Discursive ruminations.
Back in 2004 I stumbled upon the ShortestWikiContest. I immediately ignored my work, family, and sleep to write the shortest wiki I could. The goal was to honor at least the minimal set of WikiPrinciples with the shortest functional program you can get working in whatever programming language you choose.
It feels like weeks but I [...]
After two years and seven months I’m moving on. This weekend I’m unemployed. The bums lost! Friday was my last day at Socialtext and Today I started work at CombineNet. At CombineNet I’m “Lead Product Engineer, Infrastructure and Architecture.” This has me excited. Some marketing material for your pleasure:
“CombineNet’s advanced sourcing technologies leverage combinatorial optimization [...]
This weekend I was in Washington, DC for CoffeeFest. It was awesome. Here’s my review as a first time participant.
Barista Championships
This is one hard competition. It was always hard for me to imagine what a coffee-drink-making competition is like and I’m glad I went to see it first hand. The competitors are serious about their [...]
Tomorrow I’m traveling to Washington DC for CoffeeFest, and SCAA industry event. Now, I know what you’re thinking.You’re part of the industry how?
Ok, great question. I’m not, yet, exactly. One of the things I’d like to do in life is start and run a coffee shop. CoffeeFest is a fantastic opportunity to learn about the [...]
I know blogging by quiz is cheating, and it’s even worse that I copied from Chastity, but hey, it’s odd and it’s true.
Same as Jessica. Freaky.