A big thanks to Andrew, the team at Phoenix Books, and everyone else involved in making the Vermont Science Fiction event happen. And many more thanks to everyone that came out to support me and the other authors. It was fantastic group on both sides of the lectern, and a lot of fun for all. […]
agile introverts a close-up of iMac screws when was drama found “Search Term Haiku” is a series wherein I examine this site’s log files and construct one or more haiku poems from search terms and phrases that led visitors to the site. Where possible, I attempt to keep the search phrases intact. However, as these […]
the obvious nods to 2001, also The Blair Witch Project
Bulletproof Accessible Icon Fonts Hot on the heels of Ian Feather's piece on SVG vs. icon fonts (vide infra), the Filament Group published their own lessons learned about using icon fonts in the wild. (tagged: accessibility fonts icon fonts ) Software in 2014 Tim Bray's current "state of the union" on the software engineering field, […]
If you missed it today on Facebook or Twitter or any of the other places this went: Geek Mountain State Presents Vermont Science Fiction We are pleased to announce that Geek Mountain State and Phoenix Books are teaming up for the third entry in the Vermont SF Writer’s Series, Vermont Science Fiction! This reading follows […]
You’re at a co-worker’s party. You spend most of the time chasing your kids around the house as they zip up and down the stairs and between the people engaged in the conversations that you’d like to be engaged in. You catch some smiles and a few one-liners as you get close enough to them, […]
constant zombie fear cherry picking in work place ClojureScript review “Search Term Haiku” is a series wherein I examine this site’s log files and construct one or more haiku poems from search terms and phrases that led visitors to the site. Where possible, I attempt to keep the search phrases intact. However, as these are […]
And now to wrap up the 2013 goals. 1 So many things made this a big year — good, bad, just plain weird, or otherwise. Let’s look at what we set out to do and then footnote the hell out of it with all of the other interesting bits. First Quarter results are here: /2013/03/2013-goals-q1-check-in; […]
Interviewing as a Front-End Engineer in San Francisco Philip Walton: To put that another way, if a talented computer science grad, fresh out of college, with almost no front-end experience can outshine a great front-end engineer in your interview, you're probably asking the wrong questions. Whether or not you agree with him on every point, […]