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Looking for a job

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

My time at the University of Victoria will be over in a few months, so I’m beginning to look for a job. More details here.

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Mini-update: All is well

Posted on May 4, 2009 by

I’ve been away from my blog for a long time so I thought an update was in order. In the last few days I presented a poster at the Consortium of Software Engineering Researchers, in Montreal, which I think was … Continue reading →

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Library Thing

Posted on June 12, 2008 by

I’ve been playing with Library Thing lately, and I’m loving it. It’s a flexible, non-intrusive, well done book cataloging and reviewing website. The service is both free (up to 200 books) and ad-free. One of my favourite features is exploring … Continue reading →

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Mom

Posted on June 3, 2008 by

10 years ago today my mother died unexpectedly and prematurely. She was wise, happy, and selfless. I still miss her deeply.

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Masterpiece Engineering

Posted on May 14, 2008 by

At the first keynote of the International Conference on Software Engineering today, Brian Randell reminisced about the 1968 and 1969 NATO conferences that complained about a software crisis and launched the “Software Engineering” term that we have been suffering since. … Continue reading →

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The Junior-Senior Suck Up

Posted on November 8, 2006 by

Yesterday, at a reception of the Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) conference in Banff, Alberta, a senior researcher (that I’m not sure wants to be named) told me about how he has so much fun at these conferences watching what … Continue reading →

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