As I posted a few weeks ago, I’m in charge of organizing an entire conference. I’ve had a ridiculous amount of help from my boss and Mekki, who I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting yet. There is unsurprisingly a large amount of organization that is required for a conference – even a one day affair. [...]
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At the start of May, a week before my 28th birthday and a few days before my first trip to New York City, I lost my job with DM Solutions. It sounds like terrible timing, but it actually wasn’t so much. Jason and I had already talked about finances and living together, it was just [...]
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A few weeks ago, I got convinced, pretty easily I must admit, to be the Co-Chair of the OSGeo Ottawa Chapter. Apparently this doesn’t require me to do a lot of work, but it still scares the hell out of me. I can talk, a lot, but I generally don’t tend to lead a group [...]
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Joe asked me to do a Last Post, particularly after I wrote my last blog post yesterday and said that I wanted to post more. When you get someone like Joe Boughner asking you to write a blog post on a particular theme, you generally do it. Not because he demands that you do, but [...]
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and I plan on making good use of that month. Don’t ask what the month is for, it was essentially given to me for completely different purposes but I am taking it and running with it. This is what I want to do this month – so September 2010. I want to get my knees [...]
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