Torsten Budesheim

Entrepreneur at heart, technology enthusiast, passionate solution visionary and marketer. PM @Twilio. Fussball fan. Proud Dad.

[Torsten Budesheim @tbudesheim]

Looking forward to giving the @RunGoApp a try, starting with OC California

[Torsten Budesheim @tbudesheim]

Seconds after takeoff from SFO on a @united flight equipped with @SpaceX Starlink—really incredible! Internet on planes has finally come out of the stone age ( thank you @sonic for offering an ad-free Speedtest! )

[Torsten Budesheim @tbudesheim]

What $10.09 get you at @panerabread these days…

[Torsten Budesheim @tbudesheim]

@cjshaker Where are you getting the idea that Google is using your messages to train its AI models? AI is being applied to provide better personalization and smart features that help make your work and life easier. That’s not the same thing as using your messages to train AI models.

[Torsten Budesheim @tbudesheim]

@eevblog Where are you getting the idea that Google is using your messages to train its AI models? AI is being applied to provide better personalization and smart features that help make your work and life easier. That’s not the same thing as using your messages to train AI models.

[Torsten Budesheim @tbudesheim]

Good reminder by @veritasium
https://t.co/vREjrDaBmU

[Michael Eisner @Michael_Eisner]

Where has all the leadership gone?  If not for university presidents, law firm managing partners, and corporate chief executives standing up against bullies, who then will step up for the first amendment?  The “suspending indefinitely” of Jimmy Kimmel immediately after the Chairman of the FCC's aggressive yet hollow threatening of the Disney Company is yet another example of out-of-control intimidation.  Maybe the Constitution should have said, “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, except in one’s political or financial self-interest.” By-the-way, for the record, this ex-CEO finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny.

[Torsten Budesheim @tbudesheim]

If only there was a Time Machine… - UEFA admits to Spain’s unfair win over Germany in the EUROs https://t.co/BDOmqwVdiy

[Torsten Budesheim @tbudesheim]

We were looking for a more comprehensive comparison of #Ubuntu Server vs Desktop -- ease of use, UI, etc. are the usual callouts, while 'better performance' is not substantiated. In this post it is: https://t.co/kUDoTwHFH5

[Torsten Budesheim @tbudesheim]

Looks like @SPORT1 got a bit ahead of themselves & reality by discounting @bayer04fussball … 🥸🤪 #Invincibles @bayer04_en

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@EricBalchunas An indicator for yet another bubble?

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Wow @bayer04fussball !

[Torsten Budesheim @tbudesheim]

@sagar_codes @milan_milanovic Agree @sagar_codes ! The operational overhead incurred is at times excruciating. @cdxinsights trying to strike that right balance in itself is a similar overhead and costly to miss.

[Torsten Budesheim @tbudesheim]

Urge Silk to Continue Production of Silk Next Milk - be a supporter https://t.co/QkkuMLPNfn via @Change

[Torsten Budesheim @tbudesheim]

@LoveMySilk @cdmomo24 that's beyond unfortunate - it had been the best non-dairy milk out there. What is the reason for discontinuing it? Low sales?

[Torsten Budesheim @tbudesheim]

Resonating++

[Jason Fried @jasonfried]

I've consulted. I've advised. I've served on boards. I've done client work. I've written books. I've spoken on the circuit. I've blogged for years.

I have to say, I've found no greater professional joy than working with a tight group of people to ship and support our own products. And for those products to find people willing to trade their own hard earned treasure for a little bit of ours.

Betting on an idea — and seeing it through — is enormously fulfilling. The creative and intellectual stimulation is beyond compare. Especially when you're the first customer for anything you make.

When I was a consultant doing work for hire I thought it was the peak. I got to bounce from client to client, sign big contracts, do a lot of work, cash large checks, etc. But then you realize most of what you do is never implemented. Yes, you got paid for it, but it was just advice, recommendations, and suggestions. Words on pages that were received, but not really read. Designs in files that were delivered, but never really deployed. There was nothing there in the end. You didn't get to make any bets, you just played with someone else's chips.

You thought you were changing things. Changing them. But it wasn't change, it was an exchange. You handed it over, they handed you something in return, and that was that.

I'm glad I went through it, otherwise I wouldn't have known it.

Been giving other people advice for years? Give yourself the advice and see if it's any good. Meet the market.

Go make something. Join a team that's making something. Put your fingerprint on something that won't just sit on the shelf somewhere.

[Torsten Budesheim @tbudesheim]

'God Save the Queen',8,1 - Anyone remember that? Anyone? It essentially dates you to have been around already in the 1980s if you do...

[Torsten Budesheim @tbudesheim]

Take control
https://t.co/3gwDhJllqY

[Torsten Budesheim @tbudesheim]

Let's put that on a billboard in Silicon Valley

[oprea @oprearocks]

NoSQL is better and more scalable than SQL.

This was the pill I swallowed back in 2014 when I was working on my “degree project”.

And for a while I actually peddled it myself. I was advocating for nosql left and right. I always wondered why seasoned developers scoffed at me.

But then I actually took the time to learn SQL, and it all made sense. I was simply ignorant to its benefits mostly because learning another language is way more difficult than calling Model.find() from your main programming language.

So… yeah… I was wrong. I’ve been a PostgreSQL fan for 6 years now and I’m not planning to switch.

[Torsten Budesheim @tbudesheim]

I am tired of 🍪-message popups on every website... My hypothesis is that by the time I die I will have spent a combined year of my life accepting or rejecting 🍪-policies. Where can I configure for this to stop for my usage for the entirety of the internet?