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Feb 2, 2021

Clubhouse or Cliquehouse?

Clubhouse is quickly and quietly dividing into the have-microphones and have-not-microphones — I’ve been using and enjoying Clubhouse for the past week. It’s genuinely a fantastic new social experience. It’s engaging, it’s personal, it’s rich and it’s unique. It’s made lockdown feel less lonely and it’s brought my friends closer to me. But, perhaps like any real-world clubhouse, there’s just the faintest…

Clubhouse

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Clubhouse or Cliquehouse?
Clubhouse or Cliquehouse?
Clubhouse

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Jul 16, 2020

How to boost broadband speed in rural UK

We moved from London to Wales as a result of Covid which was a big life improvement. However one noteable exception to that improvement was our internet speed which was rubbish. Far too slow to have reliable zoom calls or stream films. Occasionally the WiFi connection would even drop altogether. …

Wifi

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How to get fast internet in the UK countryside
How to get fast internet in the UK countryside
Wifi

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Apr 12, 2020

The Google-Apple contact-tracing API may mark the beginning of a species-level, biomechanical immune system

Today saw Apple and Google announce a joint partnership to build contact-tracing into the core of their smartphones. This technology works by quietly logging any other phones (aka people) which you’ve been in the vicinity of. In the event that you discover that you’re infected with Covid-19 you can (with…

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The Google-Apple contact-tracing API may become the single largest contribution to healthcare ever
The Google-Apple contact-tracing API may become the single largest contribution to healthcare ever

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Mar 16, 2020

Reasons for understanding the UK’s lockdown-delay

Its’ very hard to see why the British government’s current policy of not enforcing an immediate lockdown makes sense. Lockdown seems so much simpler and so much safer than delaying. (Before I go on I want to say that I really struggled to know whether to push publish on this…

Covid-19

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Reasons for understanding the UK lockdown-delay
Reasons for understanding the UK lockdown-delay
Covid-19

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Peter Nixey

·Mar 10, 2020

Covid-19: how are you going to react?

Wherever you stand on the debate of the seriousness of Covid-19, one thing’s certain. This is one of the most significant global events that we have lived through. News, social media, stockpiling; there are a lot of influences bearing down on us right now. And while we all like to…

Covid-19

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Covid-19: are you a hoarder or an ignorer?
Covid-19: are you a hoarder or an ignorer?
Covid-19

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Mar 12, 2019

There will be plateaus. Don’t sweat them but don’t accept them either

Everything I’ve ever excelled at has had long pleateaus along the way. Whether it’s been programming, ballroom dancing, skiing or sales, they’ve all had chunky periods where they felt like nothing was getting better. But then at some point it did. Sometimes things tumble forward at breakneck speed and everything…

Life Lessons

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There will be plateaus. Don’t sweat them but don’t accept them either
There will be plateaus. Don’t sweat them but don’t accept them either
Life Lessons

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Peter Nixey

·Aug 16, 2017

Bitcoin v. Ethereum in the long term

At the time of writing, Bitcoin and Ethereum are the two front runner Cryptocurrencies. Both have different advantages and disadvantages and knowing how they’ll do in the long term means getting some appreciation for these. Bitcoin’s advantage is that it’s fundamentally limited in number and doesn’t do much. Which makes…

Bitcoin

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Bitcoin v. Ethereum in the long term
Bitcoin v. Ethereum in the long term
Bitcoin

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Peter Nixey

·Aug 15, 2017

A rough beginners guide to Ethereum v. Bitcoin

(slightly ad-hoc because it was taken from a chat with some friends) Ethereum is very similar to Bitcoin it’s just that during the process of Ether being transferred from one person to another you can also run a small program. The beauty is that this program can (for instance) hive…

Blockchain

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A rough beginners guide to Ethereum v. Bitcoin
A rough beginners guide to Ethereum v. Bitcoin
Blockchain

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Peter Nixey

·Oct 25, 2016

People aren’t reading your ability. They’re reading your read on your ability

You cannot underestimate the effect that your attitude and confidence has on how people perceive you. And the difference in approaches can be crazy between men and women. …

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People aren’t reading your ability. They’re reading your read on your ability
People aren’t reading your ability. They’re reading your read on your ability

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·Sep 2, 2016

So Dropbox got hacked…

News out that this week that all of Dropbox’s email addresses and passwords were hacked about four years ago. Bummer. Were you one of those people? Well if you had a Dropbox earlier than 2012 then yes. If you’re unsure then go to https://haveibeenpwned.com and you can check. So you’ve…

Security

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So Dropbox got hacked
So Dropbox got hacked
Security

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Peter Nixey

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Founder of Copyin.com, developer, entrepreneur, YC Alum and occasional investor

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