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Brian Fitzpatrick

Brian Fitzpatrick

Grief is an awful sofa

Twenty-two years ago this week my grandfather died. We were really close and his death (due to cancer. Fuck cancer) hit me really hard. I…

Jul 31, 2020

Grief is an awful sofa

Jul 31, 2020

Brian Fitzpatrick

Shit Sandwich

[This is an excerpt from Debugging Teams, written by Ben Collins-Sussman and myself. If you like it, we suggest buying a copy for yourself…

May 7, 2018

Shit Sandwich

May 7, 2018

Brian Fitzpatrick

How to Ask a Busy Executive for Anything

[This is an excerpt from Debugging Teams, written by Ben Collins-Sussman and myself. If you like it, we suggest buying a copy for yourself…

Mar 13, 2018

How to Ask a Busy Executive for Anything

Mar 13, 2018

Brian Fitzpatrick

Ten Rules for a Better Conference Name Badge

Update: Badge Reviews is now a website!

Nov 9, 2017

Ten Rules for a Better Conference Name Badge

Nov 9, 2017

Brian Fitzpatrick

Finally Hearing Sgt. Peppers

When the remixed version of Sgt. Peppers was released a few weeks ago, I paid no attention. I’ve had way too many of my favorite albums and…

Jun 11, 2017

Jun 11, 2017

Brian Fitzpatrick
in
Tock

Your Company Will Screw Up…Mine Did

The real question is: what do you do then?

Apr 21, 2017

Apr 21, 2017

Brian Fitzpatrick

The Gift of Pi

Many years ago, back in the late 90’s, I worked on a large software project with some friends, including Ben Collins-Sussman, Lęfty…

Mar 14, 2017

Mar 14, 2017

Brian Fitzpatrick
in
Tock

OpenTable is making restaurants buy back their own customers over and over and over again

If you’re a popular restaurant using OpenTable, you’re likely paying them thousands of dollars a year more than they deserve. And I’m going…

Feb 27, 2017

OpenTable is making restaurants buy back their own customers over and over and over again

Feb 27, 2017

Brian Fitzpatrick

How to Get into Software Engineering without a Degree

I have a major in Latin and a minor in Greek. Oh, and my backup plan in case that didn’t work out: I got the equivalent of a minor in Fine…

Aug 29, 2016

Aug 29, 2016

Brian Fitzpatrick

Fitbit wants you to buy your data back [EDIT: Not quite]

[EDIT: Thanks to Jeremiah Lee for setting the record straight: Despite the misleading info on the Fitbit Premium page, you can download…

Aug 26, 2016

Fitbit wants you to buy your data back [EDIT: Not quite]

Aug 26, 2016

Brian Fitzpatrick

Brian Fitzpatrick

Founder & CTO: Tock, Inc. http://www.tock.com/ , Xoogler, Ex-Apple, Author, Co-founder of ORD Camp. Feminist. ✶✶✶✶ Chicagophile ✶✶✶✶ ‘No Formal Authority’ — HBR

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