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Buzz Andersen

@buzz@andersen.social

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Tech veteran (Apple, Square, Tumblr), old school indie Mac/iOS developer, Eagle Scout. Kind of also trying to be a screenwriter? @buzz@andersen.social on Twitter. Mail: buzz at http://andersen.buzz

2363 Followers

459 Following

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Joined August 17, 2018

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Buzz Andersen @buzz@andersen.social · Oct 04, 2024

@markmiller@mastodon.social @schwa@mastodon.social Yeah, I was a user long before I even realized I knew a bunch of the people who started the company (ex-Twitter people actually). Like a lot of people, I originally got mine as a Christmas gift. Now I have like five LOL.

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Buzz Andersen @buzz@andersen.social · Oct 03, 2024

@schwa@mastodon.social Yep, it does indeed have a share extension (which I use a ton personally)!

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Buzz Andersen @buzz@andersen.social · Oct 03, 2024

@octothorpe@mastodon.online Gotcha! That's definitely a possibility in the coming months, so will keep you in mind!

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Buzz Andersen @buzz@andersen.social · Oct 03, 2024

Hi! I kind of fell off on using Mastodon, but since it seems like this is where the iOS community is these days, I thought it might be good to mention that we at Aura are hiring a Senior iOS Engineer. Details here: https://auraframes.com/careers?gh_jid=7627086002

Buzz Andersen @buzz@andersen.social · Aug 09, 2023

@octothorpe@mastodon.online I’m definitely still actively looking. Just saying I should consider myself lucky to have a gig right now.

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Buzz Andersen @buzz@andersen.social · Aug 09, 2023

Pretty much everything in the world feels like it's in an unsettling transitional state at the moment. Tech is adjusting to the end of the Zero Interest Rate Easy Money Bonanza. Social media has been blown to bits. My friends who are screenwriters and directors have had their careers put on hold. Trump may go to jail or may be our next President. AI looms over everything.

Buzz Andersen @buzz@andersen.social · Aug 09, 2023

Sorry for posting about looking for a new gig and then not logging back on for like a month!

In any case, based on my replies, it sounds like things are pretty bad out there. Glad to know my experience is not unusual. I suspect things in the industry are far worse than is generally recognized at this point. Like, Dotcom Bust bad.

Buzz Andersen @buzz@andersen.social · Jul 27, 2023

I know I’ve said this before, and I know it’s a terrible time to be asking, but…man, I really, really need to quit my job, so if anyone knows of any Senior iOS-type gigs, let me know.

Buzz Andersen @buzz@andersen.social · Feb 02, 2023

Replying to @numist@xoxo.zone

@numist@xoxo.zone Yeah, one real takeaway of all for me has been how much Ukraine has always been a sort of geopolitical crossroads. Really puts today's conflict in context.

Buzz Andersen @buzz@andersen.social · Feb 02, 2023

Replying to @numist@xoxo.zone

@numist@xoxo.zone @th_in_gs@sfba.social Oooh, that’s been on my list forever!

Buzz Andersen @buzz@andersen.social · Feb 02, 2023

Replying to @numist@xoxo.zone

@numist@xoxo.zone @th_in_gs@sfba.social The season of Mike Duncan’s Revolutions about the Russian Revolution https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/revolutions/id703889772 He starts with a pretty deep dive into a thousand years of Russian history. And when he gets into WWI and later the Russian Civil War, Poland and the Balkans start to become important.

Buzz Andersen @buzz@andersen.social · Feb 02, 2023

Replying to @th_in_gs@sfba.social

@th_in_gs@sfba.social Whoa, I had no idea either! I’ve been listening to a long podcast about Russian history that really emphasized the old empire’s historical quest for viable, ice-free seaports, so makes sense they’d try to hold that. That whole Baltic region has such a fascinatingly complicated history of shifting ownership and influence.

Buzz Andersen @buzz@andersen.social · Nov 27, 2022

Replying to @marktaylor@masthead.social

@marktaylor@masthead.social @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social Yeah, well, I guess we’ll see if they ever let me in.

Buzz Andersen @buzz@andersen.social · Nov 27, 2022

Replying to @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social

@taylorlorenz@mastodon.social Post News just smells off to me. From the fact that all of its early promoters appear to come from a small group of media Twitter users to the fact that they ask for your LinkedIn profile on their waitlist form.

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