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October 2020 position

31st October 202031st October 2020 M SmithLeave a comment

Sneaking this position in before the end of the month. Although if I had done this at the start of the month I would already be up ~30%. Position: Bitcoin …

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Personal Development

Wanna Bet

1st October 20201st October 2020 M SmithLeave a comment

Inspired by the books “Thinking in Bets” by Annie Duke , and “Skin in the game” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb each month I will place a $50 bet (or a …

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Python

Creating a Flask App on a subdomain

18th August 202018th August 2020 M Smith1 Comment

Background This website is hosted on Digital Ocean with WordPress. While WordPress is a great tool for building a website I wanted a place where I could build and host …

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Personal Development

Meditations of Marcus Aurelius summary

29th July 202029th July 2020 M SmithLeave a comment

Few people can continue to act unkindly to you if you act kind to them. Trusting people who are untrustworthy is an opportunity to reflect on yourself. Evil people exist …

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Data Analysis

A Basic Data Studio dashboard with Matomo Analytics data

18th April 202018th April 2020 M SmithLeave a comment

This post walks through how to create a Data Studio dashboard like the one below using Matomo analytics data. The components used to put this together include: A Matomo installation …

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Business

Podcast Notes – 10 components for booting up a freelancer career

12th April 202012th April 2020 M Smith1 Comment

Matt Gartland the CFO and COO of Smart passive income shares his thoughts on what to do if you are interested in using this moment to start up a freelancing …

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Self reliance

10th April 202010th April 2020 M SmithLeave a comment
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Business

Tips for remote working

23rd March 202023rd March 2020 M SmithLeave a comment

The elements of successful remote teams are: Knowing how to lead a remote team Being an active participant Maintaining a positive work culture Top tips for remote meetings Set a …

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Data Analysis

Interacting with Big Query using pandas

15th March 202015th March 2020 M Smith1 Comment

Big Query For those who are into data, Big Query is a great choice if you would like a database but database management is not your thing. Big Query acts …

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Personal Development

Podcast Notes – Jeff Hunter on The Knowledge Project

7th February 20207th February 2020 M SmithLeave a comment

Companies don’t unleash the potential of their employees, not because they don’t have the right skills, but because of underlying beliefs about people and potential. A systemic failure. To be …

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