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It’s the Final Countdown, Day 4

This is my final week in my biggest, most influential, broadest-reaching job to date, and in its honour, I’m marking…

15 years ago

That’s Not a Proverb; That’s a LIE!

Click the photo to see the dirty, dirty lie at full size. Don’t just stand there, Weird Al! Smash that…

15 years ago

Where to Stay in Minneapolis (May 6th–8th)?

Creative Commons photo courtesy of Sri Dhanush. I’m helping out with BarCamp Minneapolis, a.k.a. MinneBar, which takes place on May…

15 years ago

It’s the Final Countdown, Day 5

Being a developer evangelist at Microsoft was my biggest, most influential, broadest-reaching job ever, and as this is my final…

15 years ago

The Job Offers are Flattering…

…and there’ve been quite a few since my announcement that I was leaving Microsoft, but I’ve had another gig lined…

15 years ago

Reservoir Birds

Art Wells came up with a great quote for this pic: “I don't wanna knock anyone over. But if I…

15 years ago

Departure

“We enter as friends, we leave as friends,” said Mark Relph, then the VP of Microsoft Canada’s Developer and Platform…

15 years ago

Las Vegas Travel Diary, Part 3: Out and About

I have seen the future, and it is closed for maintenance: I took off from the conference for an hour…

15 years ago

Las Vegas Travel Diary, Part 2: Playing with the Rat Pack

When you’re in Vegas and a Dean Martin impersonator, a Sammy Davis Jr. impersonator and a Frank Sinatra impersonator tap…

15 years ago