Author: Josh Sherman
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How to sync local files to Spotify mobile
One of the main reasons that I gave Apple Music a try recently was because I wanted to have some of my personal music collection available on my mobile devices. Turns out there is a way to coax similar functionality out of Spotify! It’s not nearly as elegant but it’s…
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You’re using Spotify wrong
I was at least, perhaps you’re just better at this than me. Spotify has been my primary music consumption service since it launched in the United States in 2011. I have been a premium subscriber for nearly as long and have been following the company since they launched. Fingers crossed…
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Switching from Spotify to Apple Music and back again
Frustrated with recent playback issues with the Spotify desktop app, I engaged in a brief love affair with Apple Music. For me, Apple Music has a ton going for it. Out of the gate, the music selection seemed more robust than Spotify. I don’t consider myself much of an audiophile…
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Tracking peak users online with Redis
This probably isn’t the best way to track things, but it’s the best I came up with. Tracking the total number of users that log in per day or month is trivial as I have discussed in a previous post. To track the peak users online at a given time…
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How to ride a bike without training wheels
Training wheels are an abomination and should be forced into extinction. I say this as someone that struggled to learn how to ride a bike because my parent’s never took off my training wheels. Fortunately my neighborhood friends thought my inability to ride a bike was absurd and they helped…
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The true cost of meetings
Meetings suck. It’s a pretty universal sentiment across many companies and industries. “Meetings are toxic” is the war cry of the “Getting Real” generation. It’s not just the time it takes to attend the meeting. It’s the prep time. The time it takes you to get to the meeting. The…
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SumoMe is hiring!
Cheesing out on this week’s post as I’m scrambling to get ready for our company retreat in Puerto Vallarta. That being said, I woke up today and checked out our latest SumoMe email newsletter, A week in the life of a Sumo. I was floored by the email. Not because…
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Evernote? More like Evernope!
After a year and a half romp with Evernote, I am kicking it to the curb. You may remember last year when I broke away from the Apple ecosystem and moved from an iPhone to an Android device. That’s when I added Evernote to the mix as it was one…
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Email validation via MX lookup in PHP
Validating that an email addresses ain’t what it used to be. I remember writing simple regular expressions that worked out really well. These days there are a bajillion TLDs with more being added all of the time. Something I started doing is checking that the domain of the email being…
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I deleted all of my email and it was GLORIOUS!
As glorious as it has been, it started out as an absolute struggle. Ya gotta get through the ghetto before you get to the meadow, amirite? So what led me down the path of total email annihilation? There were a few contributing factors. Before I talk about that, let’s talk…