Thanks to the success of our distributed workforce, we had so many team members contributing to the project that not surprisingly, integration quickly became a pain point. We had lots of people folding components, but we needed someone to make sure they went into the model in the right way. To address this, I had [...]
One of the best parts of working for a multinational company is having colleagues from all over the world. From my perspective, I love that I get the chance to learn all kinds of new things about new places and new cultures, but from a corporate perspective, it’s about spreading ideas, aligning the company culture, [...]
In honor of Yuri’s Night and the 50th anniversary of manned space flight, I thought I would share the story that I think of whenever Yuri Gagarin comes up. Then I thought I should preface that story by explaining how on earth I even have a “favorite Yuri Gagarin story.” And then I started thinking [...]
At long last, we have correctly completed our Japanese Brocade Level 1 Menger Sponge! It ended up being a bit larger than the first two and took us a little over one month to complete. Now that we have finished our prototypes, the time has come to begin the final product, the Level 2 Menger [...]
The travel industry has had a long love affair with the iPhone and its gadgetry goodness, and Lucas and I have found dozens of incredibly helpful ways to use it when we travel. There have been myriad travel-focused iPhone apps, so I’ve been eagerly awaiting the ways in which the iPad will revolutionize our travel [...]
I’ve been playing with my new iPad in the US for two weeks now, and I find that I’m really enjoying it. I’ve been drawn to tablet PCs for a while, and I’ve been on the fence about getting a netbook and an e-reader, so when it was announced, the iPad made sense to me. [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve posted an update on our scrum team’s origami project, and we’ve come quite a long way! First, our pile of cranes was getting unruly, so I finally brought in some thread and started stringing them up. They’re hanging in groups of 40, so there are still some odd cranes [...]
Lucas and Morten sent me this photo from their office today, and I thought it was too funny not to share: (If you’re not a software engineer, that’s a pun on “pair programming,” an agile development technique involving two programmers working together at one machine.)
This Etsy shop is so filled with geeky awesomeness that I decided I couldn’t just share it with a friend or two and needed instead to dedicate an entire post. The Pink Toque The shop is mainly focused on creative handmade soap designs, but there are a few other fun products tossed into the mix. [...]
This is a cute time-lapse video of what it might look like if baking cookies was like using PhotoShop. I’m neither a great baker nor a great PhotoShop artist, but I think my baking might turn out better if I had an Undo button! On the other hand, I’m glad I don’t have to pay [...]