coding is not my dream job I was recently in an interview and the interviewer excitedly described their ideal candidate: "We're looking for someone that's really...
the telephone booth Esteban Hernández was stirring pasta, an old radio quietly crackling some cumbia rhythms from a nearby shelf in the small kitchen, when...
scintilla on a bus How do you take the measure of a page? Of a block of fictive text? Words, words, punctuation, story. Do you count, block by chunk Tolstoy...
prince - 'piano & a microphone' When I arrived at the theatre, the line was out the door. Correction: lines - one going left, the other to the right. Out the door,...
culture and chains I was talking to a friend about how he’s unhappy working at his company. Why, I asked? They apparently hired a new junior developer who...
the (not so) american dream It’s easy, you know. It’s all Flashdance, pick-up and play, sudden success easy - that’s the American Dream. The funny part is that it is...
the 'pick two' reality of development I recently had a client that wanted me to help them make their site "better." After I took a look at the site and code, we sat down and I...
switching to dvorak; worth it? About a year ago, my computer keyboard broke and I started looking for a new one. Those of you who know me could have predicted what...
rain4heart 123 kilometers. 4 hours and 17 minutes. 880 meters climbed. 2600 calories burned. All done on less than 30 minutes of sleep in the...
why ride fixed? There's this moment that happens on a fixed gear bike. You're motoring along at pace and suddenly you feel it. It's subtle, at first, and...
... on the bicycle ... What is a bicycle? Two wheels. A frame. Pedals. A saddle. A handlebar. And freedom. The bicycle, whose iconic outline is recognized...
goodbye beloved president I'd always enjoyed writing and so, when I was 16, I took a creative writing course. The final project was to write a short story based on...
boy oh boy! it's the apple watch! The future is here!!! That's how I want to start this because, despite constant use of my laptop, tablet and smartphone, never has a...
reflections on how to approach another three decades I'm about to turn thirty. This generally puts people in a pensive mood, folds their thoughts to a reflective bent and, soon, questions...
how strong is the lonely cyclist? How strong is the lonely cyclist? Riding at morning, at noon and at night. From a distance, he seems nothing more than a shrivelled,...
meeting the man with the hammer It has become my custom to, four or five times a year, ride out with the sole intention of meeting the Man with the Hammer. The Man with...