seldo

Hours of Sleep

Seldo:
That doesn't really work for me as I naturally wake up every few hours
Seldo:
I need a clock to tell me if another 2-hour cycle is safe
Isaac:
crazy
Seldo:
Because waking up halfway through a cycle breaks me for the whole day
Isaac:
how are you not complete manic and anxious and crazy all the time?
Seldo:
Have you met me?
Isaac:
oh yeah, huh...
Tue 2010-01-26 09:26:05 | 0 notes
psychologycultureliterary tricks

Shared Flashback

Some time around That 70’s Show, maybe earlier, but certainly post-Seinfeld, characters in sitcoms gained the ability to have a shared flashback to instantly and graphically communicate with one another.

What’s really odd is that they often know they can do this, and even make meta-jokes about this phenomenon.

Is there a word for this? It seems to me to be something unique to the television storytelling medium, and fairly recent, and we all seem to Just Get It.

I think that’s neat.

Wed 2010-01-20 01:03:00 | 0 notes
job-descriptions

job-descriptions

Mon 2010-01-11 18:44:50 | 0 notes
recruiterthe businessgood problems to have

What I hear when you "just want to reach out directly"

Recruiter:
I've got two positions for a Java contractor, a PHP developer position, and a Flash developer position, and I think they really speak to your skills as a developer.
Translation:
I HAVE NO RESPECT FOR YOU.
Translation:
I HAVENT READ YUR REZUME, BIUT CUD YOU JUS SAY YES I NEED A BONUSES TO PAY FOR MY EXPENSVIE CAR, OK!?????!!!
Translation:
BE A PAL AND TAKE THE JOB YUR A PRUGRMAMER, RITE? ITS ALL JUST CODEZ AND DRAWING WEB PAGES RITE SO WHATS THE DIFFRENCE!?
Recruiter:
I realize that you're happy at your current position, but I just wanted to reach out to you directly to tell you about these exciting opportunities.
Translation:
I ARE A DUMB
Translation:
I THINK IF YOU HERE MY VOISE YULL TOTALY CHANGE UR MIND OMGLOLZ0RZ!!
Translation:
THAY SED IN THE SEMINAR THAT THIS SCRIPT TOTLALY WORKS LIKE ALL THE TIEMS SO YOU HAFTA CALL ME BACK NOW
Translation:
I SAID "REACH OUT" SO YOU KNOW THAT IM YUR FRIEND AND I TOTLALY CARE ABUOT YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!
Thu 2010-01-07 15:52:16 | 0 notes
the business

Transition

My last day at Yahoo will be 2010-01-22.

I’ve gotten an offer from Proofpoint which is too good to ignore. The opportunity to drive the direction of a product at an early stage, including having a lot of input about the choice of technology and team, is very exciting. Also, though this was not the primary factor, the position is significantly more financially rewarding than I believe that the next few years would be if I stayed at Yahoo.

Yahoo has been a mostly great company to work for, and YUI is by far the best team that I’ve worked on here. It’s a shame that I didn’t join YUI sooner; I still feel like I just got here. The quality of this team made the decision very difficult, and that says a lot about the job that Eric Miraglia and Thomas Sha have done building it.

If you ever get a chance to work at Yahoo, take it.

I feel so very fortunate to have met so many of Silicon Valley’s bright minds in the last 4 years, and to have learned so much about the web, about business, about people, and about the science and art of software development. I’ve been a student, a teacher, an expert, an amateur, a mentor, and a mentee.

Thank you all so much for what you’ve given me.

Tue 2010-01-05 15:59:00 | 0 notes