Archive of 'Geek'

Scrum Task Origami -
Part 4: Project Estimation

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

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 [...]

My First Useful iPad Travel App

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

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 [...]

iPad Productivity Issues

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

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. [...]

Scrum Task Origami -
Part 3: Iterative Development

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

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 lying [...]

Pear Programming

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

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.)

Adorably Geeky

Friday, March 12th, 2010

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.  A [...]

Baking Cookies in Photoshop

Monday, March 1st, 2010

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 [...]

Computer Engineer Barbie Revised

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

In case you haven’t heard, Mattel unveiled Barbie’s latest career choices at the American International Toy Fair, a few weeks ago.  They put it to a vote on the internet, so not surprisingly the popular choice (swayed by the computer-addicted masses) was “computer engineer.”  The company also created a “news anchor” doll, which was the [...]

LEGO World Heritage

Friday, February 19th, 2010

I really want to keep up my two posts per week resolution, but I don’t have any time this week.  We got back from Paris on Monday (I was hoping to post about that), and today we have to leave early to go on a very Norwegian weekend cabin trip, so I’m just trying to [...]

Scrum Task Origami -
Part 2: Changing Priorities

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

At the moment we have only folded 451 Scrum Post-It paper cranes, but our pile is getting a bit unruly.  I really need to go through and string them, but I haven’t found the time.  However, in true Scrum fashion, the crane-folding task has been parked for the foreseeable future.
Last week, our product owner came [...]