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Negotiating Your Startup Job Offer 21 Feb 2013 | 08:00 pm
Over the last three years I’ve been on both ends of job offers at startups. One thing that’s struck me is how little most applicants know about what to expect in a job offer, and in many cases, what t...
Remove Merged Branches from Git 27 Jan 2013 | 02:28 am
I wrote a bash function that prunes a git repository’s ancestral branches, helping you keep your local and remote repos tidy. This function removes all branches, local and remote, that have been merg...
Gun Control Is a Bandaid 15 Dec 2012 | 11:00 am
I understand the outrage over gun laws right now, but gun control is distracting us from a bigger problem: we don’t treat mental illness in this country. Gun control is a bandaid. What do you do when...
Looking for Partners for Red Sox 2013 Season Tickets 6 Nov 2012 | 08:00 pm
I’m looking for partners for my 2013 Red Sox season ticket share. If you’re interested in going to Red Sox games next year, and you don’t want to pay the box office fees, fill out the form and I’ll be...
Migrating to Riak at Shareaholic 31 Aug 2012 | 07:30 pm
Last night I presented “Migrating to Riak @Shareaholic” at the first Boston Riak meetup Below are my slides from the talk. One correction that I’ve updated in the slides: I mistakenly referenced Sha...
AWS Risk Mitigation Strategies 2 Jul 2012 | 07:05 pm
Even if you’re not ready to roll your own hardware, there’s a lot you can do to minimize your risk of downtime on AWS, and to mitigate the effects when it’s unavoidable. Plan for Brownouts Following ...
Red Sox Tickets for Sale 17 May 2012 | 05:16 pm
Good news for me: I got the option to buy a Red Sox ticket package! Good news for you: I don’t need all the games, and I’d rather hook up friends, family and acquaintances than deal with Stubhub, Cra...
For Two Quarters’ Dividends, Apple Could Buy 77% of Netflix 20 Mar 2012 | 06:16 am
Apple announced today it would begin paying a $2.65 quarterly dividend. Cost of dividend: 932.4M shares outstanding * $2.65/quarter/share = $2.47B/quarter Cost of a majority stake in Netflix*: $6.36...
First Impressions of the New iPad 17 Mar 2012 | 01:53 am
I picked up “the new iPad” this morning. Here are my first impressions: Look & Feel The touchscreen and overall UX is a lot more responsive than my iPad 1 (running iOS 5.1). Apps load substantially ...
Remembering Joe Paterno 23 Jan 2012 | 09:01 am
Lots of people are upset about Joe Paterno’s death right now. Lots of other people don’t understand how anybody can be upset given his inactions amid the Sandusky scandal. I don’t understand why peop...
