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2024

  • Grunge Rock and a Neighborhood Network in 90s China Jul 13

2020

  • I Actually Love Targeted Ads May 20

2019

  • Hello Turing Fest! Aug 26
  • Moving On Aug 17

2018

  • The Magic of Vinyl Mar 28

2017

  • Resignation Apr 28

2016

  • How to Ask for Advice / Feedback About Your Startup Apr 1

2015

  • Startups, Take the Pledge for Your Community Dec 30
  • Go Watch Pixar's "Inside Out" Jul 25

2014

  • Visiting the Tech Model Railroad Club at MIT Jan 26
  • 2013: Year in Review Jan 5
  • We Need Viable Search Engine Competition, Now Jan 4

2013

  • I've Never Wished I Was Less Technical Oct 27
  • Focus on Systems, Not Goals Oct 16
  • Missing the Point on Electric Cars Sep 21
  • The Caledonian Etape 2013 Recap Jun 19
  • A Preview of the 2013 Caledonian Etape May 10
  • Tour of the Borders 2013 Race Recap Apr 21
  • Life in the Edinburgh Tech Cube Apr 3
  • An Evening with the United Kingdom's CTO Mar 29

2012

  • 2012, the Year in Review Dec 26
  • Book Review: And the Land Lay Still by James Robertson Sep 16
  • Thoughts on Samsung, Apple, and Patents Sep 2
  • We Consistently Underestimate Kids Aug 20
  • Simplify Everything Aug 19
  • Safety First: A New Mantra for America Aug 13
  • The Efforts of a Generation - Some Thoughts on PPC Advertising Jul 24
  • Martin Jacques TED Talk on China's Economic Rise Apr 15
  • Book Review: Twilight in the Forbidden City Mar 18
  • Random Point of Ignorance: Keyboards Jan 29
  • Goodbye Current Events Jan 7

2011

  • Bucket List Item Completed: Skydiving Nov 6
  • I'll Probably Never Hire Another Pure SysAdmin Oct 16
  • Book Review: The Trinity Six by Charles Cumming Oct 8
  • Steve Jobs Oct 8
  • PHP Sucks! Sep 24
  • A Guide to Walt Disney World - Tickets and the Magic Kingdom Jul 15
  • High Speed Passenger Rail for America: Thanks But No Thanks May 22
  • The Impending Ad War May 21
  • Open the Gate! May 7
  • Does China's Autocratic Government Provide an Economic Advantage? Mar 6
  • Jeopardy and Watson Feb 16
  • Jeopardy, Artificial Intelligence, and a Chess Playing Robot Feb 14
  • Guster at the House of Blues Feb 7
  • Google is Getting Copied! So What? Feb 4
  • Book Review: The Confession by John Grisham Jan 29
  • Did China Steal America's Stealth Technology? Jan 25
  • China's Impending Military Might: A Cause for Concern? Jan 23
  • Double Book Review: Typhoon and The Spanish Game by Charles Cumming Jan 21
  • China vs. the United States Jan 20
  • China vs. the United States: What about all this debt? Jan 20
  • Jungfraujoch, the Top of Europe Jan 17
  • Hello From Zurich, Switzerland Jan 1

2010

  • Christmas - a Time of Giving Dec 16
  • Thinking Like a User: The Bank Analogy Dec 5
  • The Non-Technical Tech Talk Nov 6
  • Country Driving - A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory Mar 1
  • The North Korean State of Mind Jan 26
  • Book Review: When China Rules the World Jan 25

2009

  • Distributed Software Teams Nov 7

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