Why you should join Pure
I thought I’d share a few thoughts about why Pure Storage is a good place to consider working. There’s no “one size fits all” answer for everyone, I’m not really aiming this at everyone … but I’m sur…
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Monthly recap (September 2018)
Major updates: * Fun times in Maui! (Spent a lot of time in the pool, half of the road to Hana, small submarine tour(!), a Luau, lots of eating) Minor updates: * Spent most of a week alone with T…
Monthly recap (August 2018)
Major updates: * Mostly a lot of Tara-related milestones :-) * I quit coffee for a month! (and then went back …) Minor updates: * Tara got a new bike * First board game with Tara * A day at Ha…
Monthly recap (July 2018)
Major updates: * My parents were here for a couple of weeks, we had a mid-week trip to Monterey around 4th July, where we stayed near the beach. Good walks, good food, good fun. * Visited the Legio…
Revisiting blog post categories
I’ve been writing three monthly posts for a while now (a couple of years, maybe?): a monthly summary of what I’ve been up to, and then two sets of “interesting links”. These have been (arbitrarily, t…
Monthly recap (June 2018)
Major updates: * Re-started my “run every Sunday morning” habit, for the first time since Oct 2016 * Successfully gave up regular coffee drinking after many, many years Minor updates: * Better s…
On writing with pen and paper
Very quickly: I love Baron Fig notebooks, both the larger, hard-cover Confidant, and the smaller, soft-cover Vanguard. After a few years of trying different styles, I realized I vastly preferred whit…
Monthly recap (May 2018)
Major updates: * Australia trip! * Walked around Sydney * Great Ocean Road * Fed some kangaroos and wallabies (not yet sure about the difference) * Saw the Penguin parade * Ate lo…
A history of personal (static) blogs
I’ve accumulated a few static blogs over the years, each starting out, running for a while, and then petering out. The first version, with Hakyll The second version, with Jekyll The third version,…
Monthly recap (April 2018)
Major updates: * Weekend trip to Monterey * Having fun at work :-) * Kite flying with Tara Minor updates: * Couple of birthday parties for Tara * Met some old friends after many years! * Anno…
Monthly recap (March 2018)
Major updates: * None really (!) * Caught up with a few movies that were on the “to-watch” list, just “the usual” stuff Minor updates: * Mostly busy with work * Got myself a new fountain pen *…
On personal technology
I’ve slowly standardized on a few apps I use all the time; I was talking to someone about this and realized it might be generally useful to someone else (if nothing else, to save a few years of lookin…