Lead Dev NYC

Ten minutes. One huge topic.

I went into the Lead Dev conference with trepidation about doing a ten-minute lightning talk on the topic of “Better Incident Command.” This is a big topic, and I was whittling down the content for a forty-minute talk into a mere ten.

Prufrock and the Dark Cottage

My dad died four days after my birthday.

There’s a bittersweet balance to that. I’m born; my father dies.

I’ve always been aware of mortality. I’d chalk it up to Calvinism but really, you can only blame so many things on…

Waking Up

On February 23, 2015, I wrote this in a blog post draft:

It’s the end of February, and I slept with the windows open last night. A gorgeous Florida night: cool and humid, followed by an unusually gray morning filled with birdsong.

I sit here, preparing for…