Jeff Makes Software

You probably found a note with my resume on the various job boards indicating which markets I'd like to work in, and that I'm not interested in a short-term contract. That said, you'll also note that I don't live in Nebraska, Texas or Quebec. Because I love my wife, and I'm not yet starving, please do not send me e-mail for a two-month contract position in Billings, Montana that requires experience with VB6.

I know that stuff like this causes outrage, but I can deal with the momentary down time. For now though, I find the error hilarious.

I got home last night from my honeymoon and, wouldn't you know it, today I got laid-off. Again. I must have done something really wrong in a previous life.

Using the MVC framework on a real, if somewhat trivial, project has been a lot of fun so far. It's unlike me to wait for something to go final, but as I Google problems I encounter, it's good to see that I avoided a great many moving targets.

A few weeks ago, I bought one of the new 17" MacBook Pros to replace my almost-three-year-old 15" model, the first of the Intel Macs. Hard to believe it has been three years! I'll get to the thoughts on the 17" momentarily.

As I mentioned during the conference, it suddenly seemed very silly to me to be blogging about the conference, when there was already plenty of that going on. I know I found it annoying that my RSS feeds were filled with posts about the same things, so there was little reason for me to add to that noise. But now that it's truly in the books, I think it's a good time to give my overall impression.

I've decided that there's little reason to be blogging about Mix. It would just be noise. There are so many people already doing it that I don't feel I have much to add. Of course, I'll have my wrap up thoughts eventually.

I've poo-poo'd Twitter before, because I haven't found it to be anything other than another channel to keep up with, but I'll try being active about using it whilst at Mix this week. If I make meaningful connections (and find fun people to hang with at the Tao party), I'll officially change my tune and see the value.