There is and always has been an element of remote work in every multinational corporation (even small ones). When a company is globally distributed, its employees are rarely or never all in the same place at the same time. People learn to deal with this. It means strange hours sometimes, and in the past meant … Continue reading Remote work: In any multinational, someone is always remote
Category: technology
Remote work: The real estate factor
As part of my regular commute, I used to drive past the Nvidia HQ building while it was still under construction. No one flying in or out of San Jose airport could miss Apple’s giant donut, completed around the same time. Facebook bought the (already large) Sun Microsystems campus ten years ago, and added the… Continue reading Remote work: The real estate factor
2018, a Retrospective in Pictures
January After a lot of travel in the autumn of 2017, we spent a quiet winter break at home, with a week of being full-time parents while Mitchell’s mother had a well-deserved vacation of her own. Mitchell and I went on a day trip to San Francisco, where he experienced “snow” for the first time… Continue reading 2018, a Retrospective in Pictures
My Career Evolution from Tech Writer to… Many Things
I recently gave a talk at at internal Amazon conference for tech writers. I was a technical writer from early in my career, and still consider tech writing one of my foundational skills. In the talk, I hoped to provide some insight to other technical writers about their own skills, and how those could be… Continue reading My Career Evolution from Tech Writer to… Many Things
Marketing Your Open Source Project
In March of this year, I spoke at the Southern California Area Linux Expo (SCaLE), a conference I’ve been attending for years and highly recommend for its kind community, and great people and content. Here’s the video of my talk: Here are the slides. I’m submitting this talk to other conferences, and it will evolve… Continue reading Marketing Your Open Source Project