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San Diego deals with major fires
Here’s to all my friends in San Diego coping with the fires. I went to NYTimes.com today and found that Bonita, CA (my friend Jason’s hometown) had made the front page. We dealt with fires in San Diego four years ago when I was at UCSD, and let me tell you, it is no fun.…
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A day at the ballpark
Welcome to Wrigley! Originally uploaded by josh.ev9. Today was a great day. Jason and I headed to a Cubs game at Wrigley. Man, that place knows how to turn a relatively slow, boring game into an unforgettable experience. There’s just something about the old fashioned style, the sense of history and cameraderie. You can’t help…
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Agile Design, a response to my friend’s quandary
This evening Kynthia‘s thoughts got me thinking. Among other things, she said: “[W]e design heads get in this place where, just because we wouldn’t be caught dead releasing something into the wild, we think there is nothing to learn from it.” My brain took her thoughts on a tangent and went this way: So since…
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In Response to Kevin
In response to me beaming about my job, Kevin wrote: Would you say that you are doing all the things you were trained to do at the School of Informatics? I got to see Matt and Apurva over the weekend, and one of the things that came up was how little their jobs resembled what…
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Hey, that’s why I blog too!
Tiffanie succinctly described my main reason for blogging. Sure, there are other positives as well, but I love the fact that I’ll be able to look back at my life over the years, and that others will be able to do so as well. I can’t wait for the future. 😉
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Dropping names
It’s still always a little strange to see my name in lights. It doesn’t happen all that often, but still. I’m still missing California a little, but my Thanksgiving trip to Phoenix helped that a little bit. The warmth was good for my soul. Sometimes I feel like I just need a good shot of…