in|retrospect
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Languages
I studied Computer Science in college, but opted to for a degree through the College of Letters & Science, which meant that my core CS classes were augmented with coursework in the humanities: linguistics, rhetoric, music, and the like. I…
Where Engineers End Up
Often, I end up relating my own experiences in industry to other software engineers and managers to help them in their careers. At times, it's someone on the same team at work, one of my direct or skip-level…
The Last Ride
As a kid who grew up in Canada in the 90s, I watched a good amount of professional wrestling on TV. This was back in the heyday of what's now called sports entertainment : there were a number of…
Car Software as a Service
Tesla made a name for itself, not only by pushing for electric vehicles much harder than other manufacturers at the time, but upending the traditional processes around car ownership: bypassing the dealership model to sell directly to customers; no price…
Gaming's Next Frontier
Last month, a series of corporate maneuvers shook up the world of gaming. First, the mobile gaming pioneer Zynga announced that they were getting acquired by Take-Two Interactive, a major gaming publisher, for $17 billion. Then Microsoft dropped their announcement,…
Fitness Tracker Endgame
For the past 2 months or so, I've been trying out a new fitness tracker, the Oura ring. As the name suggests, it's a titanium ring embedded with a bunch of sensors and electronics, used to…
