I bought my ticket back to California on Virgin America a few months ago and was really psyched about it. The cabin description sounded excellent, and the fact that they let me pay $25 up front to reserve a bulkhead seat with extra leg room was a big win. Here are some more impressions after […]
Category: journal
Being thankful
Yes, it’s the cliche Thanksgiving post. As you can see by the total lack of posts this month, it’s been a busy month for me, at work, in class, and even socially (four different out-of-towners visited last week although I only managed to see three). I’m taking a quick break up in Boston for Thanksgiving […]
Finally fall
It’s finally fall in New York. It was still in the 70s last weekend, but rain rolled through during the week, and today is a perfect fall day, sunny and in the 50s. People say they couldn’t live without seasons, but I have to admit that the only season I missed in the ten years […]
SBS Award for CellKey
The Society of Biomolecular Sciences (SBS) puts on one of the most important conferences in the pharmaceutical industry. When I was working on CellKey, it was the conference where the instrument was launched and where most of the papers on CellKey were presented. So it was quite an honor to be informed that the CellKey […]
Shared experience and community
I spent last weekend up in Boston hanging out with TEPs, most of whom were younger folks that had joined TEP years after I had left Boston. And yet I felt reasonably at home with them. I continue to be fascinated by these questions of what makes a community and how community is linked to […]
Checking in
Gosh, it’s been ten days since I last posted. I’ve had lots of scattered ideas, but haven’t quite had the focus to pull any of them together into a full post. Things have been busy at work as we prepare for the release of FogBugz 6, the newest version of our main product, so that’s […]
Remixing fields
I liked the career advice from Scott Adams last week (also seen at Seppo’s blog), where he points out: …if you want something extraordinary, you have two paths: 1. Become the best at one specific thing. 2. Become very good (top 25%) at two or more things. The first strategy is difficult to the point […]
Busy!
I’ve been meaning to post, but can’t quite put together anything coherent right now. Things are hopping at work as we beta test the new release of our software, so that’s been keeping me busy. Speaking of work, if you want to see where I spend all day, stop by the Fog Creek Open House […]
The Glory of Bach
A few months ago, I mentioned the Washington Post story where they got Joshua Bell to busk in the Metro. It prompted a blog post about the importance of context, but it also made me realize I miss having music in my life. I actually started listening to the audio of the performance for a […]
Donation Culture
Several of my friends at LiveJournal considered the permanent account sale recently, trying to decide whether to pay to make their account permanent. The ones who did often framed it to themselves as their way of saying thanks for a service that they have used extensively. I eventually decided against the permanent account, as I’m […]
