Brian Cantoni

Software engineering leader at @Tableau / @Salesforce

[Brian Cantoni @bcantoni]

@jeffwilcox @Nerd4Cities Shoutout to PNW for topping the list! Seattle stadium is great and I really want to do the Vancouver one sometime. My local Levi’s Stadium in D makes sense especially for anyone silly enough to stay in SF. I’m going to 1 game just because it’s so close! 🤩

[Tweetfave @TweetfaveApp]

Looks like it's the end of the road for Tweetfave, a victim of the new API pricing. Wrap-up blog post to come. Tweetfave launched 10 years ago today, had over 300 people try it, and handled almost 1.5M tweets!

[Brian Cantoni @bcantoni]

@salesforce #stop

[Brian Cantoni @bcantoni]

Keeping my #php skills fresh! 😅

[Tweetfave @TweetfaveApp]

It took me a while to get back to it (measured in months), but I finally fixed an email delivery bug that was affecting most Tweetfave subscribers, now we’re all back to normal!

[Brian Cantoni @bcantoni]

@billsaysthis Indeed there is a problem with some upgrades and Tweetfave is down at the moment - I'm working on getting it back online :)

[Brian Cantoni @bcantoni]

End of an era for sure… I spent a lot of time (and money) at Fry’s over the years

[The Verge @verge]

Fry’s Electronics is shutting its doors for good https://t.co/broQBu4hHq

[Randy Olson @randal_olson]

Frequency of letters in English words and where they occur in the word. #dataviz

Source: https://t.co/2rPRLDI1Om

[Brian Cantoni @bcantoni]

This is a neat idea for keeping 1:1 conversations better organized... I was a slow convert to using threads in team channels but now can really see the benefits

[David Booth @david__booth]

"Async" Slack channels are one of our secret weapons at @beondeck

After using them for ~18 months, I can't imagine Slack without them. Particularly now— operating 100% remote with 62 teammates in 14 timezones.

Here's the "how it works" post I use to open each new 1:1 channel 👇

[Brian Cantoni @bcantoni]

@Nate75Sanders @shirleman Agree - I love any interview feedback a company is willing to give, but for me the minimum bar is just yes/no - if it's not a good fit or what not, just let me know and we can all move on :)

[Brian Cantoni @bcantoni]

This was a surprise, just 380 days after applying for this job :) I guess on the plus side, it's nice to hear back rather than being ghosted like so many companies...

[Brian Cantoni @bcantoni]

@Nate75Sanders Ha! Luckily you got in before they changed their mind :)

[Brian Cantoni @bcantoni]

My final tripping point with Evernote - a few years ago the free plan became limited to 2 devices, but it always worked with my phone, tablet and one web browser - now they've clamped down on that too. For the amount I'm using it, $8/month is not worth it

[Brian Cantoni @bcantoni]

Coming soon: how to migrate your notes off Evernote 😀

[Brian Cantoni @bcantoni]

...and finally Breaking Down Gates with @elchefe is a timely discussion about breaking down barriers in tech and why it's important to focus not just on hiring, but also retention and promotion https://t.co/KJ9opjCp1Y

[Brian Cantoni @bcantoni]

Recently got caught up with the excellent @ArrestedDevOps podcast - a few favorite episodes include an interesting group discussion of Incident Retrospectives https://t.co/LQey9dibts

[Brian Cantoni @bcantoni]

...with all tech conferences going virtual this year, hearing how the DevOps Days Chicago team pulled theirs together is really interesting - they took a lot of care and attention to make it much more engaging than just hosting videos online https://t.co/ue6eLNvXDy

[Brian Cantoni @bcantoni]

Happy to see my company doing this for our Seattle area employees... "Tableau, the data software company headquartered in Fremont, spearheaded an astonishing 3,500 takeout dinners for its employees across 40 Seattle-area restaurants." https://t.co/sJPwVVeA9y

[Brian Cantoni @bcantoni]

Tonight's project is finding all the ebooks and courses I've bought but never finished (or even started!) - hopefully can do some catch up over the holidays. So far on @gumroad alone I've found 6 unread ebooks and 2 unfinished video courses 😅

[Brian Cantoni @bcantoni]

Today's big word of the day at work is attestation which I kinda guessed but had to look up to be sure :)

[Steve Souders @Souders]

I'm really enjoying Web Performance Calendar 2020 brought to us by @stoyanstefanov with guest authors like @patmeenan (Web Vitals), @addyosmani (lazy load assets), & @rick_viscomi ("fast" pages). Recommend it highly:
https://t.co/VTIh9KyqU6