Feb

27

Microserfs [9.2 out of 10]

Literature

Author: Douglas Coupland
Year: 1995
Number of Pages: 371 pages

Microserfs - Book Cover I must admit that this book made me realize how much of a nerd, sorry, geek I truly am. The whole time I was reading about their jokes, their stories and how they felt about some subjects, I kept telling myself: “I AM such a geek!”. I could so relate to them, especially through the way they were thinking about life and some of the meaningless things we do. Douglas Coupland did an amazing job at bringing the characters and the stories to life, and making us want to know more about them. In an nutshell, it begins by the story of a group of Microsoft employees who live in microsoft group house in Redmond, and how their lives are all defined by the work at Microsoft. I couldn’t have read this book at a better time having just visited the Microsoft campus for interviews last fall (November 2006). I could still see the buildings, the people, the city of Redmond, and the whole ambiance that hangs around the Microsoft campus.

I really have to give thanks to Tracey for buying me this super good book for christmas. It was a really nice present and I really enjoyed it!

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Feb

20

A quick update and some random thoughts

Personal

I am reading this really funny book at the moment: Micro-serfs. Story of a couple of people working at Microsoft. Having been to Microsoft for interviews and a campus visit, I can totally understand what they are saying and my day interview there makes this book a lot more fun. That and the fact that I am a complete geek inside. Ahhh. Still in the “geek closet” I guess.

While on the subject of interviews. It’s funny how ironic (Is that a Canadian ironic? Not sure anymore, thanks to Alanis…) life can be. I interviewed with Accenture who didn’t feel I had the qualifications and type of personality to work there, and am now working at Nuance (which I love love love by the way!). The irony is that I am working on a project for which Accenture contracted us to do the speech recognition and I wrote a whole report on how to improve their application! Ha ha. Take that Accenture! I love life. Full of surprises.

Other random thoughts. Nuance stock hit the 15$ mark today. I’ve been working hard on Africa World’s website and it is finally coming together. We are looking at a March 1st launch. Long process, but we finally managed to get something done. I’ll be sure to let you guys know when it is online. Bonnie (and I? non, not even… Bonnie just made an amazing list of songs for us) has been working on the music that will play at the wedding, and I’ve been working a little bit on the wedding website (This friday, I will update it, I promise!). My chocolate chip banana cookies just came out of the oven, so I’ve got’s to go. I made them huge… delicious!

Hope all is well everybody tonight. Where ever you are (physically and mentally) when reading this, send me some news some time.

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Feb

19

A nice relaxing sunday

Personal

Today was a pretty fun relaxing day. Bonnie and I got up relatively late and hung out. We then went to buy some shoes and bouldering “gear” (e.g. tape and chalk), and then went to play badminton. I can’t wait to try my new shoes. This time I got some La Sportiva Miura. They seemed like the best choice to do some hard bouldering and seemed like the shoe that best fits my heel. I have to try and use my heels more often and so I want a shoe that won’t pop out every time I use the heel… We have to train hard for the next two months. Tour de Bloc is coming soon to Allez Up!

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Feb

09

I am stoked!

Personal

Today marked the end of my second week without being able to finish one new “hard” problem at the gym. I finally nailed a “hard” problem and I am so stoked! As my friend Clint would say: “Am well chuffed. And totally pumped. And am off for sweet booze with the lads”. This is great. This weekend is off to a great start. I am now going to start working on the invitations for the wedding… they are coming soon.

I can’t wait to have more news about everything. Things are kind of all up in the air at the moment. We’ll update the site soon and give you folks some more news to read. In the meantime, ya’ll should go check out the two new gadgets I found this past week:

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Feb

02

Neither Here Nor There [8 out of 10]

Literature / Personal / Reviews

Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson Another great book by Bryson. This time about his travels in Europe. I love the way Bill Bryson just tells you about his trip and all the anecdotes with such an honest tone. However, it does tend to be pretty much the same from cities to cities, which consist of finding an hotel, usually way too expensive, wandering around the city, visiting a church or two and then starting to drink. Luckily for us, the drinking part is always accompanied by one of those funny moments that will make you laugh out loud in the bus while reading.

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