• Shared today on Twitter

    @starbuxman @ghohpe Hello to Mouse!! 🐭


    Spend the afternoon refactoring. MUGicalNode now uses Lambda Layers for dependencies, and also uses SQS queue as trigger (rather than kludgy cron job)! So far so good…



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    An invitation from AWS Community Hero @aileengemma to attend the upcoming #awscommunityday in Melbourne on August 30. There’s so much happening – @jeffbarr! Deep Racer league! Alexa workshop with @AziFarjad! And yep – travel scholarships available… https://t.co/u9hdQAmTQc


    RT @parisba: Oh hey! @TheMartianLife and I will be there talking about using #Unity3D for simulation-driven #machinelearning! 👇 https://t.c…


    @wiresh4k @aileengemma @jeffbarr @AziFarjad Good point – I ran out of characters in the tweet! 😂


    RT @womensart1: Alison Gates, Bayeux Tapestry inspired embroidery with a mock-Latin aphorism meaning “Don’t let the bastards grind you down…


    @annakelk @aileengemma @jeffbarr @AziFarjad I’m one of the speakers! ❤️



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    @minxdragon @bazscott @TheMartianLife @frankarr @parisba @DachshundData @emmaarri Yes! I literally dobbed in @kezmc as a track host yesterday to free me up so I could see all of your talks! 😂


    RT @itsginnydi: I just learned about “to-do list debt” and it’s blowing my mind, so I want to share it with you.

    To-do list debt is when y…



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    @gilmae LOOOOOOOOOL


    No, I can’t give you a current email address for the guy who wrote an essay for my Roald Dahl site in 1998. 🤦‍♀️


    @jananicholson I’ve been playing that one for two weeks.


    @lynnlangit Two of my fave women in a beautiful place! 👋


    Hm. I could knit that. 🤔 Bookmarking for the future… https://t.co/RufR0ceqv0


    RT @noble_renee: We’re going to teach 300 girls to code this weekend at @GPN_Sydney ! But we need more tutors! Especially for Sunday!

    If y…


    @bazscott @minxdragon And @parisba and @TheMartianLife! It’s gonna be an Event, I tell ya. 💃


    RT @aedwardslevy: 6% of cat owners describe their relationship with their cat as “tense,” happy International Cat Day https://t.co/klTSkZmS…



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    I recently read a productivity tip to listen to videogame soundtracks when you’re trying to work. Reason being they’re meant to be unobtrusive but motivating. So far it’s working! https://t.co/ifYiuK2SAM


    It’s rare that I find myself at a meetup these days (one that I don’t run, anyway) but tonight I’m at the Sydney #awsusergroup ! First speaker is @cornemare from @Fortinet talking container security. https://t.co/iy1cGWQJTU


    Next up at Sydney #awsusergroup is Sayem – who happens to be on my AWESOME team! – talking about Amazon QLDB, a full managed ledger database. https://t.co/1gEGyNQaro


    We’re hiring! Come be like Sayem and join the AWS Solutions Architecture team. #awsusergroup https://t.co/mIAWv8BDqT https://t.co/rQSDMG6Or6



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    @buzzyNZ What is a flip top?!


    @buzzyNZ I just went down a rabbithole of trying to see if one could handsew down individual sequins to make your own and then I realised what a nightmare that would be and my brain exploded. So yeah, Alibaba is your only option. 😂


    @i386 Wasn’t me. Snooky taught me that one pretty early. 😂


    @i386 I’M BEING A SOOK RIGHT NOW OKAY


    @i386 Yes! I joined your mailing list. Is there going to be a launch party??



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    @crankymate I’m kind of a big deal on the Internet. 💅😂


    @Malarkey Monkeys and apes. Nice typography. Anti-Brexit.


    @TheMartianLife What a creep. I’m sorry that happened 🙁


    @fjmorales @crankymate I don’t even have kids and I’m right there with you guys. It’s getting to the point where I’m feeling some anxiety now when we visit. 🙁


    “A long time ago we used to be friends…” 🎵 My Veronica Mars bag arrived today and it’s PERFECT. Thank you @karenkalashnik! ❤️ https://t.co/KjsJs974FA https://t.co/fYxYjDi2bb


    Related news: just freaked out the person next to me on the bus by googling “Are tasers legal in Australia?” Sadly they are not. My P.I. career remains on hold.



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    “A long time ago we used to be friends…” 🎵 My Veronica Mars bag arrived today and it’s PERFECT. Thank you @karenkalashnik! ❤️

    Related news: just freaked out the person next to me on the bus by googling “Are tasers legal in Australia?” Sadly they are not. My P.I. career remains on hold.



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    Hey @IFTTT – the new iOS app keeps telling me I need to reconnect with Buffer despite not having any Buffer widgets. Also, you spelled “receive” incorrectly. 🤦‍♀️ #bugreports https://t.co/7BwFwA5GTQ


    Decorating the Snook’s birthday cake. Yeahhhhhhhh. 🤦‍♀️ https://t.co/zU0sOFa84Y https://t.co/CLYhwQCMmZ


    A happy boy and his choo-choo cake. Happy birthday Snookums! (Cake damn near defeated me. Icing *everywhere*.) 😅🚂🎂 https://t.co/xbY8SlFHLj


    More details: The “cake” is actually zucchini bread, and it’s covered in cream cheese frosting!


    @mmastertheone Nah, train! He made me a castle last time.


    Eep! Less than 4 weeks to go! *frantically goes back to working on presentation* 😅 https://t.co/ODppb3oAUG


    RT @lindamciver: Girls Programming Network (@GPN_Sydney) are running a workshop for girls in the Perth area this Saturday! Get on it!

    http…




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