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  • Feb 10, 2017

    My take on healthcare reform in the USA

    The office of Nita Lowey, my representative in the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, recently asked me to answer a survey on the beleaguered Affordable Care Act.

    …more…
  • Jan 15, 2017

    My Professional Background

    Earlier this month I submitted a talk proposal to the Kafka Summit. I posted the proposal to the inchoate Park Assist tech blog, but one part I left out was a paragraph on my professional background. I think I left it out because for some reason I wrote it for a very specific audience; when I contemplated posting it publicly in such a dignified context as the Park Assist tech blog I was nervous that it would seem pretentious.

    …more…
  • Nov 13, 2016

    The kid earns her keep. instagram.com/p/BMwp58rjKCf/

  • Nov 13, 2016

    We might have a mustard problem. instagram.com/p/BMwpmhHDzzd/

  • Nov 13, 2016

    These two know how to have fun while waiting in line to vote! @ Hebrew Institute of White Plains instagram.com/p/BMwpcFAjrZR/

  • Nov 13, 2016

    Just posted a photo @ Greenburgh Nature Center instagram.com/p/BMwpG9QD-1b/

  • Nov 13, 2016

    Arrival is AMAZING. A masterpiece. (Like all great science fiction) it explores the human condition to profoundly moving effect. Made me cry

  • Nov 11, 2016

    Today I read two cogent and inspiring reactions to the election — by comics creators:

    theoatmeal.com/comics/plane

    strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-6/3367/

    😢🙇💪

  • Nov 10, 2016

    I keep thinking about the 1st ep of @Gladwell’s podcast @RvstHistory, “The Lady Vanishes” which could partly explain Trump’s win post Obama.

  • Nov 10, 2016

    To all US residents, every human alive today, and future generations: I’m sorry. I’m sorry I didn’t work hard enough to prevent Trump’s win.

  • Nov 3, 2016

    Remember when I wrote that I’m bad at sysadmin? https://t.co/9NxQMWqPHG

    CwW1LhXXUAE1HFw

  • Nov 1, 2016

    Very happy to help support @kottke!

  • Oct 31, 2016

    Posted: my recap of the fantastic @strangeloop_stl 2016, on the new @ParkAssist Tech blog!

    tech.parkassist.com/blog/2016/10/3…

  • Oct 30, 2016

    Watched Big Hero 6 with the kid today. Fantastic movie!

  • Oct 30, 2016

    Whichever of my neighbors is selling this: why why why‽

    Also, let’s be friends.

    bringatrailer.com/2016/10/29/ter…

  • Oct 28, 2016

    OMG automated tests are sooooooo good.

  • Oct 28, 2016

    Just used “candidness” in an email; although correct, it looks and sounds super awkward. 🤓

  • Oct 28, 2016

    I’m unperturbed by the set of ports on the new Apple laptops, but maybe they should throw a few of these in the box: nonda.co/products/usb-c…

  • Oct 26, 2016

    Psyched about @emailforponies — check out just one before/after, for the home page of the @apachekafka list: https://t.co/IGCkyBpe5c

    CvsllvRWgAAQqqK

  • Oct 26, 2016

    I’m super excited to see that Pony Mail, a promising FLOSS web-based mail archive browser, is incubating in Apache!

    ponymail.incubator.apache.org

  • Oct 26, 2016

    If you’re running iOS 10, I recommend you upgrade to 10.1 ASAP to fix some very serious security vulnerabilities:

    support.apple.com/en-us/HT207271

  • Oct 21, 2016

    Switched from a 13″ to a 15″ laptop when working from home — the extra pixels on the larger screen are really, really helpful.

  • Oct 21, 2016

    I just sent this feedback to @RocketLawyer: https://t.co/DMYXkRdtsH

    CvTGiVzWEAAOqCT

  • Oct 19, 2016

    🤔 if one works as a member of a collaborative team, perhaps “individual contributor” is a misnomer? 🤔

  • Oct 19, 2016

    Mutable state is the root of all evil.

  • Oct 14, 2016

    Regex of the day. #geeklife https://t.co/5eqrLLRqhw

    CuwPn5uXEAA8GBS

  • Oct 13, 2016

    Repeat after me:

    quality

    control

    is

    never

    done

    it

    is

    a

    continuous

    process

  • Oct 13, 2016

    Great Uber driver: Abdel, a sweet Moroccan Muslim with warm memories of joining his neighbors for Jewish festive meals back home. 😊

  • Sep 30, 2016

    It’s 2016 and your Web app doesn’t support emoji? 😱

  • Sep 30, 2016

    The MacOS Sierra Calendar app just popped this up. It’s batshit crazy to give end users this info and ask them to m… twitter.com/i/web/status/7…

  • Sep 30, 2016

    If you have a gas-powered car I *highly* recommend the Noco GB20 jump starter battery. Works great!… twitter.com/i/web/status/7…

  • Sep 28, 2016

    Just saw this amazing method name in a crash dump from com_apple_CoreData:

    [NSManagedObjectContext _thereIsNoSadnessLikeTheDeathOfOptimism]

  • Sep 27, 2016

    Fuck yeah @SpaceX!

    youtube.com/watch?v=0qo78R…

  • Sep 27, 2016

    I really enjoyed the latest @planetmoney on free trade… turns out it’s not just about trade. Very insightful!

    npr.org/sections/money…

  • Sep 2, 2016

    Been working with Ruby ~6 months now… it’s not bad, but I really miss the CSP features of Go and Clojure.

  • Sep 1, 2016

    I actually typed this in Slack DM:

    `rbenv –help-i-need-somebody –help-not-just-anybody –please`

    🤓🐞🎵

  • Sep 1, 2016

    This is cool. Nice work, @SlackHQ! https://t.co/sh7GIPS8zj

    CrRnhNzW8AEEa4J

  • Sep 1, 2016

    Is it appropriate to send email replies to job candidates that are just a single emoji?

    jk, I gotta be me! 😎

  • Sep 1, 2016

    Me, in a Slack DM, ~weekly:

    I just prefer that we default to shared channels, to build ambient awareness and institutional memory.

  • Aug 30, 2016

    Shit, stayed up *way* too late playing @NoMansSkyGame.

    Worth it!

  • Aug 28, 2016

    I really enjoy my daily digest from RetroGit by @mihai — highly recommended!

    retrogit.com https://t.co/ozPYcSy3yK

    Cq-OjGSWcAAA6hx

  • Aug 28, 2016

    Someone traded in a S2000 at Carmax: carmax.com/cars/honda/s20…

    😱🙄

  • Aug 28, 2016

    Just re-read Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli — a masterpiece. Amazing. https://t.co/pATpZHwbSg

    Cq9EMF4XEAEWRiI

  • Aug 27, 2016

    Super excited to head to the beach!

    (last Monday) instagram.com/p/BJop_YijGnh/

  • Aug 18, 2016

    I’m honestly not sure if I’m using Ruby or abusing Ruby. https://t.co/S4YrWjTGzg

    CqLvDzkWYAAPEo3

  • Aug 18, 2016

    This is great news!

    twitter.com/mattzap/status…

    /via @garnaat

  • Aug 18, 2016

    Season 2 of Puffin Rock is out on Netflix!

    netflix.com/title/80044965

  • Aug 17, 2016

    After 20 years this Boxster’s exterior in this common color is 😴 but that interior! 😮😎😍💯

    newyork.craigslist.org/brk/cto/571793… https://t.co/w2bz863cIs

    CqG-z0wW8AAQbR9

  • Aug 17, 2016

    I vowed years ago to never write another Web framework… but I think I just did 😱

    Maybe it’ll work out this time because it’s micro 🤔🤓🙄

  • Aug 16, 2016

    Downloaded @google Duo, instantly deleted it — it wants to “periodically send your contacts to Google.”

    HELL no. https://t.co/FlA7qjij5M

    Cp_7hgGWEAA68wo

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