Month: November 2011

  • Twitterlog for the week of 2011-11-27

    Frosty Sunday morning at the park http://t.co/weR9Dhfx # TechCrunch discovers former Seattlite, always awesome Mike Daisey: http://t.co/swI2VI7o . I want to watch this! # OH at work: "Orphan Thanksgiving at R's house, so I guess he's the Indian & we're the Pilgrims." # Big LOL Cats. Yes. http://t.co/t9VnNSBO via @emckean . #linguist #puns Your ideas…

  • Twitterlog for the week of 2011-11-20

    more on moving from academics to industry from @wpmcn in the comments on Trochaisms: http://t.co/4j9n21wC # Portland Occupy, from Twitter reports, is about to get beat down by suburban [Salem] cops. Oakland, Seattle 1999, does this sound familiar? # "beanbag shotgun" sounds cuddly, but PDX cops have TERRIBLE HISTORY here: http://t.co/oz6jEwez "…oops!" # congratulations @jasonbaldridge…

  • Twitterlog for the week of 2011-11-13

    Only just now rolling in from a lovely afternoon riding around Discovery Park with @melindaminch and then dinner with her and @eldang! Yay! # The Codex Seraphinianus is available online: http://t.co/JXCcD6v4 (h/t @clintmarsh) (OCR *this*, google!) #asemic #text # For @clintmarsh and others excited about the Seraphinianus, the Voynich Manuscript is also online: http://t.co/DUoMItUn #…

  • on moving from academics to startups

    An old labmate asked me for my thoughts on interviewing (she just graduated with a PhD, and wanted my perspective on interviewing at a startup). I don’t feel like I’m an expert, but I’ve been through the PhD wars and I’ve successfully interviewed at more than one startup in Silicon Valley. I’ve included what I…

  • Twitterlog for the week of 2011-11-06

    Google, where are my keys? (@NathanFillion: "Always in the last place I look.") via @pmbAustin http://t.co/iJhWDaAQ # Enjoying @delilahdirk for swashbuckling & also bc Delilah & Selim have Indy/Marion roles, genderswapped. (His chief skill: Really Good Tea.) # .@jfruh that's the problem with mail-order; it's so hard to take stuff back; sometimes we just blame…