life - Justin Paterno

Clapping Through It

Today's the one year anniversary of one of the more surreal moments of my life. A year ago, I was at Stocktwits and we rang the opening bell of the Nasdaq. When you ring the bell you have to clap and scream and smile and be excited for like 2

food

Food Friday: Super Bowl Fixing

Super Bowl Sunday is this weekend. If you're anything like me you're thinking, "I'm pretty sure this sport is fixed at the highest levels of power. Think about it. This shit runs deep. After 9/11, Tom Brady came out of nowhere to lead the Patriots, of all teams, to

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Food Fridays: Smoked then Fried Wings

I love wings. I got sick of eating soggy delivery wings last year so started trying to perfect my own at home. This skill has come in handy during the pandemic to meet a craving should it come up. I love trying to experiment to recreate the flavors of dishes

life

I Hope I Didn't Just Give Away the Ending

Yesterday I learned that the New Radicals are reuniting and performing at the Biden Inauguration this week. The story behind the reunion is a great one. The song that most people know them for, "You Get What You Give" was the rallying song for the Biden family when their Beau

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Food Friday: Chicken Scarpariello Pasta (aka Scarp)

Based on the reactions to last week's Food Friday about Detroit Style Pizza, I now know that most people would prefer if I just wrote about food. Perhaps one day I will take a swing at ripping off Bon Appetit and Food Network Recipes and tacking on some fake story

management

What the Best Golfers Know About Execution

Every now and then you come read something or come across an idea that is so obvious and simple that it haunts you. In a good way. I recently got back into golf, after years of dwindling rounds, and as I wrote earlier this year I was shocked by the

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Food Friday: Detroit Style Pizza

I'm rounding home on my first week writing every day and it's been hard to both find something to write each day and not spend 3 hours writing something. For me, writing is often the exploration of an idea, so I often find myself getting lost in the process. Since

life

Spotify is Other Music delivered at Scale

I love music and I'm a heavy user of Spotify. Like many others, I really enjoy their annual "Wrapped" feature where they produce a personalized summary of my year using their service. For the music lover in me, it is rewarding and fun to see what I've listened to from

life

Write Every Day

It's the first (real) day of the new year, when everyone's resolutions are likely just starting and full of hope. I came across this on Twitter over the weekend which is especially important this time of year: Instead of "learn to code in 2021", code every day. Instead

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Attention to Detail Shock

I played varsity golf in high school and a little bit of club golf at college, but haven't played competitive golf since - nearly 20 years. In fact I haven't played much golf at all since then - each year playing less and less until last year, when I only

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Golf, Signaling, and the new "Leisure" Class

Similar to drinking, trading, and online shopping, many people have taken up golf during COVID. I was already thinking about writing about golf when I came across a great post last week by Myles Udland. The post is half a "it's not you, it's me or, wait maybe it's you?

life

Bull City

Now that I've given props to the place I left, I wanted to write why I'm so excited about my new home, Durham, NC or as it's called - Bull City. Part of the reason I'm excited to move here is it just feels right. Coming from New York and

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To the New York Knights

Earlier this summer, I moved out of New York this summer down to Durham, NC. Not that it should matter, the New Yorker in me feels compelled to let you know that I decided to leave New York well before COVID. In fact, I realized it was time to leave

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Unburnt Out and Back to work

Back in early March I left Stocktwits after nearly 11 years. My time at Stocktwits was an incredible experience. I joined a few months after the March 2009 bottom and was able to build one of the largest communication platforms for retail investors during one of the largest bull markets