Archive for May, 2008
Friday, May 30th, 2008
As indicated it's been a slow summer... work hasn't really picked up yet though I'm about to get started on my project which will inevitably make like a bit more stressful. As usual, I'm already buried in problems with the build system (not sure but this kind of stuff ...
Posted in friends, navel gazing, procrastination, summer 08, vmware | Comments Off on Slow summer… thus far
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Effective use of the Android platform: In the top 25% of all submitted applications
Polish: In the top 25% of all submitted applications
Indispensability: In the 25th to 50th percentile of all submitted applications
Originality: In the top 25% of all submitted applications
Overall: In the top 25% of all submitted applications
Okay, so we ...
Posted in android, class, entreprenuership, google, gra | Comments Off on Android competition results
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
I've been through three first weeks with various companies (Proficient, Amazon, and now VMware) so the experience of joining a new workplace has become somewhat old hat[0]. I've found, in my vast experience[1], that the first week (or so) does a lot to set the tone of my tenure ...
Posted in amazon, navel gazing, procrastination, random, summer 08, vmware | Comments Off on Reflections on the onboarding experience
Friday, May 9th, 2008
The actual travel bit is over and I'm pretty much settled into my new apartment. I'm at a weird stage where I have a lot to do but not really any way to do any of it so I'm just kind of sitting around and waiting (which is the ...
Posted in random, summer 08, vmware | Comments Off on Stranded in Palo Alto
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
It seems like the closer to the real wold I become the less black and white things are... which makes a lot of sense in retrospect and I'm not sure why I didn't expect it. I didn't, however, so these times where I'm simultaneously at a high and low ...
Posted in AI, entreprenuership, friends, mac, vmware | Comments Off on More mixed messages from life