Archive for the ‘Life’ Category.
9th November 2007, 04:06 pm
Hats off to Google Chicago for hosting today’s Lunch 2.0.
Having no idea what to expect (except, um, food), I had to check it out.
Free lunch and “no time-share pitch to sit through!”
I learned (among other things) that Google has a decent-sized presence in Chicago, a lot of it engineering. If I understand it correctly, Google’s summer of code comes out of Chicago. (I also took away a nice Google lunch cooler. Thanks!)
It’s always nice rubbing shoulders with the tech community, too: learning what’s going on, talking shop. (I’m guessing 100 people were there.)
26th October 2007, 08:46 pm
My business took me to Trump Tower, under construction.
It’s going to be really, really big. I don’t think they’re even half way up yet.
Heavy construction is underway on the upper floors. Infrastructure work on the lower.
This picture doesn’t do it justice.
Here’s the view from the skip — the construction elevator on the outside of the building.
There were always two trucks delivering cement, with another standing by.
It’s amazing the amount of work that goes into a building, particularly one this big.
10th September 2007, 09:45 pm
Noble Open Source*
Contribute day and long night
Landlord, Grocer scoff.
* I know I should say Free Software, but it ruined the meter.
1st June 2007, 09:02 am
I was looking for a years-old appointment and realized I’ve been using a PDA for ten years now. My data goes back to 1997. (I think I’m on my fourth PDA, but I’ve lost count.)
It was a strange realization on a few levels.
It was pretty cool seeing appointments from ten years ago. What was I doing then? What was I working on? Who was I hanging with?
It was strange suddenly looking into my life ten years ago.
It was strange, too, seeing things that I have no idea today what they were (or meant).