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Weekly twitter updates (cause it’s a good excuse to get some content up)

• Amazing how many crazies are out there giving opinions on stiff necks cures. “flex your toes and drink apple cider” wtf?! #
• Chillin’ at my parents house. Trying to come up with a game plan. #
• Aaaaannnnddd Mac OSX goodness on the dell mini 9 #
• My allergies make it seem like I’m doing drugs… drugs that need sniffling and sneezing to ingest. #
• Today is all about automation and optimization! I wonder if I can automate inflicting torture. #
• whaaaa people are making money off tweeting?! who let dem’ marketers with dem’ crazy business plans in the door? #
• I am such a fanboy, just followed a whole bunch of people that would bring me to the equivalent of a teenage girl or a stoner #
• sigh, vacation too quick… misses the sun #
• crap. last day *sigh* #
• last da #

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Weekly twitter updates (cause it’s a good excuse to get some content up)

• Day two….. heat and shopping #
• Dear Howie Mandel, your show is horrible and is a train wreak I can’t stop watching. #
• hopes that he didn’t upset the delicate balance of things tooo tooo much #
• frick! please work please work please work. or my wife will kill me for screwing up her phone. ugh, the pains of being the house techsupport #
• facebook is giving me connection errors, what am i going to do for the next 15 minutes?! #
• Dear Amy, I think you put on waaay too much make up. You look like a hooker. A hooker with a really expensive memory card. http://www.eye.fi #
• rain rain go away come again another day #

1:55 pm 0 Comments

Can you guess which one is true?

I have to admit that 31 years on this earth has got me into a lot of trouble. Other than doing a boring recap post, I thought it would be nice to hold a quick contest. Here’s the deal I have set up a few “categories” and cited 3 facts for each one. Here’s the kicker: one of the three is false.

Childhood:

1. My first ever program was written in Basic in Grade School. I was in a college-level art appreciation class when I was 8 years old and took piano lessons from 4 to 12 years old.
2. I was part of my grade school’s choir. I screwed up on national TV and thanked the Lord that all of the resulting footage was in Beta format – never to be played again.
3. I never knew what wearing jeans to school felt like until Grade 7 because in the all-boys school I went to the uniforms were different progressions of khaki. (shorts, long pants, then dark long pants)

High-school:

1. I was generally a school nerd. Chess and Physics clubs, Dungeons and Dragons, as well as Robotech role playing games were all part of the lunch past time.
2. I was a hard core Asian gangstah. Wore baggy cross-color jeans (3 times my size), listened to rap music, banned from stores because of shoplifting, fights and was considered by the principal as a “pretty violent teenager”.
3. I was a competitive basketball player and was recruited by Richmond High to join their varsity basketball ‘A’ team. I stole the provincials from Steveston High with a last minute 3 pointer in the finals.

Work:

1. I *technically* have 3 jobs. One is a team lead at ICBC, the other is teaching design at VFS and the other is my own business.
2. I was one of the first people in my college graduating class to get a job.
3. I believe that there are a lot of reasonable people and generally intelligence and logic prevail.

This blog:

1. I’ve been blogging for more than 5 years and each year has been more interesting than the last.
2. I’ve actually gotten myself into trouble professionally with my blog. Which prompted me to create my own 403 blocker page.
3. I make it a point never to censor myself or delete/re-edit a blog post.

My Personal Life:

1. I make it a point to own the latest and greatest in technology all the time.
2. I got married last year to the most awesome person who out styles me and will continue to out style me (but let’s not fuel her ego here)
3. I love to cook, but loving, effectively executing and not poisoning people are three very different things.

Can you guess which ones are false? First one to guess all of the facts correctly in the comments gets something!

6:55 am 1 Comment

Weekly twitter updates (cause it’s a good excuse to get some content up)

• Last night was extremely fun! Thanks for everyone that came out! #
• *sigh* buh bye nice office #
• Totally just spent like 15 minutes of solid, “thank you for the birthday greeting wall posts” best 15 minutes ever! Thanks again guys! #
• loves information overload, especially when it’s all about him! Thanks everyone! #
• Heh, just got my present from my wifey. Awesomeness! #
• We’re going scooter tippin’ http://ping.fm/48m3U #
• I am Ritchie’s hatred for snow and ice #
• I just discovered Kirk courted the queen of Genovia (and if you understood that reference you’re cool like me) #

1:55 pm

User Experience design applied to … birthdays?

Last week we had a pretty interesting conversation with regards to User Experience design where my co-workers and I uncovered the secrets to creating amazing user experiences. Sarcasm!

Christian: Guys, I need your help. There’s this girl and I’ve been trying to figure out what to get her for her birthday.
Brad: Well, lets figure out the persona. If she was a cartoon character who would she be?
Christian: Humm, I would say she’s like Princess Jasmine from Aladdin. A bit adventurous but also bit conservative. Pretty princess-like and religious.
Ritchie: I know! I know! A monkey thief!
Brad: Ohh a brown boy!
Dan: A Bengal Tiger!!

Christian: …
Christian: You guys are idiots!

Ahh, you have to enjoy blogging about your co-workers.

7:38 am 1 Comment