?” - well, today’s your lucky day. See how Splunk RUM Frontend Error Monitoring can help as Splunker @MatBall49 digs into the details over on #SplunkBlogs. #SplunkO11y
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What provides continuous visibility of your code level performance? Splunk APM’s AlwaysOn Profiling, of course. Even better news? It’s now generally available for Java applications – for free. Our own @MatBall49 walks you through it right here: splk.it/3GcL3mU #SplunkO11y
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This week’s major internet outage impacted wide swaths of the web. So what can #IT and #DevOps teams learn from the event? Splunker Billy Hoffman shares how to leverage #observability to reduce the future impact of an outage here: splk.it/35cH6y0 #SplunkO11y
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Notre Dame is now 0-7 in BCS or New Year's Six bowl games since 1998.
They have been outscored by 161 points, with all seven losses by at least 14 points each.
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Happy to partner with @YouthUpRising to make this happen.
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Don't miss out on our upcoming FutureTalks virtual event this Friday, Sept. 18! Relics will share insight into their career journeys, dealing with imposter syndrome, feeling "othered," and finding their defining moments. Register here: ms.spr.ly/6016TtLxn #nerdlife #techjobs
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Take the time for this: Ken Burns on the myth of monuments and James Baldwin’s understanding of liberty for Black Americans - The Washington Post. Bravo to @kwoodsome and @PostOpinions video team washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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African Americans soldiers came home to a country that was still fraught with racism and segregation. Soldier Paul Bland shared his experiences at war and his feelings about his return with us: s.si.edu/3ccJgiW
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"There are no happy homecomings from war"
How can art heal? After the Iraq War, retired U.S. Marine Lt. Col. and author Michael Zacchea found himself processing his post-traumatic stress in our Greek and Roman galleries.
Watch more #MetStories at met.org/MetStories
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We need all hands on deck to support our neighbors and communities through this crisis. Here are just a few charities and organizations whose work you can support right now if you're able:
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Boarded-up, graffitied West Oakland house selling for $988k bayareane.ws/31sqyxx
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Two user-centric perceived-performance metrics are now available in New Relic Browser: First paint & first contentful paint- try them out now! ms.spr.ly/6010TzARk #webperf
