Yep; the Binary Biker is moving to Pittsburgh. Actually, it’s the Binary Princess that is moving. My lovely wife is now employed by Google and is relocating to work in their Pittsburgh office on the Google Shopping product. It all started about six months ago when my wife’s company, for which she has been working […]
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Review of the Microsoft Surface RT Tablet
As Program Manager at myList, part of my job is to evaluate all new devices that may support my application, see how it works, and determine what, if any, changes need to be made to my platform to support the new device. To that end, I was excited and had high expectations when I walked into the […]
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The Language of myList
Every office has a couple of phrases that get used, and overused, to sum up or simply express complex concepts. These sayings become so seeped in meaning that by simply uttering the phrase, an entire host of meaning, context, and understanding is imparted to the audience. Very similar to an acronym, these pithy sayings reduce […]
Continue readingFirst Week at the New Job
Man – what a long week, but completely exhilarating and, well . . . fun! As most of you know, I am now CTO of a small interactive media and IT shop based out of Orlando called Hooah. What does “Hooah” mean, you ask? If you’re in the military or are closely affiliated with the […]
Continue readingThe IOA 5k Race
There is a yearly 5k run sponsored by “Insurance Office of America” here in the Orlando area. Every year my company, Channel Intelligence, encourages everyone to participate and attend. Easily 1/2 of our company attends each year – and that’s a staggering statistic if you stop to think about it. What other company can confidently […]
Continue readingHalloween Costume Suggestions
The CEO of my company, Rob Wight, suggested that I go as Frankenstein for Halloween this year. In addition to my scar, I have the entire stiff-necked turn at the hips things going on. Add in a growl, some bolts on the side of my neck, and you have FrankenSparks! What do you think? Should […]
Continue readingMessage in a Bottle
Here’s a link to another blog post I made on our corporate website this week. Message in a Bottle
Continue readingThe Woes of Data Exchange
This is a link to my blog post for my company. Slightly geeky, but I’d like to at least have it tracked from here too: The Woes of Data Exchange
Continue readingFlying Sick
Tuesday night I met with my buddy Jorge for drinks, and to pick up the iPhone he had bought me (as payment for some consulting I did for him previously). I gotta tell you, I LOVE the iPhone – it kicks ass. I have a new phone number (actually I still have the old phone […]
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So my company’s 8th birthday/aniversary party was this weekend. The company treated everyone to a show at Dixie Stampede. I can’t say I was impressed (Medevial Times is much better IMO) but there were a couple of highlights. This was the Holiday show at Dixie Stampede, so the whole theme was Santa Claus and the […]
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