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Common "no reply" emails, EXCEPT google docs notifications (which I actually want)
<apps:property name='hasTheWord' value='from:(noreply OR no-reply OR donotreply) -docs.google.com' />

Common app & service notifications
<apps:property name='hasTheWord' value='has joined your Personal Meeting Room' />
<apps:property name='from' value='[email protected]' />
<apps:property name='from' value='[email protected]' />
<apps:property name='from' value='[email protected]' />
<apps:property name='from' value='[email protected]' />  
<apps:property name='from' value='[email protected]' />

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/* After switching stackingthebricks.com to ConvertKit in the last few months, I found a handful of things */
/* that seemed to slow me down/force additional scrolling, so I tried hiding them from the UI with these UserStyles */

/* Obviously, these are without warrantee and could potentially break, so don't blame me if they do. */
/* Also, I am not a designer so these may not make the UI better in _your_ eyes, but they make it better for me. 😅 */

/* Hide the dashboard graph (not useful enough to be there taking up 3/4 of the screen real estate every time I log in) */
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.subscribers-index div[data-component='ReportsContainer'] { display:none;}

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"Technology has always been interesting to me, but it's remarkably predictable. On the other hand, people, people are infinitely weird and amazing." Alex Hillman's perspective comes from over a decade of IT and web development experience blended with an unusual exploration of the human side of getting work done. He's a co-founder of Independents Hall in Philadelphia, an internationally recognized model for successful coworking, where he's diligently studied and participated in a community-driven workplace that places the value of relationships ahead of transactions.

An accomplished writer & speaker, Alex is constantly interacting with the world around him, unafraid of sharing his experiences and opinions. Apart from leading community and business efforts at Independents Hall, he's a member of the team at Wildbit as their communications lead and developer advocate. He's created and led teams of software & media products, event production and promotion, and contributed to strategic business and community growt

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Recipe for Alex Hillman: One part technologist, one part humanist, add relentless honesty to taste.
Blend with business savvy until smooth and approachable. 
Best enjoyed in your favorite social or business setting, with a beer, cocktail, or glass of wine. 

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This playlist is a tribute to some of the best karaoke songs I’ve sang or seen sung. This clearly doesn’t cover all of the best tracks, but I also had to account for the fact that this was supposed to be a playlist. In my mind, a playlist tells a story, and that arc in this case is the story of a totally epic party night in your favorite karaoke bar. These songs are chosen for personal preference, as well as crowd-please-ability and placement in the night. Along with each track is some commentary, suggestions, and even a rating scale of difficulty, how likely people are to sing along, and how likely you are to dance. All ratings are on a scale of 1-5, 1 being the least and 5 being the most.

Are you brave enough to step up to the mic and take this trip with me? Here we go!

Faith – George Michael
One of the cardinal rules of karaoke is not to start too early in the night. That said, sometimes you need to be the first singer to break the ice and it’s critical to have a solid warm-up song. This song needs to se

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At this point, you might say I'm a habitual launcher. That's right, "shipping stuff" is habit forming behavior. 

It wasn't always this way, of course. My work ethic usually involved procrastination...not because I was lazy, but because I thought I worked best under pressure. 

What I found out was that I was more interested in the act of completion, the act of achieving. That resulted in the process of getting there feeling painful for me, and became something I wanted to avoid.

It was when I got more comfortable zooming out from the BIG launch, and realizing that there were lots of little milestones along the way, I was able to change my perspective. If I did this right, I could launch something almost every day...or at least every week or two...and all of those little launches would add up to my larger launch goal. 

With IndyHall, for example, my goal was initially very simple and self-serving: I wanted it to be easier to find other people to collaborate with, and I DIDN'T want to have to leave Philadelp