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Medium Daily Digest Most recommended by People you follow Ev Williams Words are hard Building a style guide at Slack (and thinking about how we all communicate at work) "Words?" We say calmingly to each other in channels at SlackHQ: "Words are hard." ¶ And so they are. We spend all day every day typing. Blog posts, tweets, typing messages to big public channels and… in Several People Are Typing — The Official Slack Blog, by Slack 4 min read Martin Rezny Networking sucks. Because people don't give a shit. Networking is a funny concept. And it's poisonous. It's about trying to work a group of people, and their contacts, in order to get… in Life Learning, by Jon Westenberg 6 min read Anil Dash A Year of Code A few weeks ago, I marked a year since I started coding every day. Last year, for me, began with a breakup. 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