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Posts by Kevin Ball
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Five Tools I Use Every Day
On the heels of Adriana's post about tools that she loves, I want to do a followup with five of the tools I use every day. These tools are what make me productive; losing any one of them would dramatically reduce my effectiveness. Every "maker" ... Read more ›
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Back to Blogging
I haven’t written a blog post in roughly 2 months; it seems like forever, given everything that has happened. I don’t want to give a play by play, but here’s a couple of the highlights: 1) Pitched in front of 400+ people at the Founder ... Read more ›
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10 Reasons You Should Learn to Program
Those of you who know me in person know that I am a tireless advocate of programming as a career and a way of life. I got into it by accident and since then it has given me some amazing opportunities. So I thought I’d put together a quick ... Read more ›
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Growing the Startup Talent Ecosystem
“The key to unlocking much of this talent is to start building anchor tech startups that can hire away talented people, but at the same time spin out talented people that create their own startups.” -Mark Birch, comment on ‘On Incubators‘ F... Read more ›
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Taking Time to Celebrate
I think something that I overlook a lot is the importance of taking time to celebrate. In a startup there is always far more to get done than there are people or time to do it, and noone is more keenly aware of that fact than the ... Read more ›

Kevin Ball is the Co-Founder and CTO of Fashioning Change. He focuses and writes about software, the startup scene, and the use of technology to accelerate social change.

