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What I’ve been doing

Posted on: Friday, May 29th, 2009 in: Work

I moved to Sydney four months ago, ostensibly to be the Site Test Lead and bring up a new team.  Nearly half the office has been involved in a secret and crazy project, and we’ve finally launched.
It’s pretty neat, and you can watch the Keynote Demo:

(pay particular attention to Athena’s picture that shows up in [...]

Book Report: Predictably Irrational

Posted on: Friday, May 22nd, 2009 in: Books

Why do we do what we do? Well, why not.
This book explores a lot of the decisions we make from day to day from a rigorously experimental perspective. While it doesn’t always answer the “Why”, it can frequently tell you how much, or at least confirm your suspicions. Is “Free” really better [...]

4 years and still going

Posted on: Friday, May 22nd, 2009 in: Misc

It’s a day or two late to officially blog on the day, but Linda and I just celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary. It really does feel like the time has flown by. I’m not sure if it’s just because I’ve been really busy with being part of a mobile software launch or if [...]

Things you Need: Apple iTunes Store

Posted on: Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 in: Expat, Geekery

As part of a running series, I’ll talk about some things that we pretty much couldn’t live with during our stay here in Australia. I would say that the first in this list is my Kindle — it lets me get my U.S. periodicals here down under and it lets me buy books that [...]

1.5 minutes of Australian Beer Humor

Posted on: Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 in: Expat
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