Archive | March, 2008
Creating a fun ‘Nerf gun’ office culture

Creating a fun ‘Nerf gun’ office culture

About 5 years ago I attended a PERL training course at Sun’s East coast megaplex in Burlington, MA. It was 2003 and the 4 years of internet bubble swoon had taken their toll on what appeared to be a once prosperous campus. The company store was eerily vacant. Vending machines were un-stocked. Cubes, and entire [...]

Really enjoying ‘John Adams’ mini-series on HBO

Really enjoying ‘John Adams’ mini-series on HBO

I was born in Boston and grew up 20 minutes north of the historic city in Peabody. My school and summer camp field trips featured a revolutionary cycle of visiting the Boston Tea Party Museum, The Freedom Trail, Bunker Hill, Lexington & Concord, The U.S.S Constitution, Plymouth Rock, The Old Granary Burial Ground, Faneuil Hall, [...]

Ribbit Spawn, March 16 > Hands-on event for Flex, AIR and RIA developers

Ribbit Spawn, March 16 > Hands-on event for Flex, AIR and RIA developers

  Join Ribbit’s developer platform team for an exclusive, all-day event covering Flex, AIR, the Ribbit API, hands-on development and much more. The event will take place Sunday, March 16 in Sunnyvale, CA. An EXTREMELY LIMITED amount of tickets are available. Each attendee is guaranteed to walk away from this special session with all the knowledge [...]

My son’s 1st birthday party