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CONNECT WITH SHARP&NIMBLE -. Provide user experience, design, and animation-based prototyping for the flagship i0S app. Download the app. Creative direction, design, and motion graphics for the iOS security app. Visit the landing page. Product strategy, user experience, design, 3d illustration, and development for the cloud services provider. Visit the website. User experience, design, and product strategy for extending the Tylenol.com website. User experience, design for the iOS app that helps ebay's se...

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The Power of Storytelling | by @donpottinger

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The Power of Storytelling. Posted on June 19, 2015. Ever since I was a child, I’ve loved listening to great stories told by an enthralling storyteller. On our recent trip to London, I came across one such storyteller. I’ll share this experience with a story of my own. Kat and I glanced to our left and saw a herd of humans gathering on the massive green lawn just inside the entrance. Obviously something of note was about to happen, so we joined the group. Our Beefeater was a middle-aged man of average hei...

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Passing as Black | by @donpottinger

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Posted on February 10, 2015. I had dinner with a group of guys that I’ve been friends with for over a decade. One of my friends had been reading my blog, and it led him to share a very powerful story about a surreal encounter that he went through recently. When my friend, let’s call him Drew, told me this story, I was shocked. It was a perfect companion to my previous post, Hidden in Plain Sight. Or read about in the nonfiction book,. She quickly scans them, and said, “Sir, I noticed that you mista...

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Lessons Learned from Failure: How I Didn't Become the CTO of a Promising Startup | by @donpottinger

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Lessons Learned from Failure: How I Didn't Become the CTO of a Promising Startup. Posted on December 19, 2014. This post is the first in a series about failure. Most people post about their successes - their new job, successful acquistion of their startup, or how they made $XX,XXX in 1 week after launching their product. It makes sense - show and promote the best of yourself. I definitely do. Well, I’m sharing my failure in the hopes that. You can avoid making similar mistakes. Over the past 3 years, I h...

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Cron Job for Postgres Backups with Dokku | by @donpottinger

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Cron Job for Postgres Backups with Dokku. Posted on November 25, 2014. That backs up Postgres data for a given Dokku app. Note: This script uses the Dokku PG plugin. Contents of the script (dokku-pg-backup):. Directory to save backups in, must be rwx by postgres user. Delete backup files older than 7 days. Type d -mtime 7 ). Deleting old backup files: $OLD. Xargs rm -rfv fi. You can call the script for the app:. To perform a daily backup, I placed the script in the. My fork of the gist. My CV so far.

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Alterconf: How a Conference on Diversity Made Me Feel Uncomfortable | by @donpottinger

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Alterconf: How a Conference on Diversity Made Me Feel Uncomfortable. Posted on March 5, 2015. This is the story of how I went to a conference that made me feel uncomfortable, and why that’s a good thing. Came to Atlanta this past weekend. So, what is AlterConf? Here it is straight from the source:. When I read the above description for the first time, I thought to myself, “This will be awesome! Rdquo; I had no idea that this conference would have a major impact on me. White males. The demographic of ...

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Do You Want Money Or Do You Want Power? | by @donpottinger

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Do You Want Money Or Do You Want Power? Posted on March 30, 2015. Such a waste of talent. He chose money over power - in this town, a mistake nearly everyone makes. Money is the Mc-Mansion in Sarasota that starts falling apart after 10 years. Power is the old stone building that stands for centuries. Shannon: So what do you want? Me: What do you mean? Shannon: Do you want money, or do you want power? Umm…I mean…I guess I have enough money right now…. Shannon: So power then? Me: Yeah, I guess. To give som...

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Take a Long Walk in Your Customer's Shoes | by @donpottinger

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Take a Long Walk in Your Customer's Shoes. Posted on July 13, 2015. Unfortunately, our recent customers didn’t share the same sentiments. They were having trouble implementing the Kevy JavaScript. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. So, I decided to implement the JavaScript myself for our next customer. I expected to be done in 15 minutes. Why not? Sign up for more content like this to be delivered straight to your inbox. Today was a Good Day. Hi, I'm Don Pottinger. I love building things with c...

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Different Setting, Different Problems and Different Solutions | by @donpottinger

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Different Setting, Different Problems and Different Solutions. Posted on January 13, 2015. Housing is at such a high premium that New Yorkers are so accustomed to living in tighter spaces. While the housing market is ridiculous in New York, they do car-less transportation much better than in Atlanta. In New York, the poor roads, cost / scarcity of parking, maintenance, and the. Abundance of cheap alternate transportation services. In Atlanta, the immense sprawl of the city coupled with the limitations of...

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The Best Entrepreneur I Know | by @donpottinger

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The Best Entrepreneur I Know. Posted on January 19, 2015. The best entrepreneur I know is a man named Dennis. He is the owner and operator of Klippers Barbershop in Decatur. Because the community needs him. He envisioned that his barbershop would be an establishment that would shine as a beacon of light in the community. That dream is a reality that my brother and I needed when we were children and one we continue to benefit from as adults. Different Setting, Different Problems and Different Solutions.