comedy venue. This was at a 90s era tech conference, so strap on your nerd hat for this one. If the pandemic has you feeling nostalgic for tech conferences (or if you’re really bored) you’re in luck. This is what my kids call, “One of Dad’s long boring...
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shirt that Borders went for Seattle’s Finest. At this time, I noticed a significant reduction in the quality of the food offered. Sometimes, I was told that I couldn’t hang out in the cafe with more than 3 books. I also got annoyed with their policy that...
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particular CAD/CAM software at one of the Princess Resort conference centers in the US. On the second or third day, I was one of several presenters scheduled. We all had a meeting over breakfast with the coordinator since there had been some big snafu...
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No one could object to them in principle, with private cars creating traffic jams it is legitimate that public means of moving people should enjoy privileged use of street space. Except that those reserved lanes were a lot wider than necessary ! Basically...
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anything like a real development environment. Any code base that has existed for some time has characteristics of coding practices that change and evolve over time with developers. The code you write today should be better than the one you wrote last...
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mini basic applications for about a week. These exercises were well organized and gave a good sense of progression in learning, but all he really did was to help me become familiar with the IDE. There is only so much follow-up for an instructor that he...
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Mother’s Day T Shirt sweter shirt online courses and course directories; Udacity, Udemy, Treehouse, Lynda, PluralSight, to name a few. I ended up choosing one from Udemy that was recommended by a colleague. These courses usually take you through an introduction...
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venue. This was at a 90s era tech conference, so strap on your nerd hat for this one. If the pandemic has you feeling nostalgic for tech conferences (or if you’re really bored) you’re in luck. This is what my kids call, “One of Dad’s long boring stories.”,...
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for Seattle’s Finest. At this time, I noticed a significant reduction in the quality of the food offered. Sometimes, I was told that I couldn’t hang out in the cafe with more than 3 books. I also got annoyed with their policy that you couldn’t combine...
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hood are you at public speaking? The struggle for bladder control is at times no joke. Seriously. The following quotes are to the best of my memory, and a bit paraphrased for some attempt at brevity. In a split second I went from being just a guy scheduled...
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