Last night I attended Ignite Seattle, a technology gathering unlike any I’ve seen before. Imagine 200 people packed in like sardines to watch a list of a diverse group of 25 people give rapid-fire talks to a captive, tech-savvy audience.
Anyone who knows PowerPoint presentations knows that a “five-minute presentation” after including setup time, switching [...]
“This is by a wide margin the least likely thing that has ever happened.” – Leela, Futurama episode “Godfellas”
I’m not normally such a spiritual man, but there is some serious divine intervention going on. Earlier tonight I met up with Andrea, a woman I hadn’t seen in nineteen years.
The Beginning
The last time Andrea and [...]
Google made its Transit feature available for Seattle, though it’s still in “Labs” (Google-speak for “alpha”) form. I can see why: to go from my office to my mechanic, Google advises that I first walk down to 6th Avenue South. To do that Google suggests that I walk through the park, down a [...]
A few weeks ago I was detoured off Pike Street by several dozen people riding bicycles naked through the city, shouting slogans about our energy policy as they went. I found the whole episode hilarious and really felt like I had “arrived” in Seattle. The protest, as it turns out, was part of [...]
I’ve had a mailbox at a local UPS Store, formerly Mail Boxes Etc., since I moved here a few weeks ago. It’s proven very useful for receiving mail and packages I’d normally need to sign for, and it’s given me an address that will follow me even after I move to my “permanent” housing [...]
There’s an apartment with my name on it in First Hill. My car and other possessions are making their way into town and should arrive this week. My first week at work has come and gone. I’ve had way too much coffee way too often, because, well, it’s there.
The Tests
I arrived in [...]
As of Tuesday, May 23, I no longer live in Pittsburgh. I’m typing this from a temporary apartment in Seattle’s International District within sight distance of Amazon.com’s Pac-Med building. One week from today I start work for the e-tailing giant.
I arrived in Pittsburgh for my undergraduate education in August of 1999. After [...]