When I first moved to China, I decided that I still wanted to stay connected to the US. Part of that is keeping a US phone number that can both send and receive calls and text messages. Luckily, thanks to products like Google Voice and Skype, doing so is now cheap and easy.
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Staying Connected Overseas with Google Voice and Skype
March 11, 2010Vistaprint Lessons Learned – Part 2: Career and Leadership
February 12, 2010This is part two in my ‘Vistaprint Lessons Learned’ series. I only have four lessons this time, but I think they’re important. I’m sure I learned more than just four lessons about working efficiently, but also these lessons are more about continual improvement than many of the software development lessons were. Therefore, I’ve spent a lot of time on each of these lessons, and I’m sure I”ll continue to spend a lot more time on them in the future. Read the rest of this entry »
Vistaprint Lessons Learned – Part 1: Software Development
February 9, 2010Over the last two years at Vistaprint, I’ve grown a lot – both as a developer and in general. I learned some lessons through mistakes I’ve made, things that I saw being done correctly, and by observing processes that could have been more efficient.
Over the this and the next two blog posts, I’ll cover the lessons I learned in three different categories – software development, career and personal development, and lessons that could be applied to a company. Read the rest of this entry »
Root access on Ubuntu server?
November 1, 2009I’m in the process of setting up my very first production server using Ubuntu, and I’ve ended up spending a lot of time reading about security online. Since I’ve always let the ops team worry about setting up environments, etc., I’ve now learned that there are a lot of different concerns to think about.
One decision in particular is bugging me right now – how to secure the root account on my new machine? Read the rest of this entry »
Exciting new running site
August 2, 2009Those of you who run a lot and those of us that want to go running a lot but don’t have inspiration may be interested in my sister Erin’s new blog. She’s writing up a lot of Boston running tours with historical information about the places you will run by. She’s also doing the same thing for San Francisco, where she lives now.
Eventually, I believe the idea is to turn them into podcasts that you can listen to as you run at 7-8 minutes per mile.
Anyway, I’m excited for her and thought I’d help her spread the news. Feel free to tell any of your friends in Boston or San Francisco to check out cityruntours.com.
SVN Haiku
March 10, 2009Here’s my comment for my latest SVN commit:
How can I forget?
Don’t access variables,
Unless they’re not null.
Bug-ID GD-34785
iPhone Reference Errors
February 28, 2009I’ve decided to give iPhone development a try. I have a few ideas for cool mobile apps that I’d love to implement so that I can learn a new platform, a new language, and maybe make some money on the side… However, I’ve remembered what I dislike most about programming – configuration.
怎么学中文 (How to study Chinese – for Gemma)
September 14, 2008As you know, over the last two years, I’ve learned a bit of Chinese. I’ve taken classes, but a lot of what I’ve learned has come through self-study outside of class as well. Here’s a list of resources that should help you along:
更多中文
September 11, 2008今天我要再用中文写日记。
昨天我工作一年了。 很长吗？我听说这是很段的时间工作。 但是这也是我最长的时间只作一个计划。 在大学我的计划都是三个月的。 虽然这是很长的我有时候觉得我不太孳。 我觉得这个感情是因为工作总是有别的问题。 我做完一个问题就开始别的。 很有意思的感情。 我想一个“feeling of completion”。
hmm有别的吗？ 有。 今天晚上我看了我的姐姐的履历表。 我体认了我喜欢读履历表。 上大学的时候我做这么多面试所以我也想一想我的履历表。 用LaTeX写。 我觉得我现在知道很多履历表的东西。 要是你想我帮你，当然可以。
今天我也看了我的同事的blog。Lis是一个公司的作家所以她的日记很好。 名字是A Millenial Speaks。 我建议这个。
明天我要写很多中文的电脑工具。 我现在用了很多。
再见！
生活在哪里？
September 9, 2008我从中国回来波士顿了。 先我觉得我得生化比较不一样。 每个东西很不一样－我有新的石室友，有的朋友们搬家走了，有的朋友们搬家到了，我知道我非常喜欢中国了。 现在我觉得我点点忘了这个感情。 每天我工作吃饭睡觉。 忙点。 我非常不要忘我的感情。 有一天我一定要住在一个外国可是现在我也觉得住在波士顿在VistaPrint工作对我生活比较好。 有的人可以说我太responsible了（怎么说？我的字典不能帮我。）我希望有好的生活所以现在我需要工作储蓄。感叹。
有一天
