geoff burns

Interested in design, UX, software development and social media

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You can now create your own maps in my battleship game at https://t.co/HFRKr6T3mC https://t.co/IBCS9F5sxZ or the original blog post by selecting it from the hunt mode dropdown. https://t.co/IBCS9F5sxZ

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You can find the new hide and seek version of my battleship game at https://t.co/HFRKr6T3mC https://t.co/laaowt4scc you and select it from the old version in my blog by selecting it from the hunt mode dropdown. https://t.co/EaPPOQZS5f...

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Added some new maps to the both the paper version and the online version of my battleship game. I also added a hide and seek more to the online game. https://t.co/IBCS9F5sxZ

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Added an online game to my Pencil & Paper Battleships article. So people can try out the different maps before printing them out. https://t.co/IBCS9F5sxZ

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🚀 Just updated my article on Continuous Learning & Professional Development Planning!

✅ How to choose the right skills
✅ Strengths vs. weaknesses
✅ T-shaped & π-shaped skillsets

https://t.co/02sN8OLiYG

#CareerGrowth #Learning #ProfessionalDevelopment #TShapedSkills

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Posted a New Software Development Article!
"You’ve Been Using Functional Ideas All Along—Now Understand Them"
Optionals, Lists and Monads. Category theory is not just for functional programmers anymore.
https://t.co/eUhTcqAb3y

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Wrapped up my 3 part article on Developing Useful Applications with UX & DX — Why You Need Both
From prototypes to real products, here’s what actually matters:
https://t.co/YvR8rZgBYP

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Part 2 of Developing Useful Applications is Out
Persistence: How Information Sticks Around and What Happens if it Doesn't
You’re not just managing data. You’re managing entropy, history, and human decisions.
https://t.co/U0rh1ZkDvb

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Why real apps are more than just code—and how aligning Intent, Concept, and Implementation helps you survive complexity and deliver lasting value.
New Article
https://t.co/RH85JscXui

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People keep on asking for smaller maps for my version of the Pencil & Paper Battleships game. So 2 new maps on top of the 2 maps I released 5 days ago for a total of eleven https://t.co/IBCS9F5sxZ

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New article: People Matter – And Feedback Isn’t Optional
https://t.co/kVy660T124
Too often, we skip the hard conversations—especially about people issues. But silence breeds dysfunction.

🎯 Feedback should be timely, specific, and mutual. Culture depends on it.

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Just updated my blog post on the my variation of the Pencil & Paper Battleships game! I added 7 more maps based on the feedback on the old maps

https://t.co/IBCS9F5sxZ

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New Article: Making Work Actually... Flow Too many bugs, late feedback, and chaotic releases? Your work isn’t flowing—it’s clogging.

How to fix it:
🪓 Split big stories
🔁 Tighten feedback loops
🤖 Automate relentlessly

https://t.co/1SixeKUILm

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finding gold or oil, you need a good map—magnetic, radiometric, or seismic—and an expert to read it. Visualising that data took hours… unless you knew the one guy who did it faster.
I noticed. I asked questions. I improved it dramatically.
https://t.co/QFSJYrJh7J

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One of the most impactful things I’ve done in my career? Overhauling a broken hiring process—with zero HR background.
It taught me: persistence + action > apathy.
You don’t need to be an expert to start fixing things.
You do need to care.
Blog post: https://t.co/j3w24rZsCe

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Just posted an article about team building. https://t.co/Hc2HEpXxRS

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Wrote an article on Self-Directed Learning
https://t.co/iNqVjwiGcv

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Updated my Double Loop Learning Article https://t.co/i8rQrNInXN

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Wrote an article on Selecting the Right Skill to Improve https://t.co/02sN8P2m0G

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Wrote an article about Learning by Doing https://t.co/uljLEezgIY