Archive for June, 2011

European Summer 2011 Trip: Day 1

Posted in travel on June 25th, 2011 No Comments »

I’m embarking on a few week trip to Europe to attend the London Ajax Mobile Event, Nikolai and Vikki’s wedding in Amsterdam, deliver a couple of Dojo talks, and stay with friends between.
Here are some packing and travel tips that I’ve learned over the years:

Underpack, by starting to pack in advance. If you pack last [...]

Small Steps Create Big Changes

Posted in Misc on June 5th, 2011 1 Comment »

There’s nothing particularly groundbreaking about the ideas in this post, just some recent thoughts reminding me of one of the lessons I learned earlier in life: consistent hard work in small steps is a way to accomplish seemingly impossible goals over time.
It’s one of the few universal lessons I learned from graduate school and from [...]