James Higginbotham @launchany

API and AI coach. Author of "Principles of Web API Design" (Addison Wesley). Instructor. Coach. Consultant. Enterprise architecture launchany.com Colorado, USA Joined May 2009

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James Higginbotham @launchany

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@TheCinesthetic Hell on Wheels is a brilliant show with an outstanding cast and crew. My favorite work of @ansonmount so far. I rewatch the series at least once a year

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James Higginbotham @launchany

2 days ago

The ending for the TV series Continuum. No spoilers, but it is both beautiful and heartbreaking

cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic

3 days ago

What’s an ending you still think about years later?

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James Higginbotham @launchany

2 days ago

@retrocvnty "Did I get him? Did I get him?"

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2 days ago

@ansonmount @CaptainTJMiller @paramountplus I was going to recommend Cullen, but he wants the character to be "by the book"

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2 days ago

Voyager 1. Engineered for decades. Meanwhile, my X feed is all about loops.

World of Engineering @engineers_feed

4 days ago

Voyager 1 is 24 billion kilometers from Earth. It communicates with us using a 23-watt transmitter. Less than a refrigerator light bulb. The signal takes 22 hours to reach us, traveling at the speed of light. By the time it arrives, it's 20 billion times weaker than the power

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James Higginbotham @launchany

5 days ago

@TigerMinusTheR @hradzka Absolutely! His ability to write dialogue and a musical that moves a story at a brisk pace that was never too fast but never too slow (like many writers then and today). Incredible talent that I revisit often across many of his shows

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James Higginbotham @launchany

5 days ago

What happens when Amazon decides to reboot The Mummy 👇

New York Post @nypost

6 days ago

Scientists turn yeast found in gut of ancient mummy into 'very good' sourdough bread - beer's next trib.al/mcPYdAp

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James Higginbotham @launchany

5 days ago

@plex Next, can you find the old Plex that wasn't trying to be anything more than a streaming server?

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James Higginbotham @launchany

5 days ago

It is the mid 2000s. I'm pitching a web app idea. I'm connected to a VC and we meet for coffee. He listens for five minutes, calls a colleague, who was nearby and joins us within 10 min. They listen patiently. Then they recommend that I "just build it" without VC. Why? Because the multiplier isn't enough for them. However, they know the idea would be valuable to a specific niche market. They tell me of a group in Chicago building something similar and releasing their underlying framework called Rails. It will help launch the idea without all of the overhead and time required with Java or .NET. So I built it. I launched it. While it didn't make millions, it gave me deep insight into launching a web app in the web 2.0 era, all as a side hustle. The VCs were right. I didn't need their money. I needed a bigger idea. I needed to execute first. So I did. Sometimes the best thing you can get is a "no" to kick you in the back side and get moving. It also proves that some VCs first want to help others, while some see you first as a money multiplier.

GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg

a week ago

I was once pitching in a board room at a top 3 VC firm for a $15M Series A. 12 people in the meeting. One of the GPs fully fell asleep. Out cold for 30+ minutes. Nobody acknowledged it. Everyone just kept going. I kept presenting my Series A slides to an unconscious man in a

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James Higginbotham @launchany

6 days ago

@TimothyImholt And you know what it means when one of them doesn't

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James Higginbotham @launchany

6 days ago

@exQUIZitely The played StarFlight 1 on a friend’s monochrome Tandy 1000. It was the first game and clue book I bought when I picked up the Tandy 1000 HX after moving on from the Commodore 64. It is incredible how a rich game like this one could fit on a floppy

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James Higginbotham @launchany

a week ago

@The_Big_Chifa_ Currently on season 5 of a recent Fringe rewatch. A great show with a solid cast and pretty consistent writing

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James Higginbotham @launchany

a week ago

@AgrivarDragon I haven’t tried it. But what happens if you don’t even give it a try? Perhaps give it 2-3 sessions to see how it goes, the re-evaluate?

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James Higginbotham @launchany

a week ago

@glass_cannon92 @Liberty_Xtreme Cold Lazarus does some heavy lifting, both to help O'Neill to move on and become a bit lighter, and at the same time tying in the movie

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James Higginbotham @launchany

a week ago

@Liberty_Xtreme Heroes Part 2, followed by Upgrades and Window of Opportunity

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James Higginbotham @launchany

a week ago

Amazon doesn't know how to produce and manage content and IP anymore. It is so bad, they have opted to hire leadership from Netflix - the only other place that manages to be worse than Amazon. So no, no property or IP is safe at Amazon under current leadership

Fandom Pulse @fandompulse

a week ago

Spider-Noir premiered on Prime Video last week. One week in, Nicolas Cage told press he is unsure whether there will be a Season 2. The producers want to continue. The budget is the reported obstacle with Amazon. Amazon canceled the new Stargate series yesterday after a 20-week

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James Higginbotham @launchany

a week ago

That's because there were no electronics around to record it

Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol

a week ago

I would just like to point out that I have never once seen a hoard of Amish people destroy any property, anywhere, ever. Not once in the entire history of the internet.