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BarCampBlock: The Grid

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! BarCampBlock, like all BarCamps, is an unconference. That means there’s no set schedule, and that participants collaboratively come up with one on the first morning of the event.

I found myself a good position and took photos of [...]

Why is programming hard?

I’m at BarCampBlock sitting in a session by Kragen Sitaker on “Why is programming hard?” We’re mostly just going round the group and trying to come up with a list of answers to that question.

Photo by Beatrice Murch

Here’s some of what’s on the board:

Gulf of evaluation Gulf of execution Impatience (but not the Larry Wall [...]

At BlockCamp

I’m at BarCampBlock in Palo Alto, and things are just about to kick off. More coverage to follow!

Maritime Museum

So, the San Francisco Maritime Museum isn’t that great, but I do like this photo.

This week has been rather insane. I’ll try and post something substantial as soon as I slow down.

In which Infotropism becomes a travel log

I’m in San Francisco, playing tourist. Expect more photos and travel diary interspersed with the usual stuff over the next few weeks.

The above is one of the murals on the wall of Clarion Alley in the Mission District. You can see a representation of the alleyway itself in the human figure in [...]

The Tyranny of Distance: Part 2

Another couple of reasons why it sucks to be an Australian geek. The first article covered the high costs of bandwidth, hardware, technical books, and everything associated with domain registration and hosting. Now let’s talk geography.

1. What time is it, again?

Timezones are the first problem. When I’m at work, the US [...]

Things I Wish I’d Known About Relocating

I’ve been thinking for a while about what advice I’d give people wanting to relocate internationally for work. I’ve done it twice now for myself (from Australia to Canada and then back again), and each time it’s pretty much been a lesson in what not to do. So I thought I’d record [...]