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Infinite State 26 Aug 2013 | 09:44 am
There are two periods of time regarding your job that I'm fond of quoting and they both involve the number three. First, it takes three months to understand a new job. Until those 90 days are over, y...
Entropy Crushers 15 Jul 2013 | 11:04 am
When it was five of you sitting the same room, it was easy. When someone needed to know something, they stood up in the middle of the room and asked, "Who broke the build?" When a decision needed to b...
Is the Sky Blue? 25 Jun 2013 | 10:02 am
The world is full of bullshit right now. Perhaps it's always been full of bullshit, but I'm sitting here right now and I feel that we - as a species - have taken the bullshit to an entirely new level....
Triggers 28 May 2013 | 09:42 pm
Mad. Furious. Instantaneous rage. I'm not proud to admit it, but there is a short list of seemingly inconsequential events that give me blind, piercing rage. It's an embarrassing list that I cannot f...
Unknowable 19 May 2013 | 11:41 pm
Each year, the race to get a ticket for WWDC is on. Even with early warning, the window of ticket availability shrinks with every passing year. 2013 being no different: 2 minutes. Capping the number ...
I Choose Superman 22 Apr 2013 | 12:10 am
My family has a disproportionate love of Superman and I never quite understood why until recently. When I say disproportionate love, I mean manic crazy love. My sister took a tape recorder into Super...
An Introduction to You 7 Apr 2013 | 10:38 am
Hello, New Person. It's great to meet you. We've been waiting awhile for you to come here and now that you're here, we're pumped. It's going to be so much better with you here because we've built up i...
Regular Audio Human 28 Mar 2013 | 09:00 am
I'm a rookie when it comes to listening to music, and chances are, so are you. Like me, you're just fine using whatever headphones were supplied with your smartphone. You know there are better headpho...
Titles are Toxic 20 Mar 2013 | 12:21 am
You have a job and it has a name. A name of convenience. It exists so that when someone asks, "What do you do?" you can simply say, "I am a software engineer" rather than saying, "Well, there are thes...
The Long Thought 22 Feb 2013 | 11:11 am
When I do a talk, I introduce myself as "Rands. That guy who sounds like a fortune cookie on Twitter." I relay this introduction with a mixture of joy and sadness. For me, the joy arrives when I succ...
