October 10, 2011 | 2 Comments
Who says you’re not a genius? Who are any of us to say? And why would anyone bother telling someone that? In my last blog post, I talked about how it was unnecessary and counterproductive to justify your projects to … Continue reading
October 6, 2011 | 8 Comments
Here’s a Reddit/Slashdot/whatever thread that never happened: Internet crank on Reddit: “Hey, Steve Jobs, I guess that new iPad looks cool, but I think iPad is a stupid name, it makes me think of sanitary napkins.” Steve: “Yeah, well, here’s … Continue reading
October 4, 2011 | 0 comments
Although I mostly write to my blog and my Twitter feed, here’s a dump of most of my online presences. petdance.com My blog is where I post about technology and job hunting and careers. @petdance on Twitter My main outlet … Continue reading
July 26, 2011
At OSCON today, I went to a talk called “Why Know Algorithms” by Andrew Aksynoff. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the speaker was the author of Sphinx, a powerful full text indexing engine that I’m considering adopting for … Continue reading
July 21, 2011 | 3 Comments
I’ve been going to technical conferences since YAPC::NA 2002, and next week I’ll be at OSCON 2011 talking about community and Github. Preparation is important to getting the most out of the conference with the least amount of hassle. Here … Continue reading
February 18, 2011 | 0 comments
I came across an ad for programmers the other day, and one of the requirements was that you be able to: Get along well with other sometimes mal-adjusted geeks The way I read this is “some of the other people … Continue reading