2014
- Go to Hacker News.
- See Erlang article at first spot.
- Note all is normal in universe.
- Repeat in 6 months.
Having lunch 2 blocks from Canada and -18 °F below. Welcome to North Dakota.
Dropbox Arbitration Opt-Out
If you missed the news that Dropbox is now automatically putting all users into an arbitration agreement you should take a moment to opt-out of this change. You can go to And easily opt out.
Over recent years I’ve been growing increasingly concerned about the lack of women in technology careers. Perhaps it’s being a dad, or just getting older. Either way, I think this is bad for our industry. I believe we would have healthier cultures, better teams and make better software and products if we had more diversity.
I recently got an email invite to an event in town for tech entrepreneurs. The headline of the email exclaimed in large type…
Walk into a room of people just like you.
In the email were three photos to highlight the people just like you. All set in the gorgeous CoCo Minneapolis space.
Notably a room of people just like you, if you are a young, white man.
I’m not highlighting it because I think there was anything intentional with these images. But instead just to highlight something that I don’t think many in tech even see. We rarely notice the absence of any women in these scenes. We need to work harder to create an inclusive environment that draws the great women technologists into our events too.
On a related note, many know I’m on the board of minnestar which hosts minnedemo and minnebar. We are continuing to work hard to make sure we get all technologists to our events. We have a lot of work to do, but making sure that our imagery displays an open and accepting event is an important start.
Heading to North Dakota for my grandmas 80th birthday. Forecast is -38 °F tomorrow morning. Seriously wondering if car will start. No block heater.
Forecast has been modified to -40 °F (ambient, not wind chill) tomorrow at 8am in Lignite.
Seated for Mike Birbiglia at Pantages!
Always makes me smile when I get spam that starts with “Hi %%first_name%%,”
I find the “back and forth” of scheduling frustrating, so I set up a Doodle account with a public “Meet Me” page. I hope it helps!
Excited about WhatsApp being bought? Remember ICQ?
Thread on #wikitech mailing list on meetings v. mailing list discussions.
Shared common trait? Neither end when they should.
Sent meeting invite at 6:05am. Got first acceptance at 6:07am. #TeamSPS has early risers.
The difference in snow plowing between Minneapolis and Minnetonka still shocks me.
Wow. Speed skating win by 0.003 seconds. Amazing.
Oh joy, looks like I’ll be attempting to super glue my temporary crown back together.
Minnedemo
Minnedemo tonight! Anna Klombies and Jim Bernard are ready for the demos.
Cool to see PCs for People and the great work they do at Minnedemo!
Great to see SportNgin’s Carson Kipfer presenting their mobile app at Minnedemo!
At least 15 people from #TeamSPS at Minnedemo tonight! Say Hi!
Very impressive demo from Kidizen, very fluid UI and great mobile experience.
I think I need to get a Double Robotics for our #TeamSPS Tech Centers!
Nice demo from CartStack.
Minnedemo wouldn’t happen without the volunteers. A personal thank you to all of you! You make our tech community great!
Nice scientific pictures show off - TeX ← High art geek here