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Don't be a genius on the bench
Act I: The Rise of Brilliance “Cantona was a genius, but he was also a maverick. He could be difficult, but he inspired us.” — Gary Neville Every high-performing team, whether on the pitch, in the boa
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On personalising healthcare with AI
March was International Women's Month, and this year, we targeted women who'd experienced healthcare bias, been dismissed at the hospital or misdiagnosed. Women who've been called crazy, or told their
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The % of sandwiched women, through the U.S lens
### Key Points - Research suggests around 6-7% of women aged 25-40 are in the sandwich generation, caring for both children and parents. - It seems likely that this percentage reflects those providing
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From Vite to Next.js
I made my first commit on GitHub last year by creating a repository to build a crossword game. Fast forward to February and I'm converting a whole existing codebase from one language I no zero about t
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On company culture & employee influence
I'm always surprised seeing people have calls for daily stand up. Calls??? 💀 Up Famasi, please 💙 Most — if not all — calls are to sync on direction, and this happens on days selected by each team. Eve
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Every decision is a trade-off
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On running an SMS campaign in Nigeria
First of all, this is more a documentation for myself because it was my first time doing an SMS campaign. I was saying the other day that I prefer written convos bc I can come back to them later + rem
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On being a panellist + hackathon judge for the first time
Growing is about peeling off layers of assumptions and beliefs that have festered too long for new, more accurate and progressive ones. Yesterday, that happened again, but the first time is something
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Writing an API documentation that's easy to read
In progress 🔜
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Purposeful ignorance
.highlight-text-box { background-color: #C2E5C5; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 10px; display: inline-block; border-radius: 5px; } This was supposed to be a Twitter thread, which is why I've retaine
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Building a personal pharmacy
Last week, I stumbled on Peter Thiel's 'One Person, One Problem' framework, and it really put into perspective what the week was about. According to Keith Rabois... "Peter Thiel used to insist at PayP
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On avoiding the learning loop
The past few months, my instagram explore page has been filled with tutorials. Camera settings, combining lights of different colours, illustrations, filmmaking, video editing and sound design, animat
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On being boring
I really dislike (read: hate) when someone tells me they’re boring for different reasons: 1. I instinctively imagine how many times they’ve been told by someone else. 2. I wonder how many times they’v
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Online video consumption and how brands can survive
Over the years, long YouTube videos dominated the video marketing industry, making the platform the second most popular search engine in the world after Google acquired it. For most, it’s the place to
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How to add jump links to your Ghost blog for better UX
Hello world!
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When the river meets the wall
Building something from scratch always requires a higher purpose. It doesn’t have to be lofty, but it should be enough to say “this is why”. And enough to keep going before the profits start trickling
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On Famasi Africa and becoming more than a writer
I can't remember how my Famasi journey began but I'm pretty sure it was something like this: Faruq spoke to me about the idea > added me to Slack > we kickstarted the road to February 9 project, which
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Is TikTok the new Vine?
TikTok has released up to 17 features in 2022, making it the most dynamic social media platform. It’s a topic with 68 million monthly searches, and community experts like Greg Isenberg say it’s the be