Random thoughts, musings and things I think are interesting…
-
The Future of Engineering Software
Finished up in Seattle (be back there next week) and am now in Scottsdale for a conference on the future of engineering software (COFES). Listening to John Koza from Stanford discuss genetic programming. This conference is always interesting and despite the rain (yes, its raining in the desert!), it promises to be again this year.…
-
Platform versus apps
Attending a Microsoft conference this week on the future of their platform. I thought this was going to be at the MSFT campus, but it turns out that its just at the hotel were we’re all staying because there are too many attendees. It’s been very interesting and I’ve reconfirmed my belief that despite what…
-
Off to Seattle
Leaving for Seattle tomorrow morning. It will be my first visit to the Microsoft campus and I have to say I’m interested to see what it will be like. After 3 days there, I’m off to Scottsdale for a 3 day “Conference on the Future of Engineering Software”. I’ve been going to this “conference” for…
-
Too busy
This blogging every day thing has turned out to be more of a problem than I thought it would be. Its not that I don’t have anything to blog about, but this past week was filled with too many 15 hour days. The new ownership of my company has made everyone feel under the gun…
-
Sold!
For the first time in over 7 years, I find myself working for a private company. No more quarterly reporting…no more stock options! I’m in these circumstances not exactly by choice, but it’s still fairly agreeable, especially considering the state of my former employer (although I wish you luck, all that are left behind). I…
-
Stuff
There’s alot of things I “need”: GPS: I had one these a while ago, but Ebayed it because it didn’t work the way I thought it should. I think some of the new ones they have now, with the integrated maps, would come closer to what I need. Telescope: and not one of those cheap…
-
Going, going, gone…
I work for a fairly large IT firm that hasn’t been doing so well lately. We’re doing a little better now than we were about a year ago, when our board decided to replace most of the upper management. Old tune was diversify, new guys tune is focus. And thus, the division I work in…
-
Howard Stern
I don’t get into to politics too much (there seems to be enough blogs about that), but this one really irks me. As many of you probably have heard, Howard Stern is under fire again, and I must admit it’s mostly deserved and probably not completely unwanted by Howard himself (no such thing as bad…
-
CATS! Cats! Cats!
For newfriends of mine that get to experience my behavior in the month of March, it can be quite upsetting. A pretty normal guy who works alot and doesn’t sit in front of the tube too much, suddenly becomes a work skipping, couchpotato. It’s all about the basketball. I can’t explain quite why I love…