Diverse Tuesdayry
Who can resist 'if operating systems were like airplanes'-type comparison lists? yuki_onna and I certainly can't. Therefore:
Programming Languages Are To Literary Schools As...
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We went to an Introvert Party at kythryne's house this weekend. Those are a profoundly good idea. An introvert party is where people get together, bring some craft or project to work on, and just hang out and knit or spin wool or draw or paint or write or program, and there's no pressure to be shiny and social. So the activity part is taken care of, and you'd be surprised at what a cool conversation starts up around it, ebbs and flows. Also, kythryne was spinning wool yarn on an actual dark wood spinning wheel, and it was incredibly soothing and hypnotizing. And there was a fire.
I enjoyed it greatly (and it was good seeing a bunch of out-of-town peoples, like weds, emilytheslayer and yakavenger & blazepoet, and meeting various others).
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I came down with a cold yesterday. Cat followed suit last night, but not before managing to completely astound me.
Earlier that morning, Cat: "Ack, I'm way behind! I still have the Omikuji story to write, and I don't even have an idea, and my daily novel wordcount to catch up on, and more Palimpsesty stuff to finish!"
I'm thinking, gah, poor thing, how are you going to come up with a story and write it, while overwhelmed with how much you have to do, and all before the coffee shop closes in the early afternoon?
Cat: *goes off to coffee shop* *comes back with an ASTOUNDINGLY good Omikuji story, one of my favorites, just out of nowhere, plus a bunch of other writing*
Me: What the..! How in the world can you DO that, on a random busy Monday? Where did you come up with that idea? It's beautiful!
This happens all the time around here. She is frighteningly good.
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I am:
* Sending out more resumes.
* Working on various coding projects.
* Considering dipping my toe into bid-for-project sites like RentACoder and eLance and such. Does anybody have experience or wisdoms with those?
* Quietly scheming to organize some sort of Project Weekend, like a low key micro-BarCamp, like Build Something Cool in 24 hours, where a group of people would get together for a weekend (here on Peaks Island, or in NYC, or in Boston, depending on logistics) in a startup incubator kind of atmosphere, with the express purpose of having deliverables (or a whole lot of fun and learning) on the other side of it.
But how many programmers do I know on the East Coast? Not many. I can think of like 4. Would non-programmers be interested in, or helped by, the concept? Must ponder.
Programming Languages Are To Literary Schools As...
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We went to an Introvert Party at kythryne's house this weekend. Those are a profoundly good idea. An introvert party is where people get together, bring some craft or project to work on, and just hang out and knit or spin wool or draw or paint or write or program, and there's no pressure to be shiny and social. So the activity part is taken care of, and you'd be surprised at what a cool conversation starts up around it, ebbs and flows. Also, kythryne was spinning wool yarn on an actual dark wood spinning wheel, and it was incredibly soothing and hypnotizing. And there was a fire.
I enjoyed it greatly (and it was good seeing a bunch of out-of-town peoples, like weds, emilytheslayer and yakavenger & blazepoet, and meeting various others).
--
I came down with a cold yesterday. Cat followed suit last night, but not before managing to completely astound me.
Earlier that morning, Cat: "Ack, I'm way behind! I still have the Omikuji story to write, and I don't even have an idea, and my daily novel wordcount to catch up on, and more Palimpsesty stuff to finish!"
I'm thinking, gah, poor thing, how are you going to come up with a story and write it, while overwhelmed with how much you have to do, and all before the coffee shop closes in the early afternoon?
Cat: *goes off to coffee shop* *comes back with an ASTOUNDINGLY good Omikuji story, one of my favorites, just out of nowhere, plus a bunch of other writing*
Me: What the..! How in the world can you DO that, on a random busy Monday? Where did you come up with that idea? It's beautiful!
This happens all the time around here. She is frighteningly good.
--
I am:
* Sending out more resumes.
* Working on various coding projects.
* Considering dipping my toe into bid-for-project sites like RentACoder and eLance and such. Does anybody have experience or wisdoms with those?
* Quietly scheming to organize some sort of Project Weekend, like a low key micro-BarCamp, like Build Something Cool in 24 hours, where a group of people would get together for a weekend (here on Peaks Island, or in NYC, or in Boston, depending on logistics) in a startup incubator kind of atmosphere, with the express purpose of having deliverables (or a whole lot of fun and learning) on the other side of it.
But how many programmers do I know on the East Coast? Not many. I can think of like 4. Would non-programmers be interested in, or helped by, the concept? Must ponder.