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nicoappel

nicoappel is from Berlin, Germany. You can find nicoappel’s tweets at and website at nicoappel.com.

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I do something called “recession tipping.” I make more than some other people in the world, so if I’m in a restaurant, I tip over 20 percent—I tip more. Because I know that other people can’t.
Estimated reading time: 13 min
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    nicoappel ziemlich coole Idee von Louis C.K.

    October 16, 2012
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no self-respecting developer tool would be caught dead without extensive keyboard shortcuts, and Trello is no exception.
Estimated reading time: 6 min
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    nicoappel exactly

    March 29, 2012
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The best way to get massive returns is to invest in yourself.  Start a business, join a fast-growing company, or become the newest singing sensation. If you believe in yourself and your talents, focus on things you can control rather than things, like the stock market, that you can’t.
Estimated reading time: 8 min
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    nicoappel why not to invest in stocks

    March 27, 2012
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    heyalexej that's what i keep telling friends all the time, but unfortunately people tend to lose sight when it comes to investment. and that's pretty much the reason why it works so good for the few, who are in control of the outcome.

    March 29, 2012 | 1
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is it true that his hi hats are made of unobtainium?
Estimated reading time: 1 min
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    nicoappel As a musician you might find this as funny as i did. Still love Carter Beauford's stuff – killer!

    February 11, 2012
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Apple had just one customer. He passed away last year.
Estimated reading time: 4 min
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    nicoappel Who is your customer?

    February 11, 2012
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and every month the Lab would share it with the company. We knew many of these experiments would go nowhere, and that was ok. We built failure into the model.
Estimated reading time: 7 min
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    nicoappel this sounds to good to be true: setting up a lab in your agency.

    February 10, 2012
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I think it's far more important to write well than most people realize. Writing doesn't just communicate ideas; it generates them. If you're bad at writing and don't like to do it, you'll miss out on most of the ideas writing would have generated.
Estimated reading time: 2 min
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    nicoappel … and Paul Graham is not the first to say so.

    January 3, 2012
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the global average conversion ratio of useful plant food to useful meat is not the 5:1 or 10:1 cited by almost everyone, but less than 2:1. If we stopped feeding edible grain to animals, we could still produce around half the current global meat supply with no loss to human nutrition: in fact it's a significant net gain.
Estimated reading time: 5 min