12 April 2018
This has been on my mind for a few years now and I haven't had a good answer to "Are you woke?"
I'm not. I strive to be. I aspire to be. Woke, to the best of my understanding, is not a destination but a continual process. It's not a …7 March 2016
I don't ask a lot of questions. Socially, that is. I ask way too many professionally. Hanging out with friends, going to events, and back when I was dating and/or aspiring to date in particular I think this has been a real impediment to connecting with people. My thinking …
23 August 2015
First and foremost I know it looks like crap on mobile, I was shooting for an iterative upgrade, responsive css will be later this week.
Environment setup was pretty simple, I do everything …
29 January 2015
I spent over a decade as a federal IT contractor, and another decade in various companies before that. I estimate that the amount of time wasted on meetings is in the range of 22-30 thousand hours, or around 45-55% of my career. It is a major reason that I hated …
23 September 2014
Ive always been an avid reader. I got teased a lot in school for reading so much, and frequently got in trouble in class for reading instead of paying attention. I devoured all that I could with little concern for the appropriateness of the content, spy novels and Mack …
26 June 2014
Aereo has been shut down by the Supreme Court. Shady tech bros want to get rich by avoiding paying the licensing fees and following the regulations that everyone else does. I'm supposed to feel bad for them? When they're dumb enough to learn nothing at all from Napster? I'm no …
11 June 2014
I am dismayed at the repeated sleazy violations of my friends and associates that happens at events. Attendees can be a problem, they creep on performers, they dont respect boundaries, they assume that because a woman exists that they can objectify and harass them with impunity. This is depressing …
18 March 2014
I judge people by where they get their news. Understanding the world in which we live is part of being a good citizen, a good member of the community, and being able to effect the changes you want to see in your world. Your ability to evaluate the quality of …
9 February 2014
Hugs. This has come up a lot over the past year or so and I keep meaning to write about it so now I am. I get asked at least a few times a month why I don't hug people more often. I probably have overthought this because that's what …