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  • Facebook Day

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    The usual frenzy and buzz surrounding Facebook will peak today as Facebook has their second developers conference. Mike Arrington thinks he know whats going to be launched. Facebook payments platform Facebook Connect Three tier application system We’ll have to see what happens, but…. The Facebook payments platform will only work is if it is ridiculously…

  • Rebuilding ZviBand.com Part I: The Feed

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    In order to better establish a web presence for myself, I am rebuilding my own website. I have big ideas for this, displaying my writings, past and present, my interests, my friends, my work, and also as an living technical showcase for my abilities. One feature I wanted to have is a display of whatever…

  • Learning Expression Engine

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    Out of desire to learn something new, and in part due to specific needs on upcoming client engagements, I sat down and plowed my way through Expression Engine. After about five or six hours of slugging through Michael Boyink’s amazing tutorial, I’m feelin’ a bit like Neo (youtube video below) Having started out hacking out…

  • Disney World 2008

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    Alex and I went to Disney World mid-June, as a graduation present. While I had been to Disneyland every year as a kid, I had never been to Disney World in my life, let alone Florida! The logistics alone were amazing, and worth the prices. I checked my bags in at Dulles, and we never…

  • Did I build one of the first microblogging tools?

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    A little over two years ago, in the summer between graduating and starting a “real job” I spent a good amount of time at the gym, brushing up on my various web skills, and building cool apps. I didn’t necessarily want to get rich off them, they were more exercises in taking my ideas and…

  • Work/Life Balance

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    My first job out of college was working for a major consulting company. As is common in large companies, corporate principles and values are conveyed through long-thought out materials… standardized presentations, decks, and emails. One of the values that was always conveyed to me was creating and maintaining a standard work-life balance. At that point…

  • Blast Off

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    My father‘s satellite launched on Wednesday! GLAST Spacecraft Lauch

  • Two years out…

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    Long time no posting. I’ve been rockin’ hard at JESS3. It’s been trying times, but I’m learning a lot and we’re making great things. Unfortunately that means no blog-reading, no blogging, and a host of other things sacrificed. Opportunity costs of getting things done. I love a good challenge. It’s been exactly two years since…

  • Taking Opportunities

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    I touched on this before, but Marc Andreesen’s essay about careers and creating and accepting opportunities rather than having a definite plan really resonated in me. I believe a huge part of what people would like to refer to as “career planning” is being continuously alert to opportunities that present themselves to you spontaneously, when…

  • Facebook Auto-Tagging Photos

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    This popped up on a picture I posted… Completely unrelated, but I wonder how they are doing it. I doubt it’s any kind of recognition. My bet is it saw that I was attending these two events (or supposed to) at around the same time, and thought I might have taken it there. May be…