My cohort, Shawn, and his wife are making their way through State by State. Currently they are learning about Arizona. I was able to contribute with a story of my extremely odd connection to a semi-famous Arizonian.
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Announcing Harvest Co-op
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
We at Harvest are proud to announce Harvest Co-op:
No, no, no. Not that kind of Co-op.
Our Co-op helps your team get down to business. Our Co-op helps team members understand what their colleagues are working on without needing to interrupt them. Our Co-op will also help your team have fun and pass [...]
Presentation: an audience perspective
Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Photo by Peter Hellberg
This weekend I attended RailsConf. This was my first multi-day conference. It was a great experience that I’m sure to repeat over the coming years. Met a lot of great Rails developers, working on interesting and disparate projects. Met a good number of Harvest [...]
RailsConf ‘08
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Just wanted to drop a note in my blog, here, that I will be attending RailsConf from Friday through Sunday. If any lurkers out there are gonna be in attendance, do drop me a note. Let’s meet each other!
If you want to stay up-to-date on any Barry-meets-RailsConf information, please check me out on Twitter.
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MinneBar 2008 and distributed teamwork
Monday, May 5th, 2008
Photo by Yves Hanoulle
MinneBar forewarning. I will be participating in a panel discussion on distributed teamwork. I put out a call a while back and received several responses. A good core group has formed, all with varying experiences in the distributed, or “virtual,” team environment.
My experience [...]
Memetape 2
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Push through the afternoon, folks. Five o’clock is just around the bend.
Amazon fixes Subscribe and Save
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Everyone knows someone who claims to have invented a national catch phrase. For instance, “take a chill pill” originated at my middle school. And I invented the term “redonkulous.” Well, it was either me or one of two friends. The term did not originate with The O.C. as Urban Dictionary describes.
Well, [...]
One year on the lam from the expected
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Today is the one-year anniversary of me stepping out on my own. Frankly, it blows my mind that it has already been a year. What a leap I took! I’m nothing but happy with the decision, even if I’m not exactly where I hoped to be at the one-year mark.
I’m proud to [...]
Amazon, why have you forsaken me?
Monday, January 14th, 2008
Today’s customer support email to a company I actually like.
I am trying to “Subscribe & Save” to several items on your site. I was brought to the “Subscribe & Save” idea through your flyer in a previous order:
“FREE SHIPPING on all orders” “All Subscribe & Save orders ship for free. Always.”
So I went to [...]