Monthly Archives: February 2006
Feb
07
2006
Launch That Pig!
Back when I was an indie consultant writing custom software for clients, I used to use the expression “launch the pig!” to refer to finishing the process of writing the software and giving it to the customer. I just found some photos that cover a literal pig launch:
Click the image above see the entire series [...]
Feb
07
2006
Best Conference Snack Ever
Dove
bars. Yum.
And yes, the actual content of
the Developer
Relations Conference has been not only informative, but in
some cases, downright inspiring, especially the presentation from the
dude from O’Reilly titled Developers Just Want to Have Fun. I’ve been
taking notes for all the sessions I’ve managed to [...]
Feb
06
2006
Best Conference Lunch Ever
So far, the Evans Data Corporation’s Developer Relations Conference has been quite good — information-rich presentations delivered by good speakers to a interesting and varied crowd — but I’ll save all the techie/marketing stuff for the technical blog, The Farm. I’m going to report on the more touchy-feely stuff here so as not to bore [...]
Feb
06
2006
Hello from San Francisco!
I’m currently sitting in a seminar at the Evans Data Developer Relations Conference in the Argent Hotel in downtown San Francisco. It’s a developer relations conference rather than a developer conference, which means that the event isn’t the “sausage party” to which I have become accustomed, but rather one with a more even male-female ratio.
The [...]
Feb
05
2006
San Francisco Meetup TONIGHT!
I’ve set this post to appear
right about the time our plane takes off for San Francisco. For those
of you who’ll be in the San Francisco area tonight, Boss Ross, my wife Wendy and I will be
holding a dinner meetup at 21st Amendment (563
2nd Street) at 7 p.m.. [...]
